Responsibilities

• The Controls Engineer will elaborate plans for maintaining the manufacturing process critical equipment up to date with the latest available technologies from the manufacturer and/or competitive sources.
• Elaborate and Propose plans for CI continuous Improvement of the manufacturing process critical equipment with specific aim at improving: Uptime, MTBF and overall reliability.
• Elaborate and Propose plans for annual CAPEX projects.
• Assist and coach manufacturing and maintenance Supervisors and Technicians with prioritizing maintenance daily work schedule and PMs/TPM activities and troubleshooting.
• Assist and coach the spare parts management system coordinator.
• Write and document preventive maintenance procedures, calibration procedures and trainings especially during commissioning of new or upgraded equipment.
• Liaison between IT and plant for manufacturing network issues and troubleshooting.
• Flexible work schedule includes some weekend activity and on-call support for off-hours protocol.
• Relocation provided. Regional candidates preferred.

Requirements:

• The Controls Engineer will have a BS Degree Electrical or Electronic Engineering, proficiency in AutoCAD and MSOffice systems.
• Experience with instrumentation and maintenance in industrial automation in a high-volume fast-paced environment working/trouble shooting with production and maintenance personnel.
• Experience with lean techniques and structured quality systems.
• Working knowledge of Siemens PLC programs installing, troubleshooting, programming and tuning AC/DC/VFD motor drives, single/multi loops Siemens controllers and PLC’s.
• Use ladder logic and P&ID diagrams for automation, including: extruder motors, melt and liquid pumps load cells, temperature pressure level controllers, tension winding unwinding controllers.
• Experience in extrusion or injection molding production and/or web handling/transport, linear tension control systems, load cells, general instrumentation calibrations environment.
• Experience reading/editing and understanding documents associated with electrical, instrumentation and automation systems (including process loop drawings, P&IDs, schematics, wiring diagrams, installation details, logic diagrams, mechanical prints and specification sheets).
• HMI software programming skills: WinCC, Wonderware or similar data Historians and Loggers.
• PLC programming skills: SIEMENS (required), Automation DIRECT, AB, Mitsubishi PLCs (plus).
• Must be legally eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

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