Electrical Systems Engineer

Greif - West Hazleton, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

West Hazleton, PA

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Greif offers a great working environment and the opportunity to make an immediate impact at a company where your ideas are always welcome. The Electrical Systems Engineer will apply knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical controls, as well as PLC programming, to support projects aimed at repairing, upgrading, or replacing facility equipment and controls. This role involves conducting process optimization trials, performing troubleshooting and analysis, and developing strategies to reduce product variability, waste, and operating costs. The engineer will create statistical analyses, charts, drawings, and reports to illustrate and showcase potential issues within a product lifecycle or business process and propose improvements. The position requires working on projects of large scope and complexity, resolving problems where precedent may not exist, and often leading the work of small project teams. The engineer may also be responsible for formally training less experienced engineering colleagues. Key responsibilities include participating in projects that support the maintenance, repair, upgrade, or complete replacement of facility controls and equipment, managing projects with scope development, cost and time estimates, and tracking and reporting on project progress. Additionally, the engineer will program manufacturing equipment PLCs and other controls, providing technical support to project engineers, vendors, facility managers, and internal maintenance teams. Conducting design reviews to ensure compliance with customer specifications, creating training manuals, and conducting training for machine operators and maintenance teams are also part of the role. The engineer will prepare equipment and control specifications, evaluate existing equipment for productivity and safety, and make recommendations for improvements. Maintaining accurate work records and preparing monthly quality and production reports are essential tasks, along with preparing and shipping samples for compliance testing and analyzing outside lab compliance tests. Staying current on engineering technologies and trends for process improvement potential is crucial, and the engineer may perform other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Participates in projects that support the maintenance, repair, upgrade, or complete replacement of facility controls and equipment.
• Manages projects and provides scope development, cost and time estimates, evaluation of costs and benefits, tracking, controlling, and reporting.
• Programs manufacturing equipment PLCs and other controls and provides equipment controls technical support to project engineers, vendors, facility managers, and internal maintenance on projects.
• Conducts design reviews to ensure components and assemblies comply with customer specifications.
• Creates training manuals and conducts training for machine operators and maintenance teams.
• Prepares equipment and control specifications and places orders.
• Evaluates existing equipment and controls regarding productivity, cost-efficiency, and safety and makes recommendations for possible improvements.
• Conducts process optimization trials, performs troubleshooting and analysis, and develops strategies to reduce product variability, waste, and operating costs.
• Maintains complete and accurate work records and prepares monthly quality and production reports.
• Prepares and ships samples for compliance testing and analyzes outside lab compliance tests.
• May support visible emissions evaluation, inspections, or chemical inventory duties.
• Stays current on engineering technologies and trends for process improvement potential.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Typically possesses a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 4-8 years of experience.
• Possesses a thorough understanding of electrical engineering with experience in machine controls, system analysis, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Possesses working knowledge of cost estimation, specification, and codes.
• Possesses strong interpersonal, communications, project management, and time management skills.
• Demonstrates strong written and oral communication skills.
• Possesses technical acumen and understanding of financial concepts (cost analysis, budgets).
• Demonstrates strong CAD and PLC programming skills.
• Engineering degree preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits
• Opportunity for growth