Electrical Engineer
Agri-Neo
AGRI-NEO – JOB DESCRIPTION
Electrical Engineer
Member of: Engineering Team
Location: Toronto, ON
COMPANY
Agri-Neo’s mission is to help safely feed the world. Our vision to accomplish this is to set new food safety standards with our treatments for many foods. Our first product line is Neo-Pure, which leverages our proprietary technology of liquid formulas and systems that apply our solutions onto spices, seeds, herbs, and nuts in food processing facilities. These solutions control pathogens such as Salmonella and other quality indicator microorganisms (TPC, coliforms, etc.) to ensure the food is safe to eat and to prevent recalls. We have several customers throughout the globe (North America, Latin America, China, and Egypt), including large mainstream food processors that treat food continuously at high throughputs. We are scaling up our products at more mainstream customer sites to ensure that we set new food safety and food quality standards to help safely feed the world.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Electrical Engineer will assist in the design and development of new and current pasteurization systems. They will also support Operations in the deployment of these systems along with any start up or site integration needs. During the design phase, the main tasks will be to design the electrical layout, select process control components and program food safety systems for standalone functionality. This includes developing and adjusting the PLC and HMI programs as needed. Supporting operations can include preprograming the systems PLCs, HMI, drives, and other hardware where needed, along with transferring design and setup knowledge and supporting field engineers remotely on start ups and when faced with operational challenges.
The Electrical Engineer will also be responsible for managing the electrical packages and PLC/HMI programs. This includes development revisions and onsite adjustments and integrations.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting the build of current and new food safety systems by designing the electrical layout and selecting controls components.
- Managing the builds of all electrical panels and components for all new systems in development. This includes upgrades to existing systems.
- Reading, interpreting and creating circuit diagrams, drawings and electrical code specifications to plan electrical cabinet layouts and provide feedback regarding design, improvements, and local regulations.
- Developing an electrical cabinet build strategy with cost and reliability as the main drivers.
- Handing over validated and verified new electrical panel designs to Operations for repeated manufacturing and deployment.
- Developing and managing system controls, including PLCs, HMIs, drives, and all relevant components.
- Modifying current systems controls based on feedback from R&D testing.
- Preparing automation and instrumentation related designs, drawings and programming specifications and SOPs, as well as work instructions, operating manuals and maintenance manuals.
- Supporting field installation, testing and maintenance of electrical and control wiring, equipment, PLC program, and system commissioning.
- Troubleshooting and repair of components and full control panels.
- Supporting the maintenance and repair of electrical and control wiring, both at Agri-Neo and remotely in the field.
- Supporting daily preventative maintenance of pilot plant equipment electronics and controls.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
- Minimum 5 years hands-on experience working with electrical, automation, process equipment installation, wiring, commissioning and service.
- Minimum 2 years Industrial Control System programming.
- PLC programming experience with ladder logic, function block, Allen Bradley PLCs.
- HMI/SCADA programming experience.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite software.
- Valid Driver’s license & insurance.
- Valid passport.
- Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time.
Skills:
- Experience in designing electrical system schematics and layouts, program creation, performing modification, repair, installation, maintenance, improvement and troubleshooting of various types of industrial electrical equipment and associated electrical and electronic controls.
- Experience using CAD systems.
- Experience with a variety of regulatory standards, CE experience is a plus.
- Experience with directing and working closely with industrial electricians.
As part of our commitment to inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility, our goal is a workforce built on respect that reflects the communities we serve. We thank all applicants for their interest in Agri-Neo but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We are proud to be in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) 2005, and the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation. We are happy to honor accommodations at any part of the recruitment process and invite you to let us know how we can help.