Senior Electrical Engineer

Ecolab is committed to rapidly accelerating our pace of digital innovation by helping our customers overcome real-world problems around water safety, energy conservation, food security and healthy environments. As part of this strategy, Ecolab is providing an exciting opportunity to join the Food & Beverage Division as a Senior Electrical Engineer.

The individual in this role will work collaboratively with RD&E, IT, Commercial Digital Solutions and Food & Beverage business teams to deliver digitally enabled customer facing solutions to better serve our customers, drive productivity, increase efficiency, improve sustainability, and ensure food safety. Responsibilities of this position include identifying global customer needs, capturing and clarifying application requirements, assessing technical feasibility, managing development, executing field tests, creating specifications, training, creating technical documentation and performing technical design transfer.

What you will do:

Guide project teams and business teams through the development process

Lead the technical design for the automation/equipment projects by working closely with the project teams

Translate key customer requirements to technical design requirements

Design, develop and implement solution strategies to meet customer and design requirements

Execute new product development projects according to solid project plans and project management principles (scope, timeline, milestones and risk-based decision making)

Create communication plans and maintain strong communication channels with global project teams, business stakeholders and development partners

Negotiate project priorities, resources and budget with cross-functional leaders

Act as primary interface between RD&E, IT, Commercial Digital Solutions and business teams

Provide technical expertise and guidance on automation and digital development best practices

Collaborate with technology delivery teams to ensure technical dependencies are prioritized

Partner with sales and service teams to merchandise solutions and drive engagement / adoption

Understand field and customer user experiences to be able to make informed decisions

Create specifications and technical documents (assembly procedures, wiring diagrams, installation instructions, operation manuals, user guides, etc.)

Build deployment plans to ensure installation, service and support resources are sufficient

Liaise with business and technical support teams to transfer and manage knowledge

Network with internal experts, technology partners and vendors to search for new and different approaches to solve customer problems

Coordinate with technology anchor teams to research and investigate early innovation ideas

Take personal ownership of employee safety standards and operate accordingly

Guide new Product Development Phase Gate activities by seeking out global customer needs, understanding application requirements, and managing the development, field testing and global launch of new offerings.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline

5+ years of experience working in research, development, engineering or digital / technology related environment.

2+ years multifaceted project management experience

Problem solving and critical thinking skills are essential

Effective oral and written communication skills, organizational skills and attention to detail

Demonstrate situational awareness and conflict resolution

Strong leadership presence with ability to influence and empower others

Self-starter with strong initiative and personal accountability

Naturally curious and willing to learn and adapt to new fast-changing technologies

Immigration Sponsorship not available for this role

Preferred Qualifications

PMP / PMI certification

Lean Six Sigma certification

Working knowledge of industrial systems/control systems

PLC/Industrial protocol communication experience

Experience with equipment design, creating and managing equipment specifications and manufacturing design transfer

Experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or other computer-aided design software

Benefits

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