$100,000 to $140,000
Steel Industry Electrical Engineer, Coordinated Drives
Cleveland, Ohio or Chicago, Illinois. Permanent, hybrid. $100,000 to $140,000 depending on experience, plus a performance bonus.
A systems integrator is building a coordinated drives capability for steel and aluminum producers from scratch, and this hire is who it's built around. You'd lead drive system design and commissioning on rolling and processing lines, develop the PLC and DCS side, lead the engineering team on each job, mentor junior engineers and help win new work.
You'll have implemented or replaced systems on steel or aluminum processes. Hot strip mills and cold rolling mills matter most. Tandem cold mills, pickling lines, galvanizing and coating lines, tension control, and plate, reversing and temper mills all count. Without that process exposure this role won't fit.
On the technical side that means coordinated AC and DC drive systems, gauge and tension control and the power distribution behind the drives. Platform doesn't matter. Rockwell, Siemens, ABB, GE TMEIC, Toshiba, Nidec or Schneider are all fine, and one vendor is enough. Seven years or more is the sweet spot, though five can work with the right projects. A degree in electrical engineering is preferred but experience counts for more.
You'd live within reach of the Cleveland and Akron or Chicago and northwest Indiana offices, working part office and part home. Travel is around 25%, taken in blocks. A typical project is four months configuring in the office and four weeks on site installing. Pittsburgh may work as a remote option.
Benefits include medical, dental and vision, a 401(k) match, generous PTO, travel incentives with per diem and training.
If you've done this work on a mill, send me your resume and we can have a chat.
