Senior Electrical Panel Designer - ArchKey Solutions LLC

Senior Electrical Panel Designer
This position is based out of our Fridley, MN office.

About ArchKey

ArchKey is one of the nation’s largest privately held specialty trade installation and integrated facility service companies. We are a leader in designing, building and maintaining electrical, technologies and specialty systems. We’re the POWER behind making the improbable possible. We’re electrifying the nation, energizing the future and bringing communities to life like never before. What we do today shapes the vision of tomorrow. Our work impacts lives long after the building is done. This means we are committed to building in ways that are not just technologically advanced, but sustainable, scalable and equitable by all. We’re not just energizing infrastructure, we’re energizing careers, communities, and the future.  

Made up of the brightest minds in the industry, our team is our greatest asset bringing knowledge, skills, and experience to every project. This is more than a call to join us, it’s an invitation to be part of a visionary journey, to grow with us as we scale.  

About the position

As a Senior Panel Designer, you will be responsible for leading and supporting the overall mission of the Company’s controls and automation business, in alignment with all approved business models. This position will have a strategic focus on control systems integration and industrial controls, serving primarily the industrial and manufacturing markets where controls and automation systems exist in client facilities. This position is also responsible for leadership and adherence to department standards and processes, in alignment with all Company policies, procedures, key objectives and regulations.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Has a growth mindset and is always looking to continually learn and grow.
• Is detail oriented and has strong organizational skills.
• Can work independently and meet deadlines with minimal oversight.

Day in the life

• Provides leadership to engineering, and technical execution, with an emphasis on industrial control panel design, to a wide array of manufacturer’s hardware and software platforms designed for industrial controls and manufacturing.  
• Participates in and coordinates the design of automation hardware, panel building, and testing. Accurately and confidentially maintains company records and other sensitive business and customer data. 
• Manages and develops project deliverables independently and/or within a team.  Assists in the creation of engineering standards, best practices, and procedures. 
• Provides frequent communication, troubleshooting and problem-resolution consulting on issues with members of the project team and other applicable parties. Assesses project issues and risks and works to create and implement best practice solutions. Maintains accurate documentation of all significant plans, resolutions, and changes. 
• Provides training as needed to customers and/or team members on control systems required for specific project work. 
• Benchmarks with leadership and other team members to ensure consistent work standards, strategic goals and objectives, and policies and procedures are adhered to. Benchmarks with other companies and research trends affecting the industry. 
• Provides high quality communications, mentoring, coaching, training, and teambuilding to work team and other co-workers as needed. 
• Builds effective relationships with customers, foremen, project teams, specialty contractors, vendors, suppliers, user groups and others that reflect and support the Company’s core values and meet or exceed the customer’s expectations. 
• Consistently makes decisions in an attentive and safe manner to ensure the safety and health of self and others.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field. 
• Minimum 5-7 years of control panel design experience. 
• Knowledge and experience using AutoCAD Electrical in electrical control schematic and layout design. Skills and experience with UL 508a standards and common practices preferred. 
• High degree of professionalism, initiative, organizational, customer service and prioritization skills. Experience with direct customer contact and effective communication with employees and co-workers at all levels. 
• Dedicated team player, with excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. Strong communication skills and relationship-building skills. 
• Needs to be very detail oriented. Demonstrated strong analytical and mathematical skills 
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving, customer service and time management skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Travel

• Occasional travel may be required

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. #MN70-0