Controls Engineering

Automation Controls Engineer

Location: Richmond, California
Type: Direct
Job #2318
Salary: $125,000.00

The Automation Controls Engineer (Plant Engineer) will ensure proper installation and maintenance of plant equipment and facilities to provide a safe, efficient and cost-effective operation. This position will report to the Plant Manager.

The Plant Engineer will act as both a Project & Process Engineer while alsoy will be supporting the maintenance manager to produce building and construction products (gypsum and cement board). Duties include SOPs, BOMs, installation of equipment, capital budgets, scheduling, and annual audits. Other responsibilities include programming, troubleshooting, controls, upgrades, process upgrades, break/fix, new equipment design and modifications. Maintenance Management is focused on quality, costs, predictive and preventative maintenance of equipment.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
2+ years of experience as a Plant/Process/Project Engineer in a heavy manufacturing or industrial environment
2+ years of experience programming and troubleshooting PLCs and HMIs
2+ years of experience with AutoCAD
Experience with industrial electricity (power distribution, motor controls, etc.)
Strong communication skills

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Experience as a Plant Engineer for the gypsum industry
Experience with Yaskawa controllers
Previous management experience with direct and non-direct reports (5-15)
BS in Engineering – preferably Electrical

Electrical Controls Engineer

Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Type: Direct
Job #2316
Salary: $110,000.00

The Electrical Controls Engineer will be designing and programming controls and instrumentation for the manufacturing of photovoltaic cells for renewable energy applications. This position will be a mix between designing new lines for capital projects as well as maintenance for existing.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
3+ years of experience as a Controls Engineer in an automated manufacturing or OEM environment
3+ years of experience with electrical design including power design, layout, and control panels
3+ years of experience with PLC and VFD programming
Experience with industrial network protocols such as Ethernet/IP or Modbus
Experience with one-line electrical diagrams
Experience with instrumentation and controls selection
BS in Electrical Engineering or related

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
Experience with photovoltaic panel manufacturing

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Controls Engineer

Location: Cottondale , Alabama
Type: Direct
Job #2315
Salary: $100,000.00

The Controls Engineer will be responsible for updating and improving existing controls systems, including robotic programs, Allen Bradley ladder logic, relay logic, electrical distribution, motor controls, operator interfaces, and hydraulics and pneumatics distribution control. You will also be involved in the design and development of new machine controls, incorporating robotics, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and vision applications using Cognex/Keyence technology.

Will be required to have knowledge of machine and plant networking solutions, as well as experience in integrating barcode scanners and cameras into PLC control systems. Electrical support will be required for injection molding press systems from various manufacturers, including Cincinnati Milicron, Farrel, Van Dorn, Toshiba, and Krauss Maffei. Additionally, you will provide electrical support for injection molding robotics, such as Wittmann, Star, Sepro, and Milicron.

They manufacture automotive interior components and systems such as instrument panels and consoles, door systems, headliner and overhead systems, and cockpit and console systems.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
2+ years of experience as a Controls Engineer for an automotive manufacturer
Experience designing and programming Allen Bradley PLC's & HMI's
Experience with RSLogix 5000, and 500 Factory Talk
Experience with protocols like Ethernet, Profibus, RS-232, Devicenet, or DH+
Experience with AutoCAD
Experience with:

•   PC Hardware setup, troubleshooting, maintaining
•   Basic LAN knowledge and functionality (TCP/IP)
•   Basic LAN hardware knowledge (switches, cabling, routers)
•   Software installation/upgrading
•   Network printing
•   Basic AD knowledge (disable users, change passwords)

BS in Electrical Engineering or related

DESIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
Experience working with automotive interior systems manufacturing
Experience with injection molding or foaming systems
Experience with Visual Basic
Experience with Mitsubishi, Siemens and Omron PLC/HMI systems
Experience with Rotational dry cast cells, Vacuum forming, Paint cells, Laser scoring, water jets, sonic and vibration welding

Controls Engineer

Location: Flowery Branch, Georgia
Type: Direct
Job #2309
Salary: $120,000.00

The Controls System Engineer will contribute to all aspects of industrial automation of the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power generator. Some of the advanced configurations of the ORC generator use Siemens inverters to deliver power to the local grid and allow conformance to more advanced grid requirements in the EU. The first major tasks for this role will be working with the Siemens inverters, and the conversion of the controls system into the Siemens PLC platform.

Ongoing tasks will include maintenance of the Siemens control software variant, and product development / improvements to the ORC control system. The successful candidate will develop a strong technical knowledge of the ORC system, subsystems, and all components, as well the applications for the units.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
5+ years of experience as Controls Engineer programming industrial controls
Experience programming Siemens PLC and HMI hardware (TIA Portal)
Experience with code debugging, troubleshooting, and test plans
Experience with strong MS Excel skills, including VBA macros
BS in Electrical Engineering or related

DESIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
Experience or understanding of thermodynamics and heat transfer
Experience converting AutomationDirect PLC's & HMI's to Siemens TIA Portal
Experience with heat recovery solutions utilizing the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)

Automation Controls Engineer

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Type: Direct
Job #2157
Salary: $115,000.00

The Automation Controls Engineer will ensure proper installation and maintenance of plant equipment and facilities to provide a safe, efficient and cost-effective operation. This position will report to the Plant Manager.

They will troubleshoot and upgrade manufacturing equipment controls, lead in the installation of controls and auxiliaries on production equipment, and perform routine system administration and maintenance activities (such as system monitoring, backup, etc.) for control networks and Allen-Bradley PLC Systems. The manufacture building and construction products (gypsum and cement board).

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
3+ years of experience as a Controls or Automation Engineer with high volume production/process equipment
3+ years of experience in PLC troubleshooting
3+ years of experience with Allen Bradley systems experience (RSLogix)
Experience with Allen Bradley Panel View use/programming Servos & VFD drives
Experience with AutoCAD
Working knowledge of industrial electricity (power distribution, motor controls, etc.)

DESIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
Experience as a Plant Engineer for the gypsum industry
Experience with Yaskawa controllers
BS in Engineering (BSEE preferred)

Controls Engineer

Location: Malvern, Pennsylvania
Type: Direct
Job #2260
Salary: $115,000.00

The Controls Engineer or Manufacturing Automation Engineer will be working on their standard equipment they build for their manufacturing processes that are primarily troubleshooting Allen Bradley PLC’s/HMI’s, creating panel drawings and BOMs for equipment builds. The company is a steel processor and producer of laser welded products; and a leading global supplier of pressure cylinders and accessories for applications such as fuel storage, water systems, outdoor living, tools and celebrations.

They will also work on R&D projects for new equipment where they need the controls engineer to have the ability to program from scratch, work with the capital project team on generation of sequence of operations, creating time and motion estimates, generating BOM’s and panel drawings, as well as working with the electrical controls technician to build and troubleshoot any proof of concepts with this automation.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
2+ years of experience as a Controls or Automation Engineer for manufacturing
2+ years with design, configuration, programming and testing PLC/HMI applications
2+ years of experience programming Allen Bradley PLC/HMI from SCRATCH
Experience with FactoryTalk RS Logix 5000 and Studio 5000
Experience with low voltage controls and three phase power distribution
Experience with vision systems, electronic sensors, pneumatics, hydraulics, and servo control
Experience with AutoCAD (AutoCAD Electrical preferred)
Ok with 15-20% travel
BS in Engineering (BSEE preferred or related)

DESIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
Experience with roll forming, hydraulic presses, and palletizing automation equipment control systems
Experience as a SME on CAPEX projects
Experience programming or interfacing with FANUC robotic systems
Experience with Inventor