Electrical Engineer III

Principal Duty

Team Lead Electrical Engineering is responsible for the design and integration of control systems for industrial material handling solutions and production lines. Team Lead Electrical Engineering will lead a team of electrical engineers on a project, and/or supervise electrical engineers/teams of electrical engineers on projects, while working closely with other controls team members to identify and realize improvements for all aspects of controls/electrical engineering and implementation.

Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Collaborating with other departments internal and external to TGW
2. Identifying, estimating and mitigating risk for special implementations (i.e., prototypes)
3. Providing next level escalation level for employees on the team
4. Collaborating with and providing feedback to other departments in the implementation process (controls development, product management, etc.)
5. Performing Quality Assurance, Progress Control, In-house and Onsite Support
6. Hiring and developing employees
7. Presenting the status of project controls budgets on a monthly basis
8. Releasing time, PTO, and approving expense reports
9. Reporting lessons learned across the department
10. Ensuring employees have the right tools for the required tasks (Laptop, Software, Toolbox, etc...) and organizing trainings
11. Ensuring the team is following TGW and customer safety rules
12. Living and promoting the TGW values

Requirements Profile

1. Bachelor’s degree in a controls related field (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent)
2. Several years of applicable experience in an industrial environment that includes design, debug, startup and production-cut in of warehouse controls equipment – logistics or material handling industry preferred
3. Experience working as a Controls System Engineer or similar position preferred
4. Experience supervising people in a related field preferred
5. Experience working on a complete project lifecycle (Design to production)
6. Experience Siemens TIA Portal, Step 7 (STL,SCL,FBD etc) or equivalent knowledge
7. Basic understanding for Industrial Communication Protocol (ProfiNet, Ethernet IP, etc)
8. Ability to read and understand CAD and electrical drawings
9. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project
10. Working knowledge of SCRUM and agile frameworks preferred
11. Experience with controls visualization systems preferred (SCADA, HMI, etc.)
12. Willingness to travel 20% - 30% of the time both domestically and international

TGW is an equal opportunity employer.