Electrical Controls Engineer
Eaton · Waukesha, WI
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Base pay
- $97k–$143k
- Degree
- Required
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at Eaton (industrial) in Waukesha, WI. Support, service, and trouble shoot controls for production equipment, test equipment, and electrical systems within the plant.
- They ask for
- degree required · Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Black Belt, Green Belt, Root cause, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Base pay
- $97k–$143k
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About the role
Essential functions
- ◆Provide guidelines for the design and selection of test equipment, Developing testing protocols, test data collection programs and best practices.
- ◆Support, service, and trouble shoot controls for production equipment, test equipment, and electrical systems within the plant.
- ◆Develop test equipment specifications ensuring compliance with electrical safe work practices and OSHA requirements. Identify and remediate potential safety hazards.
- ◆Developing interfaces between SQL databases and production systems.
- ◆Enforce safety expectations, document, and communicate hazards and unsafe conditions to ensure a zero-incident culture and product conformance to electrical safety and quality standards.
- ◆Collaborate with manufacturing, MESH, manufacturing engineering, quality, product design engineering, suppliers, and customers as needed.
- ◆Performs root cause and failure analysis, applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- ◆Guide the capital equipment selection process and develop Capital Appropriation Requests (CARS) for new products or process initiatives.
- ◆Actively participate in assessment processes within the manufacturing environment, potentially as a category lead or champion.
- ◆Lead/co-lead cost-out initiatives and promotes culture of continuous improvement. Collaborates cross functionally using Lean and Six Sigma tools to solve manufacturing problems.
- ◆Leverages advanced technology to improve the effectiveness of information systems for controls.
- ◆Seeks opportunities to eliminate waste associated with the flow of factory floor test information. Leads/co-leads projects, develop goals, budgets, and work breakdown structures.
- ◆Execute sustained change management within manufacturing operations, utilizing change management techniques such as ADKAR to drive and sustain improvements.
Required
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
- ✓Minimum of four (4) years of Controls/Test engineering experience required
- ✓Experience programming and troubleshooting PLC/HMI systems
- ✓Experience with PLC and HMI programming, and an understanding of safety systems design.
- ✓Relocation benefits are being offered for this position. Candidates that currently reside or are willing to relocate within the immediate geographical area of 50 miles of Waukesha, WI will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
- ✓Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.
- ✓Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Experience in electrical testing procedures and protocols.
- ✓Experience with various programming software including Visual Basic/Studio, SQL, and other Microsoft applications.Experience with Rockwell Software (RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5000, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk SE).
- ✓Experience supporting Engineered to Order (ETO) manufacturing plant.
- ✓Project management experience (PROLaunch).
- ✓GB (green belt) or BB (black belt) certified.
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Eaton’s Electrical Division is currently seeking an Electrical Controls Engineer to join our team. This position is based at our Waukesha, WI facility.(Relocation is being offered)
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do
The Controls Engineer is responsible for supporting plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining robust testing and assembly processes. The Controls Engineer will actively participate and support the design, development, fabrication, validation, installation, and troubleshooting of production equipment and programs.
Skills
- •Daily support with NI LabVIEW and NI TestStand.
- •Developing Ignition (SCADA).
- •Daily support with PLC and HMI programming, and an understanding of safety systems design.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away fr