Electrical Engineer

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About Woodgrain:

Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world, with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 70 years of quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products. Woodgrain Inc. is headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho with six divisions and over 45 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the United States and South America. Since 1954, Woodgrain is proud to be family owned and operated.

Starting Salary: $70,000 - $100,000 (depending on experience)

Employment Type: Salary, FT

Work Environment: 40 hours, Monday - Friday

Job Summary:

Looking for electrical engineers, not software engineers. As an Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the identification, development, and industrialization of modern electrical technologies. In this role, you will provide technical assistance leading to people safety and assets efficiency, and support building people capabilities to enable our factory to produce affordable, high-quality products. You will report to the Plant Engineering Manager.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• You will assess and analyze current conditions related to the electrical, instrumentation, and automation areas, bringing a systematic and sustainable plan to ensure our facility complies with engineering foundations
• You will execute improvement projects with the full participation of others in the factory as well as other support teams like Quality, Manufacturing, and IT
• You will apply new standards working closely with in-house Engineers and Maintenance Personnel
• You will research, experiment, and implement new and existing Process Control and Advanced Process Control (APC) systems, including new technologies like machine learning, data analytics, vision systems, and robotics
• You will lead market networks in the Electricity & Automation areas of expertise to provide capability building for the regional technical community
• You will support many capital investment projects either directly or coordinating external resources
• You will interact regularly with Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations managers, Project managers, Production supervisors, Quality management teams, Safety & environment teams, Continuous improvement teams, Suppliers, Contractors, and the Hourly workforce
• You will work to reduce factory losses, improve the yield of production lines, and reduce unplanned machine stoppages
• You will deliver capital investment projects on time and within the defined budget, taking responsibility for the technical solutions applied

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, preferably electrical and/or automation engineering/technology or equivalent
• 3+ years industry experience in software development, programming, or engineering discipline
• Experience with one or more of the following systems – HMI, Siemens PLC, MES applications
• Experience with advanced analytics, machine learning, vision systems, or robotics are a plus
• Strong communication and willingness to work as a standout colleague
• Bring business insight into a technical environment
• Programming experience in software development context
• Exposure to automated data collection, databases, visualization, quality and efficiency in manufacturing, SCADA, automated decision control
• Exposure to enterprise-level large-scale applications
• Experience with Industrial Networks
• Experience with SQL programming and databases
• Experience with IT environment or organization
• Experience in application integration to factory floor equipment

Additional Skills:

• Result driven
• Analytical skills in problem-solving - ability to think objectively through various options and scenarios
• Strong conflict resolution and transversal leadership skills
• Strong technical skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes
• Knowledge of process-driven industries
• Passionate about new technologies

Physical Demands:

This person is expected to perform work in the office and on the manufacturing floor/environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.

Travel:

This position does not require travel to other Woodgrain locations.

Summary of Company Benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) with a Company Match
• Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D
• Employer Paid Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Supplemental Hospital and Accident Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• 8 Company Paid Holidays & 1 Floating Holiday
• Paid Time Off (PTO)

Woodgrain is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Woodgrain is a drug, alcohol, and tobacco-free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment background and drug screening, and some positions require a fitness for duty test.