Controls Engineer

POSITION SUMMARY

Dominion’s Advanced Controls Engineering team is dedicated to quality, on time engineering. As a member of the Controls Design team you’ll work alongside our Project Managers, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Documentation teams to design, build, program, and integrate custom automated equipment and solutions for a variety of product lines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and maintain control system documentation ensuring compliance with customer specifications and industrial standards.
• Controls hardware design including electrical circuits, control panels, pneumatics, hydraulics, communication networks, variable frequency drives.
• Controls software design including PLC programs, HMI applications, drive applications, and industrial communication networks.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and project management teams to ensure cross-functional alignment and on-time delivery.
• Commissioning equipment, supporting start-up activities and system validation.
• Work directly with customers independently or as part of a project team by participating in meetings, project open issues and status reports. Supporting successful project planning, budgeting, and scheduling.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Proven experience and ability to create and direct the development of controls hardware and software that meets project requirements and customer specifications.
• Proven experience and ability to support project from inception through completion throughout all phases of design, build and integration.
• Knowledge of customer and industry specifications with ability to calculate figures and amounts such as power consumption, heat dissipation, network performance, safe stopping distances, pneumatic and hydraulic requirements.
• Advanced skills in troubleshooting, commissioning and system optimization.
• Knowledge of industrial network protocols.
• Demonstrated ability to support system commissioning and production start-ups
• Minimum of 3 years of experience

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED

• Knowledge of industry standards, common practices and customer requirements with recent, relevant work experience including GM, Stellantis or Ford projects.
• GM certifications and safety training. GCCH, GCCS, Eplan.
• Knowledge of Ford manufacturing standards and GVOSS specifications
• Experienced with plant systems. SEP, GEP, MERS, RPM, FIS, PFCS, BROADCAST
• AutoCad, ePlan, Studio 5000, RSLogix, Factory Talk View, Siemens TIA Portal, Servo Controllers
• Experienced with General Assembly, Evac and Fill Equipment, Automation systems and processes.