Lead Controls Engineer
Lead Controls Engineer
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Job Description
This is a standard controls engineer. They will be the lead for the site. 60% of work will be special projects for the facility with 40% troubleshooting fire fighting issues and daytoday repair type work. They have an outsourced group that handles some of the day to day and are trying to reduce the need for them. The goal for this position is to build a team underneath this person in the future. They are also working to do a couple of things standardize the use of Allen Bradley controls systems across the plant. They use Siemens and AB now want to move all legacy systems where they can to AB. They also are working towards Industry 4.0 where all the systems will communicate with each other and can use data collection to make better business decisions and eliminate machine downtime as much as possible through good code and system development.
This is a 750k sq. ft. facility that makes haircare products; shampoos gels conditioners etc. They also have 2 turbines which produce 2530% of the energy used at the facility. They are looking at ways to capture more of this energy production so it is not lost. There is a special project in the budget for next year to figure out how to capture more and increase the capacity of the turbines.
Required Citizenship / Work Permit / Visa Status*
US Citizen or Green Card Holder
MustHaves
- Experience: 5 years experience as a controls engineer would take 4 if person is super sharp and can handle interacting with higher level management and communicate with personnel from other plants.
Technical Skills: - Hands on experience with Allen Bradley and Siemens control systems must be able to tshoot program from scratch etc. Experience implementing new controls systems is highly preferred
- Strong knowledge of electrical engineering principles including power distribution motor control and instrumentation
- Working knowledge of SCADA systems and designing HMIs
- Industry agnostic however chemical and consumer products experience highly preferred
Nice to Haves
Chemical or consumer product industry experience
Employment Type
Full Time
