Supervisor, Electrical Engineering

Position Description

TREW is a provider of Automated Equipment, Control Systems and Warehouse Execution Software. As a Supervisor, Electrical Engineering, you will lead a team of electrical engineers that design and implement electrical controls systems for automated material handling equipment. This is project/application-based work that includes development of specifications, electrical device layouts, schematics and panel drawings. Project design and testing will take place in the office.

Completed work is installed and tested at the clients' facility.

You must be self-motivated, dedicated and possess a strong sense of initiative. You must have the ability to easily adapt to changing situations and have a strong technical background in electrical and controls systems. Candidates must have a strong task-based skillset with a focus on organization, time-management, and prioritization. Candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and customer service skills plus the ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of people at all levels of expertise.

As a Supervisor, Electrical Engineering, you will be involved in leading team members assigned to projects from the concept phase through design, programming, testing and onsite support. You will serve as the primary point of contact between the Engineering Manager and the electrical design project team. You may have direct interaction between the client and our company. You will work closely with Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering and Project Management.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Supervising a team of engineers, participating in hiring of engineers, scheduling, mentoring, reviewing, planning, following standards/procedures, developing standards, performance reviews & appraisals
• Meeting with both client and internal project teams to define applications
• Review proposals, statement of work and customer specifications for automated material handling projects
• Develop resource planning and forecasting to support electrical design project phases.
• Coordinate departmental work to meet project schedules
• Assign electrical design resources to projects
• Generating project specific documentation using standard company formats.
• Using AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical for electrical design reviews including device layouts, schematics, control panel design and communication architecture diagrams
• Supervise team progress and productivity and report status to engineering management
• Identify customizations to standard electrical panels for application within requirements of each specific project.
• Perform electrical design reviews with assigned project resources
• Participating in design reviews with project teams
• Perform regular progress checks and reviews of electrical design team.
• Creating departmental standards documentation
• Interact with mechanical engineering, control panel fabrication and electrical installation personnel
• Manage scheduling of control panel fabrication with vendors
• Work closely with PLC controls engineers & software engineers to integrate controls solutions.
• Perform on-site technical system audits with project team members
• Perform on-site system commissioning progress checks to validate installation and commissioning status
• Participates in scheduling of customer service and customer experience turnover meetings at the completion of a project.
• Provide leadership to junior staff members
• Report status of projects to engineering manager & project managers

Required Skills/ Abilities

• Ability to multi-task and maintain deadlines while ensuring quality in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Ability to work in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
• Ability to lead a team and accomplish project and management goals
• Must have good organizational and leadership skills
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient with MS Office Software including Word, Excel & Outlook
• Proficient with personal computers with experience using Microsoft Windows operating systems
• Knowledge of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical
• Knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC/PLC Controllers or similar automation controllers
• Knowledge of industrial…