Electrical Engineering Project Manager

Job Description:

Under the direction of the Facilities Engineering and Support Services Manager, the Facilities Electrical Engineer will play a key role in managing and executing capital projects and providing project management expertise for the Elmore, OH facility.

This position will focus on leading and supporting capital and expense projects, ensuring successful delivery from concept to completion.

The candidate will apply leadership skills and technical knowledge to drive project execution, with a focus on instrumentation, controls, and data acquisition systems.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Capital Project Management: Lead the planning, design, and execution of capital projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, budgets, and timelines.

• Project Leadership: Serve as Project Lead for multi-disciplinary and single-discipline projects, including developing project scopes, estimating costs and work hours, coordinating resources, and managing project schedules.

• Technical Oversight: Develop technical specifications and data sheets, evaluate vendor bids, and recommend best-value designs that meet operational, reliability, maintainability, and safety requirements.

• Field Leadership: Oversee field installations, conduct inspections, and resolve technical issues during project execution.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including production, maintenance, and external suppliers, to ensure project success and alignment with facility needs.

• Troubleshooting and Support: Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot and resolve issues with instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems.

• Technology Evaluation: Identify and evaluate new technologies to improve the performance and reliability of systems and processes.

• Standards Development: Create and implement standards and procedures to ensure consistency and long-term sustainability of instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems.

• EH&S Integration: Actively contribute to the Materion Elmore site Environmental, Health & Safety System to ensure compliance and safe project execution.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Electrical Engineering Technology (BSEET), or equivalent.

• Proven experience in managing capital projects and leading project teams in an industrial environment.

• Strong background in industrial instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems design.

• Hands-on experience with HMI screen development and PLC programming.

• Familiarity with Allen Bradley, Automation Direct, and GE PLCs, as well as GE iFix, GE Cimplicity, and Wonderware HMIs, is highly desired.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and deliver results.