Senior Project Electrical Engineer

Elmore, OH

2026-R8901

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POSITION: Senior Project Electrical EngineerDEPARTMENT: Strategic Projects LOCATION: Elmore, OHBUSINESS UNIT: Performance Materials

ABOUT MATERION:Materion is one of the world’s premier advanced materials companies, dedicated to providing solutions that enable our customers’ technologies and drive their growth. Materion is a unique, rapidly growing, advanced materials solutions company enabling our customers' high-value technology and long-term success. Our products include precious and non-precious specialty metals, precision optical filters, inorganic chemicals and powders, specialty coatings, specialty engineered beryllium alloys, beryllium and beryllium composites, and engineered clad and plated metal systems. We offer competitive salary, incentive bonus opportunity, tuition reimbursement, a competitive retirement plan, comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage, and advancement opportunities.

JOB PURPOSE AND REPORTING STRUCTURE:Under the direction of the Strategic Projects Engineering Manager, the Senior Project Electrical Engineer will play a key role in managing and executing strategic capital projects at the Elmore, OH location and other Materion sites as assigned. This position will lead and support large, complex capital projects from concept through commissioning and operational handoff. The candidate will apply project leadership and technical expertise to instrumentation, controls, and data acquisition systems with some electrical power distribution work while ensuring alignment with business objectives, budgets, schedules, and safety requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Capital Project Management: Lead the planning, design, and execution of capital projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, budgets, and timelines.

• Project Leadership: Serve as Project Lead for multi-disciplinary and single-discipline projects, including developing project scopes, estimating costs and work hours, coordinating resources, and managing project schedules.

• Technical Oversight: Develop technical specifications and data sheets, evaluate vendor bids, and recommend best-value designs that meet operational, reliability, maintainability, and safety requirements.

• Field Leadership: Oversee field installations, conduct inspections, and resolve technical issues during project execution.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with Strategic Projects, production, maintenance, EH&S, engineering partners, contractors, and suppliers to ensure project success and alignment with business and operational requirements.

• Troubleshooting and Support: Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot and resolve issues with instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems.

• Technology Evaluation: Identify and evaluate new technologies to improve the performance and reliability of systems and processes.

• EH&S Integration: Integrate Materion Environmental, Health & Safety requirements throughout project planning, design, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Electrical Engineering Technology (BSEET), or equivalent.

• Proven experience in managing capital projects and leading project teams in an industrial environment.

• Strong background in industrial instrumentation, control, and data acquisition systems design.

• Hands-on experience with HMI screen development and PLC programming.

• Familiarity with Rockwell Automation, Automation Direct, and GE PLCs, as well as Emerson DeltaV is highly desired.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and deliver results.

POSITION TYPE: Exempt

RELOCATION: Assistance provided

The above statement reflects the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the role and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

Materion is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran.

Please email resumes to [email protected] .

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Materion’s Veteran Employee Resource group supports veterans and promotes the benefits of hiring veterans in the workplace. We honor all those who have served and are a military friendly company. Veterans are encouraged to apply and military experience and skills are transferrable to Materion careers.

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Traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTRN) and headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Materion has over 3,500 global employees in 32 countries with an expanding footprint growing each and every day.

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