Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary
The Controls Engineer is responsible for supporting and improving plant automation and process control systems to maximize safety, reliability, and productivity. This role provides expertise and oversight for process control programming, including PLC and HMI development, system troubleshooting, maintenance, and documentation. The Controls Engineer leads control system upgrades and capital projects in partnership with contractors, maintenance, IT, and operations, while developing long-term strategies that increase plant availability, improve process capability, and drive measurable capacity and productivity gains.
Responsibilities of Position:
- Committed to ensuring the safety of self and others through the following of all safety practices and procedures.
- Provides expertise and supervises process control programming function.
- Performs maintenance on existing systems as assigned such as software backups.
- Tests and performs validity checks on program logic.
- Prepares documentation of developed programs according to accepted standards.
- Participates in determining hardware and software requirements for continued effective operation.
- Develop new business proposals
- Ability to write and execute Capital projects, working with contractors and maintenance to achieve desired result from a project standpoint as well as a productivity standpoint
- Develop new business proposals
- Panel design and layout, bill of materials, and wiring schematic capabilities are expected with this position
- Develops computer programs to assist in troubleshooting and calibrating process automation hardware.
- Develop training modules to assist maintenance in troubleshooting process equipment
Essential Functions:
- Analyze current systems and develop strategy for future growth.
- Implement control system improvement to realize plant capacity productivity gains.
- Work closely with IT to populate / create databases necessary for improved process capability and understanding.
- Increase plant availability.
- Proficiency in PLC programming language. (Allen Bradley, Semans and GE Fanuc required)
- HMI programming and configuration of the following software packages Wonderware, and Rockwell Software.
- Good knowledge and application of Oracle Databases.
- Working knowledge of industrial instrumentation, process control theory and computer systems.
- Ability to analyze technical process related data.
- Working knowledge of motors, drives and various field devices a plus.
- Firm understanding of electrical engineering practices
- The candidate must have experience reading and red-lining PI&D drawings.
- Must be able to work most of the time in a warm/hot plant environment.
- Must be able to lift, push, and pull up to 100lbs as/when needed.
- Must be able to kneel, crawl, bend, and crouch to perform work tasks.
- Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time.
Education
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering, or Process Engineering.
- 5-7 years of experience working with electronic control systems
- Ladder logic programming experience related to process automation and control.
Physical Demands
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time Frequent bending, stooping, crouching, reaching and climbing ladders during entire shift
- Must be able to lift, carry, maneuver and move up to 50 lbs. of objects in the facility
- Required to talk, hear and demonstrate manual hand and finger dexterity
- Eye-hand coordination to handle, machinery, materials, parts and working with hand tools
- Regular attendance and ability to work in excess of a 40-hour week if necessary
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer
Proterial Cable America provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. As a Federal Contractor, we encourage priority referral of protected veterans under VEVRAA.