Senior Engineer - Industrial Automation

At Haskell, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. Whether you’re starting out, growing your expertise, or leading the way, you’ll find a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals. Here, you’ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact.

In this role, you will serve as the lead technical resource for all automation scopes of work related to a project and be responsible for coordination of design activities across multiple disciplines, vendors and/or subcontractors. You will work directly with customer and project leadership to develop and implement automation deliverables. Additionally, you will execute a project from beginning to end, including budget development and estimating, vendor scope development, conducting plant surveys, proposal development, execution of conceptual design work, execution of detailed design, programming, project management and startup. You may manage a small team of automation engineers working under your supervision for both design and startup aspects of a project. Additionally, you will provide project reporting to project and discipline leadership, including deliverable completion tracking and budget projections.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Application of Knowledge of Design (Conceptual Design)
  
  • Prepare and update control system basis of design and network architectures.
    
  • Understand and determine customer needs and define services needed to provide an effective project.
    
  • Develop automation content for proposals.
    
  • Develop automation design, hardware, and install budgets.
    
• Detailed Design
  
  • Design low voltage (typically 480VAC and lower) power and control systems for automated process or packaging applications including control system panels, motor control center design, safety systems, and automation network design utilizing accepted practices and company or client standards.
    
  • Prepare scopes of work, bills of material, specifications, and other necessary project documents.
    
  • Review, check, modify, and develop control system drawings.
    
  • Develop functional specifications/sequence of operations.
    
  • Develop PLC programs utilizing company or client standards.
    
  • Develop HMI programs utilizing company or client standards.
    
  • Develop data collection and reporting software (For process only).
    
  • Review equipment specifications and line layouts (For packaging only).
    
  • Work closely with the simulation team to develop emulations (For packaging only).
    
  • Support the development & implementation of an acceptance test plan for the equipment at vendor’s facility and for the installed system at customer’s facility.
    
  • Participate in design reviews and vendor coordination meetings; present design and other technical information, and generally works with the project team throughout the overall design process.
    
• Design Project Execution
  
  • Supervises the staff assigned to the projects, ensuring optimal staff utilization.
    
  • Oversees the work performed by the assigned staff.
    
  • Provides direction for what is to be included in design and programming deliverables.
    
  • Works with project Lead Associate to ensure that project schedule will be met and complete deliverables are provided for each submission.
    
  • Develops project within provided design budget.
    
• Construction/Startup Support
  
  • Answer RFIs (Request for Information).
    
  • Supervision of construction and check-out of control system panels and components in client’s facilities.
    
  • Provide informal control system operation and maintenance training to client personnel. 
    
  • Commission control system: conduct point to point checks, perform trial performance runs, and perform performance runs with product.
    
  • Document and maintain proper records of all design changes made during installation and startup work, to serve as a basis for the development of as-installed control system drawings and documents.
    
  • Update and maintain installation punch list to track contractor progress/issues.
    
  • Provide ongoing technical and troubleshooting support as requested by clients as on-going support after startup.
    
  • Supervise installation and start-up teams.
    
• Professional Development
  
  • Pursuit of a P.E. License is encouraged.
    
• Leadership
  
  • Manages assigned staff on the project.
    
  • Provides coaching/mentoring of assigned staff promoting individual growth. 
    
  • Provide department managers with input on personnel assigned to your projects concerning their performance as appropriate.
    
  • Engages the entire team while working with all team members. 
    
  • Flexible and willing to quickly move between projects as needed to meet the project schedule.
• Travel
  
  • Flexibility for travel for installations and onsite startup is required. Average travel expectation is up to 20%. Some periods of heavy travel should be expected.

Education & Years of Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent required.
• 10 years of industry related experience required. 
  

To thrive in this role, you'll need:

• PE license preferred. 
  
• Electrical Design of Automation and 480V Power Systems knowledge
• PLC & HMI Programming experience (Rockwell, others)
• Ability to develop drawings using appropriate design software and provide verbal instructions to define design requirements.
  
• Ability to safely use basic electrical tools required for troubleshooting electrical circuits.
  
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office/365 software.
  
• Experience in PLC and HMI programming is required.
  
• Ability to work independently.
  
• Ability to adjust to changing timelines and meet deadlines.
  
• Ability to understand and adhere to both company and client design standards.
  
• Excellent skills in time management, organization, and analytics.
  
• Must be able to communicate in an objective and concise manner with supervisor(s), project managers, process and packaging engineers, suppliers, clients, and others, both orally and in writing, as related to job duties.
  
• Must exhibit sound inter-personal skills and maintain amiable professional relationships with all company, client, and related business personnel.
• Must be self-motivated with regard to the completion of assigned tasks and in obtaining new work from supervisors.
  
• Basic understanding of hydraulics, fluid flow, pneumatics, and electric circuits. (Hydraulics and fluid flow knowledge applies to the process automation discipline only)
  

At Haskell, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, professional development opportunities, and more. Join us and be part of a team where your contributions make a difference.

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements: 

While performing the duties of this job, team members may be required to visit alternate locations and therefore, must have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to do so. This position requires the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The team member is frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. 

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities:

Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell is a Drug-Free Workplace, and an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. 

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