Electrical Engineer

⚡ Electrical Controls Engineer I | Carol Stream, IL (On-site)

💰 Pay range: [70k-75k] per year

Serac Inc. builds packaging machinery, including filling, capping and cup-filling systems, for customers around the world. We're looking for an early-career controls engineer who wants to own the electrical side of a machine from design through startup, rather than just maintaining one on a plant floor.

🔧 What You'll Do

• Turn customer specifications into electrical designs, drawings and machine programs
• Program PLCs and HMIs in Allen-Bradley Studio 5000
• Build and manage the project BOM in PLM so purchasing demand is accurate
• Test machine programs and support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) , keeping drawings and documentation current
• Work with the mechanical and operations teams on machine startup and site acceptance at customer sites
• Work with our engineering headquarters in France to share designs, standards and best practices

🎯 What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 0-2 years in machine controls design. Co-op and internship experience counts
• PLC and HMI programming experience with Allen-Bradley (Rockwell Studio 5000)
• Able to read and create electrical schematics and panel layouts in CAD ( EPLAN P8 preferred )
• Working knowledge of NEC, NFPA and ANSI standards, plus a basic understanding of pneumatics and hydraulics
• Strong organization, prioritization and communication skills, with fluency in English
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

➕ Nice to Have

• Hands-on Allen-Bradley ControlLogix / CompactLogix experience
• Experience with QAD or SmarTeam
• French language skills

✈️ Travel and Work Environment

• Office and climate-controlled shop floor
• Domestic and international travel , including overnight trips, for customer startups and training
• Able to lift up to 35 lbs and to bend, kneel and reach on the shop floor

🌍 Why Serac

• Own the full electrical design of a machine early in your career
• See your work run on the shop floor and at customer sites
• Work with a global engineering team based in France

Serac is unable to sponsor work visas for this position.

📩 Interested? Apply here or reach out directly to Oscar Chirinos , @ [email protected]

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