Lead Controls Engineer

What you’ll do:

Company:          Cooper Power Systems, LLC

Location:            1520 Emerald Road, Greenwood, SC 29646

Position Title:    Lead Controls Engineer (Req# Please provide)

Job Description:

Lead efforts to proactively identify process and factory automation improvements which deliver safety, quality, productivity, and reduced cost targets. Drive factory automation through the development of design specifications, programs, simulations and test processes.  Provide start-up assistance for automation and control systems design in a manufacturing environment. Provide day to day support for the manufacturing team, including troubleshooting for assembly, material, tooling, or engineering concerns. Develop or purchase manufacturing equipment, fixtures, and tooling. Identify, design, justify, quote and Implement Cost Reduction projects in line with change management process. Manage capital spend projects for production equipment. Participate with multi-functional product development teams to ensure manufacturability of new designs through the ProLaunch process and Preventative Maintenance Optimization process. Analyze equipment downtime to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs, apply technical knowledge to innovate, design and develop equipment, fixturing, procedures, processes, tooling and automation. Assess process capabilities, identify improvement opportunities and integrates new processes and equipment to maximize manufacturing throughput and velocity. Identify resource needs for the plant, assist in preparing budgets and major appropriation requests. Provide engineering support as required for maintenance department, engineering and product testing labs. Collaborate with Manufacturing and Product Engineering to implement new production processes, which meet engineering and quality specifications. Domestic and international travel required, up to 15% for supplier visits, benchmarking, and project management.

Qualifications:

Job Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mechatronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology or a directly related field plus five (5) years of engineering experience in manufacturing. 

Skills:

Must have five (5) years of experience in each of the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

• Manufacturing Systems

Must have four (4) years of experience in each of the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

• Automation, Controls, and Test Systems
• Electrical Testing
• Electrical schematic review and development
• Troubleshooting of complex electrical systems
• Electrical safety evaluation and mitigation
• CAD
• Change management for manufactured product and processes

Must have six (6) months of experience in each of the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

• Training others on complex electrical systems
• Project Management

To apply: Send resumes to [LINK].