Corporate Electrical and Controls Engineer

Title

Electrical Engineer, 1st Shift

Westfield, WI

Corporate Project Engineer

Exempt

The Corporate Electrical Engineer will be a resource across Brakebush Brothers multi‑plants as a key designer and researcher of technical solutions and engineering support. This role plays an integral part in designing and implementing improvements to our industrial power distribution, incident energy, new equipment, and control systems.

• Design industrial control systems for all facilities, including comprehensive assessment of machines and creating control systems from scratch (panel layout, schematics, heat load calculations, SCCR studies, firmware, programming).
• Lead capital projects from conception to completion: work with vendors for quotes, purchase items, manage schedule and budget.
• Modify, audit, update and manage control system programs across all facilities; manage firmware updates, security protocols and system integrations.
• Design industrial power distribution systems: draw and update single‑line diagrams and collaborate with lead engineer and facilities to meet project requirements.
• Conduct incident energy calculations and site surveys to aid system design, troubleshoot problems, and recommend improvements.
• Review new equipment designs and performance criteria; identify solutions, risks, and technical guidance for implementation and utilization; serve as subject‑matter expert for partners, vendors and contractors; commission new equipment.
• Stay current with industry regulations and codes, including 508UL; evaluate new control technologies for reliability, safety, and efficiency.

• Electrical Engineering degree (or related) OR 5+ years electrical engineering experience.
• 3+ years experience in control system design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated competency with incident energy calculations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Teams).
• Proficient with Rockwell software or equivalent programming software.

• Competence in SKM software.
• Experience in food manufacturing operations and/or conceptual design.
• Knowledge of manufacturing automation systems.

No supervisory duties.

Primarily office environment with requirement to work in wide variations in temperature (-40° °C freezers, 32° °C coolers, 40° °C production area, wet cold environment); noise, slippery floors and moving equipment in operations setting.

Extensive standing, sitting, lifting, climbing ladders, wearing factory equipment while working in production, walking, visual, responding quickly to sounds and driving.

This is an exempt role; may be asked to change schedule and work ‘off’ shifts.

Travel to other production facilities as needed (up to 20%); most will require overnight stays.

Successful completion of a pre‑employment drug test and background check is required.

Brakebush provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to provide or assume work sponsorship of employment visas. Brakebush is committed to adhering to compliance and applicable pay transparency laws in all states where we operate and any other states where we have a legal obligation.