Electrical / Automation Engineer (Experienced Professional)

Electrical / Automation Engineer (Experienced Professional)

Michelin is hiring!

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This opportunity is at our Truck Tire Plant located in Spartanburg, SC. Our 1.2 million square foot facility produces innovative medium to heavy truck tires that offer the best in energy savings, weather technology and durability for our customers. Our community of 1,300 employees take pride in their purpose of improving the long-haul transportation safety, costs per mile, and greenhouse gas emissions. The city of Spartanburg offers a great mix of city and country life, with its walkable downtown area and great places to eat. It is located near Greenville, which also offers great living amenities and an international airport. Our campus features include a cafeteria, company gym, and on-site credit union. We are driven to inspire our team to achieve both long-term career and personal goals. Caring, growing, and leading are at the center of our Spartanburg in Motion purpose. Come join our team today!

Mission:

This opportunity includes all aspects of project management, technical specification, design, analysis, installation management, equipment start-up and manufacturing. Automation/Electrical engineers support the manufacturing processes and equipment in one or several manufacturing facilities by designing, specifying, purchasing and constructing Automated/Electrical systems (hardware and software) and components. Engineers are expected to spend a fair amount of time in hands-on activities. Interaction with all levels of employees will be encountered.   This is sometimes accomplished through the management of contract engineering resources.

Responsibilities:
This position includes roles as a electrical designer and project manager for our Truck Tire manufacturing facility, supporting efforts to design, build, install, maintain, and modify our manufacturing equipment.

- Create initial designs, assist to define functional specifications for new machines and systems, develop estimates and budget, assure procurement of parts and systems, monitors electrical equipment fabrication, conduct vendor/contractor management, deliver complete and current technical documentation, and oversee installation and startup of projects that range from simple modifications of existing machinery to large-scale expansion projects.
- Have hands-on involvement with equipment and processes by being available to the operators and maintenance personnel and gaining detailed knowledge of the process.
- Provide technical expertise in the maintenance, modification and installation of equipment and machinery in the tire manufacturing process, including technical assistance for problem solving analysis.
- Participate in all facets of project management including:  Economic justification, design, vendors/procurement, installation, start-up, qualification, machine acceptance, training for operations & maintenance, project reviews and technical documentation.

- Provide liaison between facility engineering, central quality, methods and purchasing teams, and equipment suppliers to assure good mutual system requirement understanding.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering along with demonstrated successful project management experience.   Associates degree with extensive experience may be considered.

Proven electrical design skills, and the ability to deal with electrical, electronic and mechanical tire manufacturing equipment.

Minimum of 5 years industrial electrical design experience, preferably in manufacturing/industrial equipment. Beginners with strong potential may be considered and would receive appropriate training.

Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.  Demonstrated ability to set and achieve goals with minimum supervision.  The applicant must be able to develop positive relationships with customers.

Well organized and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.   Demonstrated solid teamwork, communication, and planning skills required.   Previous project management experience or team leadership experience is preferred.

Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and resolve issues. Both written and verbal communication skills are essential. Ability to communicate with French counterparts on technical issues is preferred.

Maintain a high degree of confidentiality in dealing with outside contractors and equipment suppliers.

Experience with AutoCAD electrical latest version and PLC programming (i.e. Allen-Bradley) is required.  Robot (Fanuc), vision system (Keyence or Cognex), and Measurement (laser profilometer) experience is a plus.