Senior Electrical Engineer

Intertape Polymer Group - Green Bay, WI

Full-time - Senior

Green Bay, WI

Paper Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Electrical Engineer at Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) is responsible for improving processes, facilities, and human assets within a growing manufacturing operation. This role involves project assignments, troubleshooting support, and knowledge transfer to the Maintenance and Operations departments, ensuring compliance with safety standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support and promote safe working practices within the facility.
• Assure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for new equipment safety and upgrading older equipment to modern safety standards.
• Enhance electrical safety programs and lead by example.
• Participate in training to maintain, develop, optimize, and troubleshoot various electrical systems.
• Continuously educate and train maintenance personnel on electrical systems.
• Provide Electrical Engineering support on equipment installations.
• Write specifications, compare bids, and negotiate contracts.
• Develop project scopes, budgets, and schedules.
• Oversee equipment removals, relocations, and installations.
• Develop and organize electrical design drawings when needed.
• Provide start-up assistance and training.
• Lead contract engineering, maintenance personnel, and other contractor resources when needed.
• Support continuous improvement activities within the organization.
• Participate in plant-wide and departmental improvement and team building activities.
• Lead teams in area of expertise.
• Provide input to facility vision advancement and investment planning.
• Contribute to project justification efforts.
• Other tasks as assigned by Engineering Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading electrical projects and the electrical portion of multi-disciplinary projects.
• Knowledge of electrical safety and functional design.
• Experience with ladder logic, coordinated drive systems, and loop tuning.
• National Electric Code (NEC) training and working knowledge.
• Ability to develop people through training, coaching, mentoring, conflict resolution, decision-making, and problem-solving.
• Strong electrical aptitude with the ability to grasp complex systems.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills.
• High level of interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with others.
• Formal electrical safety training.
• High familiarity with Allen Bradley PLC programming and exposure to other brands.
• Robot programming experience, especially with Fanuc.
• HMI programming experience with various systems.
• Experience with AC/DC, stepper, and servo drives.
• Experience with variable frequency drives (VFD) and PID controllers.
• Experience setting up industrial communication networks.

Nice-to-haves

• Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma training.
• Experience supervising employees and resources for projects.
• Energy management experience.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting medium voltage power distribution and switchgear.
• Tooling and automation design experience.
• Strong knowledge of Statistical Process Control.
• Exposure to AI simulated production correlation suites.
• HVAC and industrial combustion controls experience.
• High mechanical aptitude or design experience.
• Plant and/or production/converting commissioning experience.
• Understanding of financial and other business measures; perform cost/benefit analysis.
• Working knowledge of electrical requirements in hazardous environments.
• Exposure/expertise as Certified Functional Safety Expert.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and benefits packages.