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Knobelsdorff Enterprises

Builds electrical, automation and energy systems

Electrical Project Engineer

Full-Time
$80k - $120k/yr+ Bonus potential + Profit sharing + Performance-based incentives
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Goodhue, MN, USA
In Person
Electrical Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • Three to five years of experience in Electrical Engineering or in proper design and constructability.
  • A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent education or experience.
  • A valid driver's license with a history of safe and competent driving.
  • Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check.
  • Ability to sit, stand, kneel, stoop, and walk for extended periods, and to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
Responsibilities
  • Work collaboratively on projects while managing project timelines and ensuring completion of projects and deliverables in alignment with schedules and construction needs.
  • Review designs for constructability and coordinate updates and improvements as needed to support construction teams.
  • Provide direct technical support throughout projects on design, procurement, and construction for equipment, materials, execution, and maintenance.
  • Review drawings and project documentation, customer specifications, and equipment specifications; assist with requests for information and submittals; and generate material takeoffs.
  • Engage internally and with external customers, engineers, and others to support the design of electrical systems or portions of electrical systems.
  • Travel to sites as needed to support and coordinate with project and construction teams.
  • Prepare electrical systems specifications, technical drawings, and project documents to ensure installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements.
  • Establish construction, manufacturing, or installation standards or specifications through documentation review or creation.
  • Ensure compliance with specifications, National Electrical Code (NEC), and customer requirements through direction and coordination of documentation, materials, installation, support, or testing activities.
  • Collaborate with internal preconstruction, design, and operations teams, as well as external customers, vendors, subcontractors, and engineering partners, to support technical aspects of project design and execution.
  • Build and maintain strategic relationships with partners.
  • Continue integrating and gaining technical knowledge to become a reliable source of information to the engineering team.
  • Interface with regulatory agencies and manufacturers or distributors.
  • Manage project files, drawings, documents, and records across multiple projects.
  • Identify challenges and work with Quality and subject matter experts to resolve issues and implement continuous improvement actions.

About the company

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Knobelsdorff Enterprises

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Knobelsdorff Enterprises designs, builds and maintains electrical and automation systems for industrial facilities and energy projects. Its four divisions cover automation and controls, industrial electrical work, renewable energy, and power testing and services. The company combines engineering, control panel production, field installation and ongoing maintenance, allowing customers to carry a project from planning through operation with its teams. Its work includes manufacturing and processing plants, solar installations, battery storage and the electrical infrastructure that keeps facilities running. Founded in 1988, Knobelsdorff is headquartered in Goodhue, Minnesota, with offices and project teams serving customers nationally.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Goodhue, MN

Founded

1988

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  • Employee health premiums are covered: Knobelsdorff's careers page lists fully employer-paid medical and dental coverage for employees.
  • Education receives reimbursement: Knobelsdorff's full-time CAD posting includes education reimbursement among its employment benefits.
  • Pay arrives weekly: Knobelsdorff's current drafting opening explicitly promises weekly pay.

What critics are saying

  • Travel dominates one apprenticeship: Knobelsdorff's energy posting lists travel requirements reaching full-time deployment.
  • Field work is physically demanding: Knobelsdorff's apprentice posting includes extreme temperatures, trench digging and carrying up to 80 pounds.
  • Journeyman entry needs documented experience: Knobelsdorff lists a licence or 8,000 verified electrical hours for one traveling role.

What makes Knobelsdorff Enterprises unique

  • Plant software connects operations: Knobelsdorff's TerraKE platform combines production visibility, process control and configurable dashboards with remote access.
  • Panels follow a defined industrial standard: Knobelsdorff builds UL 508A control panels through its automation division.
  • Emergency support runs around the clock: Knobelsdorff's electrical and power services divisions advertise continuous, year-round response.

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