Controls Engineer
We have an excellent opportunity for a Controls Engineer in our Troy, Ohio, location.
- In this position, the successful candidate will have the following job responsibilities for managing capital equipment projects from conception to completion: Define project scope, budget, and objectives (essential)
- Develop equipment specifications for capital equipment projects
- Develop detailed timing plans with functional milestones to support project objectives; execute the plan within established timing. (essential)
- Manage Projects from startup to completion for new capital equipment. (essential)
- Project management and tracking for content/schedule/budget/plant safety (essential)
- Writing of justifications and proposals (essential)
- Develop specification of capital equipment and facility modification or expansions (essential)
- Develop Specifications for Shop floor data to drive capital equipment
- Develop and maintain company standards for capital equipment components (essential)
- Writing purchase contracts for capital equipment (essential)
- Manage vendors and contractors (essential)
- Provide project updates regularly to stakeholders. (essential)
- Reviewing/providing feedback/approving facility and equipment drawings (essential)
- Finalize all as-built drawings and documentation (essential)
- Research and analyze best practices in manufacturing concepts and trends for applicability; stay abreast of the latest manufacturing technology and leverage technology
- Research and develop plant improvement projects, safety, machine efficiency, modernization, reduce manpower, increase capacity etc
- Interfacing with plant personnel (essential)
- Start-up new equipment, including debug (essential)
- Identification of assembly, material handling, and process opportunities for labor and cost reduction as well as quality improvement (essential)
- Concept and develop solutions to assembly, material handling, and process problems and opportunities to improve (essential)
- Specification of control systems architecture for capital equipment (essential)
- Develop and lead building utility aspects of capital projects (essential)
- Develop and debug machine control systems (essential)
- Develop and modify Visual Studio.Net applications (essential)
- Work directly with new capital equipment vendors in the creation of systems and programming (essential)
- Integration of separate pieces of equipment constituting a manufacturing process or line (essential)
- Provide plant-level support for equipment (essential)
Job Requirements:
Qualifications
The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:
* BSEE or engineering degree with strong job experience related to this field.
* Minimum of 7 years experience, including engineering, project management, and hands-on plant/equipment level work in automation.
- The Controls Engineer is a senior level position. Experience in the following areas is required: Managed capital projects from start to finish
- Experience conceiving, laying out, and capital equipment design for capital projects, including BOM's, layout drawings, and detail drawings
- Experience in project management and process equipment design for projects ranging in magnitude to multi-millions of dollars
- Experience in organizing and leading matrix teams to complete successful projects on time and within budget constraints
- Ability to troubleshoot problems with capital equipment and implement solutions
- Experience with Facility Utilities.
- Experience with Power distribution/Arc Flash Studies
- Experience with Allen Bradley Control Systems design and programming
- Experience with AutoCAD
- Understand NFPA, OSHA, ANSI, and NEC codes
Our employees are rewarded with competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits including tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, sick and vacation time as well as a matching 401(k) savings plan.