Controls Project Engineer

The Controls Project Engineer at Lincoln Electric is responsible for designing and integrating control systems for industrial processes, ensuring compliance with standards while meeting client requirements. This role includes testing, commissioning, and maintaining documentation of control systems, as well as managing projects related to budgeting and resource allocation. Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience, along with a background in motion controls and proven leadership skills.

Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 12,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.

Location: Plymouth - 46247 

Employment Status: Salary Full-Time 

Function: Engineering 

Req ID: 25807 

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Red Viking, a Lincoln Electric Company, has an exciting opportunity for a Controls Project Engineer. The Controls Project Engineer is critical to our control systems design for industrial processes and equipment, ensuring that they meet client and end-user requirements and are in compliance with applicable regulations and standards.

In addition to competitive base salary, we offer an annual bonus incentive, tuition reimbursement, medical/dental/vision, paid time off and many more outstanding benefits 

** This position offers flexibility to work hybrid ~2 days a week and 3 days on-site**

What You Will Do

• System integration:  integrates control systems with other industrial systems, such as mechanical, and electrical systems, to ensure that they work together effectively.
• Testing and commissioning:  tests and commissions controls systems ensuring that they operate safely and reliably and meet performance standards.
• Documentation:  creates and maintains documentation for controls systems, including design specifications, wiring diagrams, and operating manuals.
• Project Management:  may also be responsible for project management, including budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Ensure team product quality as measured by engineering KPI's.
• Support department continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in ISO training and audits.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering OR equivalent work experience in related field; 4+ years' related experience in engineering field with controls systems experience preferred.
• Motion Controls experience with different types of Servo Drive and Variable Frequency Drive Systems.
• Hardware design, component specification review and selection experience for electrical panels and equipment designs.
• Custom machine design and commissioning experience.
• Must be able to communicate clearly, articulately and professionally.
• Must have proven management and leadership experience leading a team of technical and engineering professionals.
• Must have appropriate schedule flexibility, sense of urgency, motivation and versatility to make a substantial contribution to the organization's success.
• Ability to interact positively and constructively with all RedViking team members while representing company in a professional manner.
• Ability to travel to other company and customer sites as needed (up to 25% - mainly during project kick-off and commissioning phase). 

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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