Join our team as an Electrical Engineering Designer and play a key role in delivering high-quality electrical power and control systems for the refrigeration and cooling industry. In this hands-on position, you’ll contribute to the design and development of motor controls, programmable logic controllers, and electrical instrumentation. Ideal candidates have a degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics, are mechanically and electrically inclined, and bring experience in electrical engineering design for manufacturing environments.
This is an in-office role based out of Burlington, ON, reporting to our Electrical Engineering Group.
What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation package.
- Comprehensive medical and dental benefits.
- Retirement savings options.
- Career development opportunities, including mentoring and continuing education.
- Inclusive work environment that values diversity of thought, experience, and perspective.
What You’ll Do:
- Participate in project kick-off meetings to define scope, requirements, deliverables, budget, and timelines.
- Design and develop electrical circuits for motor controls using MCCs, VFDs, and Soft Starters.
- Perform component sizing and calculations in compliance with Canadian and American standards and codes.
- Create control circuits for temperature and pressure regulation using programmable controllers and relay logic.
- Prepare electrical drawings and panel layouts using AutoCAD Electrical.
- Coordinate starter panel and MCC designs with PLC panel integration.
- Generate bills of material and issue requisitions via SAP.
- Provide technical support to the Panel Shop and electricians during manufacturing and testing.
- Assist the Service Department with remote troubleshooting and equipment commissioning as needed.
- Collaborate with project engineering, mechanical teams, customers, and suppliers.
- Participate in Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
What You Bring:
- Post-secondary degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics.
- Experience in electrical engineering design for manufacturing environments.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical.
- Familiarity with CSA & UL standards and control panel certification processes.
- Strong knowledge of AC motor protection and controls, including VFDs, Soft Starters, and PLCs.
- Understanding of electrical and electronic instrumentation for process control.
- Experience with refrigeration control strategies is an asset.
- SAP software experience is an asset.
- Hands-on experience with control panel manufacturing processes.
- Strong documentation and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage schedules, and meet deadlines.
- Effective communication and coordination skills with shop personnel and electricians.
Who We Are:
CIMCO is one of North America’s largest suppliers of thermal solutions, catering to industrial, recreational, and commercial sectors. Sustainability is where our heart is. We are devoted to helping our customers get to net-zero emissions—naturally.
Join a team where safety, integrity, and technical excellence guide everything we do. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and a commitment to sustainability through natural refrigerants, CIMCO delivers innovative refrigeration solutions that power industries and communities across North America.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Start a career built for you—where your passion meets purpose.