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Controls Engineer

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Taunton, MA
Senior level
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Taunton, MA
Senior level
Develops, programs, troubleshoots, and maintains PLC-based control systems, motor controls, drives, electrical equipment, and manufacturing machinery. Provides engineering support to maintenance and production, manages control-system projects, maintains electrical drawings and documentation, improves reliability and energy efficiency, and trains personnel. The role operates in an industrial manufacturing environment, requires safety and ISO compliance, and may involve extended hours, climbing, and exposure to seasonal temperatures.
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Your day to day will include but not limited to:

  • Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure.
  • Install, configure, evaluate and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools.
  • Develop, write, and de-bug control logic for machine control, make design modifications and improvements to complex electrical, electronic, and mechanical equipment. 
  • Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
  • Carefully and thoroughly document all control logic work.  Keep existing documentation current and accessible to other team members.  Ensure that copies of software are up-to- date and available to the rest of the Electrical Team Members and that sufficient back-up copies are maintained in a safe location. 
  • Prepare reports and provide feedback to management as required improving operations and machining reliability. Maintain and demonstrate a safety-first mentality.
  • Observe and follow all plant and department safety rules, work rules, procedures, and EHS policies.
  • Develop and maintain an elevated level of knowledge of wire and cable equipment and processes.
  • Provide electrical assistance when needed.
  • Provide engineering support and direction to the maintenance department for maintaining electrical and electronic equipment in a manner which optimizes operational performance and safety.
  • Manage all assigned projects which include cost estimations, designs, specifications, approvals, procurement, installation, startup, cost control, safety and overall implementation to achieve Plant and organizational objectives.
  • Develop and maintain control system and electrical drawings for the plant manufacturing systems.
  • Analyze and interpret electrical schematics to the component level as required to make repairs and return equipment to operation.
  • Utilize programming devices to analyze P.L.C. programs for failures or improvements. 
  • Maintain detailed records of critical process variables and ensure that programs are logical and as comprehensible as possible.
  • Provide direction to maintenance associates in troubleshooting, repair, and program AC/DC drive systems. 
  • Troubleshoot and repair of plant manufacturing machinery in support of maintenance and production.
  • Must be able to read and interpret schematics, drawings, and technical literature to aid in improving, troubleshooting and reliability of plant machinery and systems.
  • Provide recommendations, ideas, and suggestions for upgrading of system controls for equipment and operations.
  • Provide basic to advanced training to process engineers, maintenance associates and other personnel as needed.
  • Consider energy efficiency in the purchase, upgrading and installation of equipment. 
  • Required to operate in an ISO environment which may have specific requirements related to quality, safety, environmental or energy management.
  • Other tasks as required.

Required Qualifications:

  • Advanced computer skills required including PLC programming. (Experience with Wonderware a plus). 
  • Ability to multi-task.
  • Advanced knowledge of motor controls and drives (AC, DC and VFD), PLC and relay-based systems.
  • Able to read and/or create PID drawings and install/implement control devices from engineered drawings.
  • Because this position carries significant responsibility, extended work hours may be required to meet production demands and avoid downtime.
  • Must be able to climb stairs and ladders.
  • Must be able to work in varying seasonal temperatures within an industrial manufacturing environment.
  • 5 years minimum experience in system engineering role.

Desired qualifications:

  • 10 years proven working experience in installing, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining applications software and systems controls.
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Systems, Control System, or a related subject.

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