The Role
Maintains and updates control systems across multiple manufacturing facilities, leads electrical process and capital projects, improves uptime and efficiency, and supports maintenance excellence. Develops electrical best practices, troubleshoots PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, relay logic, and motor controls, mentors electrical staff, conducts root cause analysis, and documents process changes. The role also applies Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, manages change initiatives, and partners with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
HWI has a fantastic opportunity to join our Engineering Team as an Electrical Controls Engineer III.
The Electrical Controls Engineer III maintains and updates control systems; manages all plant electrical/electronic maintenance and provides short- and long-term electrical solutions to reduce costs, improve uptime, safety and quality resulting in enhanced customer service support and increased profitability. This role will be supporting multiple manufacturing facilities and will interface with HarbisonWalker Internationals Engineering department on a regular basis.
Responsibilities:
- Applying Electrical/Electronic engineering techniques to assist in the improvement of manufacturing process and products in coordination and in support of HarbisonWalker Internationals Lean and HBS (HarbisonWalker Business System) efforts; improve efficiency, minimize inconsistencies, avoid waste and reduce downtime to drive improvements in OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) while supporting the overall Maintenance Excellence Program
- Leading, facilitating, executing, and managing electrical projects (process and capital) to reduce costs and improve the customer experience by implementing electrical engineering best practices incorporating Lean/Six Sigma tools and methodologies; conducting periodic reviews to ensure that the projects achieve the desired results stated in the justification
- Working with the Operations and Maintenance departments to develop best practices and standard work to solve manufacturing problems, initiate electrical downtime reduction plans, to improvements and drive maintenance excellence initiatives, and identify future opportunities for the overall continual improvement of the plant
- Assist in the development of the electrical staff; mentoring and improving the overall electrical team to gain strengths in troubleshooting and root cause analysis of electrical issues and systems to drive continuous improvement
- Assembling reports to document process status and changes
Requirements:
- Requires B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Requires excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including presentation planning and delivery skills; ability to communicate across all levels of the organization
- Requires computer operation skills including, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, advanced excel and PowerPoint expertise and Auto Cad engineering software
- Requires experience using lean and continuous improvement methodology
- Requires strong strategic thinking and business problem solving skills
- Requires strong collaboration, interpersonal, communications and leadership skills and a demonstrated track record of making improvements that benefit the organizational results and customer
- Requires relationship building and change management skills
- Requires knowledge of ISO 9001 and similar achievement standards
- Requires ability to lead change initiatives and drive process excellence
- Requires ability to make a significant change in a variety of environments, with multiple learning experiences
- Requires experience with data analysis, operations management and business intelligence tools
- Requires coaching skills with front line employees and supervisors/managers
- Requires ability to troubleshoot PLC Ladder Logic
- Requires the ability to understand electrical schematics and engineering concepts
- Requires the ability to write/program multiple PLC platforms (Allen Bradley, 500, 5000 platform, Ignition, Siemens, GE, Etc.)
- Requires the ability to write/program/troubleshoot multiple HMI platforms
- Requires the ability to understand none integrated PLC electrical controls
- Requires the ability to understand and troubleshoot Relay Logic/Motor Control Circuits
- Requires the ability to understand and troubleshoot Multiple VFD Platforms
- Requires the general understanding of pneumatic/hydraulic schematics and controls
- Requires motivation and ingenuity
Physical and Environmental Requirements
- Physical Activity: Requires ½ of time sitting and/or speaking/hearing. Requires ½ of time standing, walking, using hands and fingers, reaching.
- Lifting: Requires lifting to 50 pounds less than 1/3 of time.
- Vision: Requires accurate close and distance vision.
- Environment: Requires ½ of time in an office setting. Requires less than ½ of time working near moving mechanical parts, exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic/caustic chemicals, and/or vibration.
- Noise: Requires working in office and manufacturing operating conditions.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Presentation planning and delivery skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint expertise
- Experience with AutoCAD engineering software
- Experience using Lean and continuous improvement methodologies
- Strong strategic thinking and business problem-solving skills
- Strong collaboration, interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
- Demonstrated track record of improvements benefiting organizational results and customers
- Relationship-building and change-management skills
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 and similar achievement standards
- Ability to lead change initiatives and drive process excellence
- Ability to work effectively across varied environments and learning experiences
- Experience with data analysis, operations management, and business intelligence tools
- Coaching skills with frontline employees and supervisors or managers
- Ability to troubleshoot PLC Ladder Logic
- Ability to read electrical schematics and understand engineering concepts
- Ability to program multiple PLC platforms, including Allen-Bradley, Ignition, Siemens, and GE
- Ability to program and troubleshoot multiple HMI platforms
- Understanding of non-integrated PLC electrical controls
- Ability to troubleshoot relay logic and motor control circuits
- Ability to troubleshoot multiple VFD platforms
- General understanding of pneumatic and hydraulic schematics and controls
- Motivation and ingenuity
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The Company
What We Do
HarbisonWalker International (HWI) is a leading supplier of refractory products and services in the United States, providing high-temperature solutions for various industries.
