What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controls Engineer position at Clopay Corporation?
Clopay Corporation is North America's largest residential garage door manufacturer. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional customer service as well as unsurpassed quality and innovative products. Our employees are the cornerstone of our success, and we are looking for dynamic individuals to join our team. We are looking for a controls engineer to join our project engineering team in Troy, Ohio.
Responsible for managing capital equipment projects from conception to completion, including:
Experience: At least 7 years business experience, including engineering, project management, and hands-on plant/equipment level work in capital equipment.
Responsible for managing capital equipment projects from conception to completion, including:
- Define project scope, budget, and objectives.
- Develop detailed timing plans with functional milestones to support project objectives; execute plan within established timing.
- Manage Project from startup to completion, for new capital equipment.
- Project management and tracking for content/schedule/budget/plant safety.
- Writing of justifications and proposals.
- Develop specification of capital equipment.
- Develop Specifications for shop floor data used to drive capital equipment.
- Writing purchase contracts for capital equipment.
- Manage vendors and contractors.
- Reviewing/providing feedback/approving equipment drawings.
- Finalize all as-built drawings and documentation.
- 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, increase capacity, etc.
- Interfacing with plant personnel.
- Start up new equipment, including debug.
- Concept and develop solutions to assembly, material handling, and process opportunities for labor and cost reduction as well as quality improvement.
- Develop and lead machine control systems.
- Develop and modify Visual Studio .NET and Python applications.
- Work directly with new capital equipment vendors in the creation of systems and programming.
- Integration of separate pieces of equipment constituting a manufacturing process or line.
- Provide plant-level support for equipment.
- Experience managing capital projects from start to finish
- Experience concepting, 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
- Experience using AutoCAD
- Have understanding and experience with - NFPA, OSHA, ANSI, and NEC codes
Experience: At least 7 years business experience, including engineering, project management, and hands-on plant/equipment level work in capital equipment.