Electrical Engineer

If you’re looking into making a career move, Cardinal Glass may be just the new experience you’ve been searching for. Being a leader in engineering superb products and providing a first-rate working environment, we want everyone to know about our employment opportunities. We are located in the Kansas City metropolitan area and are a float glass manufacturing facility.

The Electrical Engineer candidate will be responsible for maintaining and upgrading electrical equipment, electrical systems, plant utilities, and process equipment control systems in a 24/7 operation. They will also partner with mechanical engineering team and IT (locally and from Corporate offices) on process equipment troubleshooting and problem resolution, new installations, and upgrades to existing installations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in the fields of electrical power, electronic controls, computer networks, and PLC programming.
• Manage new equipment installation projects by providing scope, specifications, drawings, procurement of materials, and supervision.
• Upgrade existing equipment by providing scope, specifications, drawings, procurement of materials, and supervision.
• Hands-on troubleshooting and repair of equipment and network issues.
• Provide training to Maintenance Technicians and others to ensure competency.
• Educate Production Technicians on equipment function through verbal and written means, to reduce operator errors and increase production efficiencies.
• Evaluate electrical products and systems by designing testing methods
• Test finished products and system capabilities
• Keep necessary equipment operational
• Contribute to team efforts by accomplishing related results

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• Strong problem solving, technical, math and science skills.
• Three years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficient in Allen Bradley PLC and HMI programming and troubleshooting.
• Fundamental understanding of electrical design practices, machine/motion control systems, electro-mechanical systems, robotics, programming, and system integration.
• Experience with automated packaging robotics and computer network hardware and structure is preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Excellent organization skills with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.