Electrical Controls Designer (AutoCad Electric)
Description:
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:
AXIS Automation is seeking an Electrical Controls Designer (AutoCad Electric), under the direction of the Engineering Manager. We are seeking an experienced AutoCad Electric designer with a background in panel layout, creating schematics, mechanical drawings for panel cutouts. An Electrical Controls Designer will partner with our engineering, field service, and assembly teams to build highly engineered decorating and finishing equipment for the baking and snack food industry. AXIS offers a highly creative and variable work environment.
Join the AXIS team in supplying innovative solutions in automation to Fortune 500 snack food and baking companies worldwide.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILTIES:
Develop electrical schematics with a modular systematic approach
Detail our title block
Create/modify our project structure
Create and maintain symbol libraries for standard electrical components
Produce mechanical drawings with dimensional tolerances for cabinet modifications
Excellent communication with design team and customers to conceptualize, develop, carefully balance product specifications, process requirements, layout complexity, cost, and lead-time limits
Author and implement PLC ladder logic with an emphasis on simplistic, effective code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable
Configure VFDs using a standardized parameter configuration method
Modify standard HMI screen to meet machine requirements
Work with programmers and field service technicians to refine design, troubleshoot systems in-house and in the field
QUALIFICATIONS:
A minimum of 5 years of AutoCad Electric experience relating to panel layout design
Be able to produce electrical schematic with standard electrical symbols
Produce complete bills of material templates
Understand NFPA 79 UL 508, CE and CSA requirements as they apply to industrial control systems
Be familiar with "best practices" with regards to voltage segregation and wire routing in panels and raceways
Total comprehension of automation components, wiring practices, and how they are interconnected. This includes PLCs, VFD, HMI, servos, analog signals, digital signals, transformers, MCPs, relays, fusing, circuit protection, etc.
Proficient in Microsoft® Office® suite
DESIRED (BUT NOT REQUIRED):
Experience with assembly of custom automation equipment in the food or pharmaceutical industry
A solid mechanical aptitude
Knowledge of robotics
Heater and temperature control systems.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS (and ADDITIONAL NOTES):
Working conditions are normal for a professional office environment with occasional visits to modern manufacturing facility
Clean, well-maintained, and comfortable workspaces
Required use of PPE including but not limited to; steel toe shoes and safety glasses in manufacturing areas
Requires sitting and/or standing for long periods of time
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.Company Description
AXIS Automation is a global leader in the design and manufacture of fully automated decorating and finishing systems for bakeries around the world. Our innovative topping, filling, icing, and depositing solutions have been at the forefront of the baking and snack food industries since 1984. Our early exploration into automated food processing equipment primarily involved dry ingredient depositing, which resulted in the development of the industry-leading AXIS Topper. Today, our repertoire has expanded to include moist topping dispensers, batter depositors, injectors, glazers, coating drums, and much more.
All of our equipment is manufactured at our facility in Hartland, WI. Our drive is to find the perfect solution for each unique application so that our customers can produce their highest quality product with greater ease and efficiency. We approach every project with a dedication to quality and innovation, helping our customers to streamline their baking processes with reliable, accurate systems that reduce labor and waste.
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