Electrical Engineer in Cuyahoga Falls, OH at The Steelastic Company, LLC

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design & Development
• Critique/validate, improve/redesign existing, legacy machine designs and processes to be more durable, simpler, and cost effective.
• Interpret, trouble-shoot, diagnose & adapt existing, legacy designs based on customers' requests & order amendments.
• Originate new concepts in products and processes based on customer or market demands.
• Bill of Materials and Drawings.
• Accurately generate, issue, revise, BOMs, assembly, and detail drawings.
• Document revisions using existing Engineering Change Notice (ECN) procedure.
• Follow internal and external engineering standards and practices.
• Proficient in proper set-up and revision of schematics using AutoCAD Electrical CAD application (proper manipulation of drawing attributes, device tags, wire numbers/connections, component removal/insertion etc.)
• Ensure safety
• Assure designs, components, and guarding comply with or exceed current global and individual customer standards.
• Successfully operate in accordance with internal and external EHS guidelines as dictated by your working environment on any given day.
• Provide the operations department, including our manufacturing floor, support
• Clarify specifications with and aid in problem resolution for purchasing and manufacturing personnel.
• Complete assigned projects and tasks within allotted time and cost constraints.
• Provide customer support
• Assist customers directly and indirectly when machine operation problems or questions arise.
• As necessary, attend bid review meetings and department meetings.
• Estimate Electrical engineering hours given a project scope of work.
• Other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE:

• Excellent written and graphical communication skills.
• Strong “eye for detail” and ability to fully document industrial machine manufacturing and operations using industry standard methodology.
• Proficient in electrical machine design for automated industrial machinery.
• High level of personal computer literacy with the ability to operate them for the majority of the work day.
• Proficiency in the following software tools: Microsoft Office® (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint), AutoCAD Electrical®, Rockwell and/or Siemens (PLC, HMI, VFD, Servo) suites.

Design and technology Skills:

• Specify designs, components, and guarding that comply with or exceed current safety standards and practices in the industry and at the customer’s plant and regional level.
• Understands, can generate or critique detailed electric panel design calculations, such as, short circuit, KVA ratings, voltage drop, peak demand, diversity factor, transformer, grounding, arc flash, motor/circuit protection, and associated electrical system component selection.
• Ability to understand, generate, and critique electrical control schematics.
• Understands automated machinery sequences and logic and can follow, generate, critique, and troubleshoot PLC programs and code on a system level, as well as, can clearly document them for use by mechanical, electrical and software engineers and technicians.
• Ability to perform, standardized, risk assessment of industrial machinery and follow-up with proper and efficient mitigation schemes and designs.

 Applications Engineering:

• Demonstrated proficiency with the design, configuration, and application of one or more of the Steelastic major product lines.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate within the team to convert customer requirements into complete (mechanical and electrical), organized, and accurate estimates for materials, engineering, and shop labor associated with the design and manufacture of industrial capital equipment.

Project Support:

• Provide machine troubleshooting support to production floor and field service technicians for new and legacy equipment.
• Throughout the design process, effectively communicate and collaborate with Mechanical Engineering, as well as other department members in order to insure design integrity and seamless hand-off to purchasing and production.
• Confers with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly/occasionally required to sit, walk and/or stand.  The employee may be required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds without assistance