Electrical Design Engineer

Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $3.8B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 11,000 employees around the world, with operations in over 71 manufacturing locations in 20 countries.

 Location: Fort Loramie - Fort Loramie, OH, United States (US)
Employment Status: Hourly Full-Time
Function: Engineering
Req ID: 24207 

Position Summary:  Complete Electrical Engineering items needed to design, build, ship, and service our products.

Role qualifications:

• Must be familiar with Company quality objectives and play an active role in reaching continuous improvement objectives.
• Focus on design and development.

Position responsibilities:

• Take initiative to meet challenging project timelines and budgets (hours and material).
• Provide the following design needs:  Electrical schematics, parts lists, control panel and operator station layouts and network/Fieldbus topology.
• Creation and troubleshooting of Control PLC, Safety PLC, HMI, and Servo Motion programs.
• Creation and troubleshooting robot programs.
• Assist in complex system start-up, de-bug and final equipment maturation.
• Provide technical assistance to Estimating, Sales, Production and Service as required.
• Assist in resolving issues discovered/encountered during system build, debug and shipping.
• Provide assistance to other departments (Service, Shop, etc.) as required.
• Assist in compiling documentation for Service manuals.
• Assist in field installation when necessary.
• Ensure that product, as designed, is in conformance with Lincoln Electric Automation quote and customer purchase order.
• Update design package to reflect “as shipped” configuration of any critical item.
• Work well with Machine builders, Management, and support functions.
• Ensure required ISO documentation is completed.

Essential skills and experience:

• Technical Degree in electrical engineering field desired and/or Equivalent Experience.
• Electrical Schematic Creation and Design – AutoCAD and/or Solidworks.  Electrical experience preferred.
• 5 plus years of proven design experience with Industrial Automation.
• PLC / HMI / Robot Programming / Network & Fieldbus / Safety Systems.

Nonessential skills and experience:

• Computer proficiency, including spreadsheet, word processing and project management software.
• Safety (OSHA STDS).

Reporting to this position:  No direct reports

Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S)

• Understand the Company’s EHS Policy and how it relates to this job.
• Be aware of OSHA & EPA laws and regulations as well as the Company’s Plant Rules and Regulations that pertain to this job.
• Work in a safe and environmentally friendly manner and observe all company EHS procedures.
• Know that the company EHS procedures are located on the ISO drive.
• Immediately notify the Supervisor if there is any safety hazard, any equipment not operating correctly, or if there are any questions regarding EHS procedures.
• Attend required EHS training.

Physical demands and work environment:  The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands:  While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Repetition with activity; computer work.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment:  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

ISO-14001:  Complies with ISO 14001, and other relevant standards.  Support, implement and understand the intent of the EMS policy.  Participates with ISO-14001 as required.

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.