Principal Mechanical/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 Principal Electrical Engineer.

This is an in-office position (4-5 days a week, Minnesota location only), travel up to 25%

The individual in this role will work collaboratively with RD&E, IT, Equipment and Connected Solutions team, 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, creating prototypes/proof of concepts, identifying or creating lead technologies to solve the issue at hand, 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, Equipment and Connected Solutions (ECS), Commercial Digital Solutions (CDS) and business teams
• Provide technical expertise and guidance on automation, sensors 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 electrical engineering, mechanical 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

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP / PMI certification
• Lean Six Sigma certification
• Working knowledge of industrial systems/control systems
• PLC/Industrial protocol communication experience
• Experience working with designing sensors
• 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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