Controls Engineer
Grey Search + Strategy, Cokato, MN, United States
About the Company
The company was built with the vision to deliver exceptional customer service and scalable, custom systems for expanding plant facilities. They provide end-to-end, tailored solutions for their customers by designing, engineering, fabricating, automating and installing systems for new and existing production plants. Our client is invested in their future and looking for talented professionals to help them grow and innovate. They provide a warm, inviting, down-to-earth and hardworking culture where you’ll have many opportunities to demonstrate your expertise and position yourself for career advancement.
About the Role
The Controls Engineer position is responsible for overseeing controls engineering project requirements involving control system and panel design, PLC & HMI programming, instrumentation and start-up assistance. You’ll oversee large–scale electronic components for automation of the company’s custom products to exceed customers’ needs. This position will be the Controls Project Manager for projects ranging from $1M– $2M while partnering with our process engineers to complete projects in the $50M+ range.
Responsibilities
• Design, develop and implement control system to meet process system requirements
• Develop schematics detailing control system configuration and wiring, and design equipment panel layouts
• Own projects from idea to completion, including participating in the commissioning and start up process both remotely and at the customer job site(s)
• Partner with process engineers in developing the control system scheme and equipment list
• Lay out IO for controls panels and redline existing drawings
• Test control panels and set up instruments and devices
• Perform PLC and HMI programming, and custom reporting
• Perform in-house program testing and customer factory acceptance testing
• Develop SOPs for the control system
• Train the end user on operating the control system
• Member of the on-call support team for existing customers’ technical support
• Serve as technical lead on projects, mentoring and guiding lower-level engineers
• Other duties as assigned
Education & Experience
• Associate or bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or equivalent years of experience in automation
• 3+ years of experience in custom automation
• Experience with AutoCAD and/or EPlan preferred
• Experience with Ignition and/or Wonderware preferred
• Experience within the food and beverage industry preferred
Ideal Attributes
• An in-depth understanding of control systems, components, logic programming; experience with instrumentation and controls design and PLC systems (specifically Rockwell)
• Strong demonstrated mechanical aptitude
• Ability to work well with team members, clients and subcontractors
• Right to work in the US that is not based solely on possession of a student visa or a visa sponsored by a third-party employer
• Travel up to 30%