Jr. Controls Engineer

Assists with development, design and testing of electronic control systems. Possesses general knowledge of various hardware and software used in the control of manufacturing processes and equipment. The JR Controls Engineer is expected to inspire and lead their teams by setting the example and driving the 5 C’s (Care, Commit, Connect, Communicate, & Celebrate)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for assisting with the design, development and installation of new PLC based control systems.
• Provides production support by troubleshooting and resolving machine PLC related issues
• Produce and update documents including work/user instructions, functional specifications, detailed design specifications, electrical and pneumatic schematics, etc.
• Conduct machine functionality and fault recovery testing and participates in project startup and machine commissioning.
• Work collaboratively with all departments
• Displays a positive attitude towards safety, works safely and follows all the Company’s safety policies and procedures.
• Reports all unsafe and unhealthy conditions or acts to management immediately.
• Reports injuries, accidents, illnesses, near misses and property damage immediately to your supervisor.
• Complies with all Health, Safety and Environmental standards in accordance with the Occupational Health & Safety Act and the Michigan Occupational Health & Safety Act.
• Ensures all employees and visitors have a safe environment in that safety and housekeeping standards are maintained; and all hazards, unsafe actions, or unsafe conditions have been identified, corrected, and/or eliminated.
• Responds to and investigates all reports of injuries, accidents, illnesses, near misses and property damage immediately.
• Report on all issues that cause any downtime to operations to your supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned.

Note: If there is reason to believe that any equipment, or physical condition of the workplace is likely to endanger the employee or co-worker, or is in contravention of OSHA and MISOHA, notify management immediately. If there is any reason to believe that any equipment, physical condition of the workplace or assigned task is likely to jeopardize customer’s requirements, internal requirements or the quality of tests results and/or equipment build, notify management immediately. Authorities as detailed in our Quality System for ISO/TS16949 2009 including but not limited to Corrective and Preventative Actions, Control of Documents, Control of Records, Internal Audits and Control of Nonconforming Product.