Controls Hardware Engineer

Shick Esteve is currently seeking a Controls Hardware Engineer to join our team in Kansas City, MO. The Controls Hardware Engineer is responsible for designing industrial control panel drawing packages including motor control circuits, 120Vac and 24Vdc power distribution schematics, Control Panel layouts, I/O ladder diagrams, and installation drawings. This position works collaboratively with other members of the engineering staff and electrical detailers to ensure that each project meets all necessary requirements.

What You'll Do

Controls engineering of dry and liquid ingredient handling systems based on proposed scope of work, customer requirements and specifications, industry and government regulations, and Shick Esteve design standards. This includes:

• Preparing I/O list from a Piping & Instrumentation Diagram
• Developing appropriate motor control circuits
• Calculating total power requirements
• Ensuring all customer expectations are met through the completeness of the design
• Interfacing with electrical detailers to ensure drawings are created
• Coordinating with software developers for the completion of the project
• Providing support for shop construction of control panels
• Providing support for hardware needs/issues while project is being installed
• Assisting sales in developing solutions for customers
• Heat load analysis and power load calculations
• Other related duties/functions as assigned

Team

When you join Shick Esteve, you are joining a team striving for excellence, empowered by a culture of hard work and dedication. We embrace our values of passion, accountability, fun, consistency, and responsiveness, and believe in the power of a cohesive, high-performing team. 

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering OR 5+ years of control system design experience
• Knowledge of PLC and HMI hardware equipment
• High level experience with MS Office products
• Experience with electrical circuit design and build
• Ability to work in a fast pace environment while maintaining schedule, cost and quality
• Ability to travel up to 20%
• Ability to perform hands-on trouble shooting of controls, electrical and instruments at fabrication shop or customer site locations
• Strong critical thinking, objective reasoning and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of UL labeling and requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AutoCAD Electrical preferred
• Prior experience with wide range of control panel products preferred (Allen Bradley, Square D, Entrelec, etc)
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and to propose new and better control panel equipment

Who We Are

For over 60 years Shick Esteve has specialized in finding innovative solutions and providing unmatched service for food industry leaders around the world. How do we accomplish this? Through our people! Behind everything we do are our team members striving for excellence empowered by a culture of hard work and dedication. We embrace our values of passion, accountability, fun, consistency, and responsiveness, and believe in the power of a cohesive, high-performing team. Our people are what set us apart from the competition, and if you’re ready to join an industry-leading company that truly values its employees, we want to hear from you today!

Founded in 1956, Shick Esteve provides ingredient automation solutions to multiple industries that include baking, coffee, distilling/brewing, confectionery, pet food, snack food and prepared foods, among others. Our goal was and still is to enhance each customer's production process with solutions that provide accuracy, accountability, and consistency in an economical manner. We are committed partners to our customers. Shick Esteve is an operating company of Hillenbrand.

Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.
 

EEO: The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.  Additionally, Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities.  If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at [email protected].  In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.  At Hillenbrand, everyone is welcome to apply and "Shape What Matters for Tomorrow".

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