Responsibilities:
• Lead the electrical design team responsible for maintaining and improving electrical controls and automation designs for equipment products.
• Oversee the development of reusable design packages, including 3D control panel layouts, bills of materials, electrical schematics, and supporting documentation.
• Ensure standard electrical designs are documented clearly so project teams can understand, select, and apply them consistently on future equipment projects.
• Help team members succeed in their roles and support their professional development.
• Foster a collaborative team environment and reinforce the principles of the Laitram Business Philosophy.
• Promote high standards for engineering design quality, accuracy, and reliability.
• Participate in strategic and business planning activities; establish and execute the team’s vision, mission, and goals.
• Facilitate and lead continuous improvement efforts that increase efficiency and quality throughout the project and product life cycle.
• Identify, evaluate, and help implement improved CAD tools, design methods, and processes that strengthen team capability and output.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, and Global Standards teams to improve products, increase internal productivity, and deliver greater value to customers.
• Work closely with Production Control, Materials Management, Assembly, Testing, Quality, Engineering, and Operations teams to provide accurate, on-time, and complete deliverables.
• Guide and develop a team of designers focused on creating the industrial transportation systems of the future.
• Manage team capacity, commitments, and tasks while clearly communicating priorities to stakeholders.
Requirements:
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including the ability to establish or adopt a vision and execute it with a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively across departments, disciplines, skill levels, and time zones.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial electrical controls design.
• Knowledge of fabrication methods and design-for-manufacturing-and-assembly principles.
• Proficiency in designing industrial control systems, including BOM development, schematic generation, and control panel mechanical design.
• Experience creating or managing electrical design deliverables such as 3D control panel layouts, bills of materials, electrical schematics, and technical user guides.
• Demonstrated ability to create, improve, or standardize workflows, processes, or design methods.
• Proficiency with measuring devices and tools, and the ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, P&IDs, and mechanical drawings.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Proficiency with software design and code development for PLC and PAC environments.
• Ability to meet the functional requirements of the role, including using a computer and visualizing models on a screen.
• Ability to travel 5–30% for equipment installation support and documentation audits.
Preferred Qualifications:
• At least 2 years of experience as an engineering team lead, supervisor, or manager, including experience interviewing, hiring, coaching, and developing team members.
• Licensed PE (Professional Engineer) from any State.
• Familiarity with material handling electrical controls and automation systems.
• Experience with Autodesk Inventor, especially for electrical control panel design.
• Familiarity with product data management and product lifecycle management tools such as PTC Windchill PLM.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Electrical.
• Familiarity with nationally recognized specifications, standards, and regulatory bodies such as OSHA, NFPA 70/NEC, NFPA 70E, NFPA 79, UL 508A, and IEC standards.
• Familiarity with Allen-Bradley PLC hardware and entry-level Studio 5000 programming experience.
• Familiarity with Siemens PLC hardware and entry-level TIA Portal programming experience.
• Experience with industrial network designs utilizing communication protocols such as TCP/IP, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT and PROFINET.
