Controls Engineer II
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Safety
- Participate in site safety programs designed to assure safe working conditions and eliminate any workplace accident. Be familiar with and provide oversight on NFPA70E. Be a visible participant in the site safety program.
Controls Engineering
- Develops and executes changes to PLC controls where necessary working with process engineers and maintenance technicians.
- Maintains the documentation (both electronic and hard copies) for the electrical panels and PLC controls for each process. This would include drawings, diagrams, manuals, installation disks/CD's and any other pertinent information. Updates any documentation where necessary. Follows a controlled PLC change system that will track changes.
- Supports capital engineering projects for new equipment, including panel design, coordination with vendors for construction, PLC and HMI programming and new equipment startup.
- Involved with PLC, drive, instrumentation, and electrical installations. Available to assist maintenance with troubleshooting of controls issues.
- Develops and reviews procedures and provides training for others to handle routine PLC control or electrical issues during normal off-hours. Provides off-shift troubleshooting if necessary.
- Conducts and maintains the necessary contacts for ensuring that PLC controls and equipment are current and that the necessary spare parts are available.
Education/Experiences:
Required:
- A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field with 2-4 years of controls design and programming experience in a manufacturing environment.
- An associate degree along with at least 5 years of controls design and programming experience in a manufacturing environment will be considered.
- Functional knowledge of PLC and HMI programming and electrical panel design
- Experience troubleshooting equipment.
- Extensive knowledge of MS Office applications
Preferred:
- Plastics processing experience
- ACAD 2D design software
- PLC and SCADA programming experience
Technical/Functional Competencies:
An Ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following technical and functional competencies:
- Continuous Improvement: Inspects Processes: Analyzes measurements to improve process performance. Identifies measures to evaluate process performance. Defines quality objectives and measures for own area.
- Priority Setting: Manages Priorities. Handles multiple and competing priorities, effectively. Spends most of the day on the important work activities. Separates the important from the unimportant.
- Problem Solving: Solves Complex Problems. Uses several methods to analyze complex problems. Identifies cause-effect connections. Determines the root cause of problems. Conducts systematic research to obtain information. Able to generate several alternative solutions.
- Technical Knowledge: Creates Opportunities to Learn: Investigates area systematically using a wide variety of resources. Uses challenges to learn and creates opportunities to improve in functional/technical area.