Lead Electrical and Controls Engineer – Paper Industry

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The Foth Companies

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1938

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Construction • Logistics • Manufacturing

The Foth Companies is a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm with over 85 years of experience. They specialize in a diverse range of services including automation, aviation, coastal and waterfront engineering, and dredging, among others. The company provides engineering for product manufacturing, environmental science, geospatial services, logistics, mining, and transportation projects. Foth offers strategic consulting and planning, with a focus on regulatory compliance, solid waste services, and water and wastewater projects. The firm operates across North America and globally, collaborating with communities and private industries to create transformational projects. Foth is recognized for its employee-centric culture and emphasis on innovation and positive community impact, making it a magnet for top engineering and scientific talent.

📋 Description

• Provide technical hardware and software design leadership for industrial projects • Develop design packages for bid and construction • Coordinate and execute PLC/DCS, HMI, VFD, and servo motion design and programming from hardware design and software integration through construction start-up • Coordinate electrical engineering and lead design/CAD resources • Provide hardware and software design for machine design projects in consumer products and general industrial markets • Assist with project documentation, including schedules, specifications, and cost estimates • Produce high-quality project deliverables in a collaborative team environment • Gather data and provide installation, start-up, and troubleshooting support • Work simultaneously on multiple project and client teams • Respond to ongoing controls troubleshooting requests, including production equipment support that may involve nights and weekends • Interface directly with clients daily to understand and respond to their needs • Develop client and facility relationships and cultivate future work opportunities • Travel to client sites and Foth office locations as needed, approximately 35% annually

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or a combination of two- or four-year technology degree supplemented with equivalent technical training or experience • 10+ years of relevant engineering/design experience with exposure to manufacturing environments, including troubleshooting complex projects • Recent experience with industrial intelligent linear actuators and end effectors • Recent experience integrating machine vision • Recent experience with Rockwell ControlLogix-based PLC and FactoryTalk View HMI hardware and software • Recent experience with Rockwell PowerFlex VFDs and inverter-duty motors • Recent experience with Rockwell Kinetix servo drives and motors • Recent experience with Ethernet and Ethernet/IP networking • Recent experience with electrical system design schematics and control panel layout design • Recent experience developing construction and installation documentation • Recent experience with sensing technologies and panel design/layout • Recent experience producing engineering construction and bid packages according to employer/client standards • Recent experience with flow control valves, damper actuators, P&IDs, loop configurations, DCS, thermocouples, level, flow, and temperature controls • Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain within 24 months of start date preferred • Knowledge of ISO 13849-1 and RIA 15.06 safety standards and risk assessments preferred • Preferred experience with robotics, vision systems, 3D scanners, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, MES/database programming, SQL, RS-SQL, MS Access, polymer extrusion and/or adhesive systems, Siemens S7 and TIA Portal PLCs/HMIs, Siemens or Schneider/Modicon PLCs, Siemens/CH/Schneider HMIs, Visual Basic, Visual Basic.NET, Visual C, C#, C++, XML, assembly language, packaging line integration, paper/paper converting industry, distribution and logistics technology/automation, and DeltaV/Honeywell

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonuses through the Earned Performance Incentive program • On-the-Spot bonuses • Quarterly and/or annual bonuses for exempt members • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Employee assistance program • Disability benefits • Retirement benefits • Holiday pay • Paid time off • Several other voluntary benefits • Flexible work environment • Professional growth opportunities