POSITION: Senior Project Electrical Engineer
DEPARTMENT: Strategic Projects
LOCATION: Elmore, OH
BUSINESS UNIT: Performance Materials
JOB PURPOSE AND REPORTING STRUCTURE:Under the direction of the Strategic Projects Engineering Manager, the
Senior Project Electrical Engineer will play a key role in managing and executing strategic capital projects at the Elmore, OH location and other Materion sites as assigned. This position will lead and support large, complex capital projects from concept through commissioning and operational handoff. The candidate will apply project leadership and technical expertise to instrumentation, controls, and data acquisition systems with some electrical power distribution work while ensuring alignment with business objectives, budgets, schedules, and safety requirements.
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 Strategic Projects, production, maintenance, EH&S, engineering partners, contractors, and suppliers to ensure project success and alignment with business and operational requirements.
- 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.
- EH&S Integration: Integrate Materion Environmental, Health & Safety requirements throughout project planning, design, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff.
- 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 Rockwell Automation, Automation Direct, and GE PLCs, as well as Emerson DeltaV is highly desired.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and deliver results.
POSITION TYPE: Exempt
RELOCATION: Assistance provided
The above statement reflects the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the role and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.
