Controls Design Engineer

Controls Design Engineer

Tiffin, Ohio

What matters to you? Will this check all of your boxes?

✅ This is a place where working culture matters
, and they prove it every day to their employees.

✅ This company's biggest value and investment is in their people
; when they aren't investing in people, they are making capital improvements.

✅ You will work with a team of tenured engineers with an average of 18 years with the company and over 160+ years of combined years of experience with the organization.

✅ You will have the feeling of stability; this employer has business booked out and the orders are coming in
.

✅ Not only an industry leader, a world leader in their industry
; they supply to an international market.

A well‑established, premier manufacturer is seeking a Controls Design Engineer to join their electrical design engineering team. The role will spend 40% of the time on PLC programming and 20% on electrical design. This position reports to the Electrical Design Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with a Senior Engineer to learn product and processes.
• Programmable logic controller programming using Allen Bradley PLC platforms.
• Manage multiple engineering projects and partner with mechanical engineers to complete machine design concepts.
• Responsible for control panel and electrical hardware design.
• Once trained, manage 1-6 design projects at a time.
• Make design changes to equipment designs.
• Create bill of materials for design projects.
• Make customized modifications to established designs.
• Assist sales and customer service departments with technical electrical expertise related to customer needs and quotations.
• Communicate with customers on equipment needs and preferences.
• Other duties directed by management.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of an Associate's degree; a Bachelor's degree is highly preferred.
• At least three years of experience performing similar functions at an OEM or machine integrator, depending on education.
• Proficiency in PLC programming.
• Experience in electrical design, including panels and panel layout.
• Microsoft Office skills.

Preferred but not required skills:

• VFD and servo control design.
• Strong project management.
• Allen Bradley PLCs.

Benefits:

• Excellent medical benefits (including dental and vision) day one of employment.
• Long‑term disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Paid holidays, vacation.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Position requires being on site Monday‑Friday.
• Competitive base salary.
• Opportunity to work on a global manufacturer and for a community‑regarded organization.
• Work/life balance and preferred core hours.

Candidates are preferred to be local to the Tiffin, Ohio area. There is no relocation package available at this time.