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Electrical Commissioning Manager

Dürr
Detroit, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 12/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/28/2026
We have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Commissioning Manager to lead and coordinate electrical commissioning activities for large greenfield and brownfield installations. This role involves directing a team of commissioning professionals, ensuring projects meet technical standards, and providing hands-on support as needed.

What You'll Do

  • Lead and coordinate all electrical commissioning activities on customer sites.
  • Direct commissioning teams and subcontractors to ensure quality and schedule adherence.
  • Perform system integration, start-up, testing, and electrical debugging as needed.
  • Verify correct electrical installation and mark up drawing changes.
  • Support equipment launch and troubleshoot issues involving PLCs, drives, sensors, and controls hardware.
  • Collaborate with project management, engineering, and customer teams to resolve technical issues.
  • Document commissioning activities, collect performance data, and generate required reports.
  • Promote safety, compliance, and customer satisfaction throughout all project phases.

Customer & Team Engagement

  • Represent Dürr professionally, ensuring strong customer satisfaction and repeat business.
  • Collaborate with engineers, operations, project management, and field teams.
  • Independently manage smaller commissioning projects or lead teams on major installations.

What You Bring

  • Technical degree, journeyman-level training, or equivalent military/union electrical background.
  • 5 years of experience in electrical commissioning, controls, or equipment start-up.
  • Strong foundation in electrical and controls troubleshooting (Allen-Bradley preferred).
  • Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and AutoCAD drawings.
  • Proven leadership experience directing technicians or subcontractors on-site.
  • Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to travel extensively and work overtime, weekends, or holidays as required.

Physical Demands

  • While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit, kneel, crawl; and use hands and arms.
  • Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and distance vision.
  • Employee must be able to fly and drive.
  • Employee must be able to climb stairs and ladders, wearing appropriate fall protection as needed.
  • Incumbent is required to work with and near equipment such as industrial fans, pumps, etc. in a manufacturing setting.
  • They must also be able to operate motorized equipment such as a scissor lift or man lift.

Dürr Systems USA has been present in the United States since 1970 and operates multiple locations across the United States, including facilities in Michigan and Wisconsin. The largest site is in Southfield, Michigan, which serves as the main center for operations. As of 2025, Dürr employs approximately 660 people across the country who support a wide range of market segments. Dürr Systems USA plans, builds, and installs complete, state-of-the-art paint shops and final assembly facilities, supported by DXQ, Dürr's digital products suite. The company also offers advanced automated painting, sealing, and gluing application technologies, as well as high-viscosity material handling solutions. In addition to serving the automotive industry, Dürr Systems provides premium application technology products for the general industry. In the field of electrode manufacturing, Dürr Systems enhances quality, cost efficiency, and speed to market lithium-ion battery electrode coating through its advanced development and manufacturing coating systems. Committed to innovation, excellence, and customized solutions, Dürr Systems addresses the diverse needs of its North American customers with precision and reliability.

Dürr Automotive, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.

Note to all Staffing Agencies: Dürr has a team of dedicated Human Resources professionals who are responsible for all hiring needs. Our practice is to partner and work with our approved vendors on an as needed basis. We do not accept resumes from agencies that are not on our preferred vendor list and have not signed our Recruiting and Permanent Placement Contract. Any resumes submitted from unapproved vendors will be considered unsolicited.

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