Electrical Engineer

Company: Mid-American Steel and Wire
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 23, 2024

Job Description:

Purpose:
Designs and develops solutions to complex applications problems. Performs systems management and integration functions.

Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Combination of Experience and Education

Tasks

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• Verify stability, interoperability, portability, security, or scalability of system architecture.
  
• Provide technical guidance or support for the development or troubleshooting of systems.
  
• Monitor system operation to detect potential problems.
  
• Perform ongoing hardware and software maintenance operations, including installing or upgrading hardware or software.
  
• Establish functional or system standards to ensure operational requirements, quality requirements, and design constraints are addressed.
  
• Evaluate existing systems to determine effectiveness and suggest changes to meet organizational requirements.
  
• Train system users in system operation or maintenance.
  
• Operate and maintain production machinery.
  
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  
  Skills:
  Basic Skills
  
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  • Active Listening
    
  • Critical Thinking
    
  • Learning Strategies
    
  • Mathematics
    
  • Monitoring
    
  • Reading Comprehension
    
  • Speaking
    
  • Writing
    
  • Verbal Communication
    
    
    Technical Skills
    
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    • Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
      
    • Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
      
    • Operation Control and Monitoring - Controlling operations of equipment or systems
      
    • Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
      
    • Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
      
    • Mechanical – Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
      
    • Operation and Control – Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
      
    • Operation Monitoring – Watching gauges, dials, or other indicator to make sure a machine is working properly.
      
    • Technology Design – Generating or adapting equipment and technology.
      
    • Repairing – Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
      
    • Programming – Writing computer programs for various purposes.
      
    • Other - Ability to read blueprints, schematics, specifications and technical drawings
      
      
      Resource Management Skills
      
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      • Management of Financial Resources – Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
        
      • Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
        
      • Management of Material Resources- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
        
      • Management of Personnel Resources- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
        
        
        Work Context
        Body Positioning
        
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        • The physical demands 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.
          
          While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, stoop and bend to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to walk, kneel, and talk or hear.
          The employee must regularly push, pull, lift up to 25 pounds and occasionally be required to push, pull, and/or lift up to 50 pounds.
          
          Environmental Conditions
          
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          • Employee occasionally works in outdoor weather conditions. The indoor environment is not climate controlled. While performing the duties of the job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to vibration. The employee operates mobile equipment, operates cranes or hoists and is exposed to hot materials. The noise level in the work environment is loud and employee is exposed to dust.
            
            
            Role Relationships
            
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            • Work With Work Group or Team
              
            • Coordinate or Lead Others
              
            • Deal with External Visitors or Vendors
              
              
              Work Attire
              
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              • Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Metatarsal Boots, Glasses, Gloves, Fire Retardant Uniforms, Hard Hats and Hearing Protection.
                
                
                
                Tools and Technology
                Tools
                Mobile Equipment
                Power Tools
                Hand Tools
                Other Tools Required in the Production Process
                
                Technology
                Computers and Mobile Devices
                Printers
                Copy Machines
                Fax Machines or Scanners
                Database Software
                Recordkeeping Software
                Email Software
                
                
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