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.