Associate Controls Engineer

About the role

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM, you become part of a company that is: 100% employee-owned with 40+ years of industry history, a Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant, and ENR Top 500 Firm.

Responsibilities

• Technical Deliver: Process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc.
• Project Management: Provide status reporting to your project manager regarding activities/deliverables progress-to-date, hours estimate-to-complete, needs/obstacles to meeting project schedule, etc.; identify potential roadblocks to completing tasks efficiently and on schedule; provide input to project risks, best practice, lessons learned, etc. related to your project activities; address customer requests and evaluate them versus the defined scope of assigned projects; actively participate in internal and customer meetings.
• Sales and Business Development: Identify opportunities to build relationships with client members of their assigned projects; provide input to proposals and estimates; seek to understand customer needs so that WM may offer additional scope and/or services.
• Business Operations: Create personal goals that support the goals of your assigned projects as well as the goals of our Business Unit; demonstrate ability in engineering economics, entrepreneurialism, risk management, and financial accountability; willing to collaborate and share knowledge with coworkers; communicate (verbally and in writing) with clarity and professionalism; focus on efficiency and continuous improvement; personal accountability and integrity.

Requirements

• Education: BS Degree in Engineering (preference for Electrical/Controls, Chemical or Mechanical).
• Experience: 2 - 5+ years of hands-on Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 experience; proficiency with CFC and SFC engineering in the PCS 7 environment; experience with AS 410/S7-400H high-availability (redundant) controllers; working knowledge of PROFIBUS PA/DP, PROFINET, and redundant industrial networks; experience with PCS 7 OS/WinCC operator systems; solid grasp of process instrumentation, control loops, and P&ID/loop-diagram interpretation; strong, methodical troubleshooting under live-process conditions; computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Additional Experience (preferred but not required): Network design, troubleshooting and ability to maintain/modify a virtualized environment; SIMATIC PDM, SIMATIC BATCH, or SIMATIC Route Control experience; functional safety with S7 F-Systems/Safety Matrix; controller migration experience (e.g., legacy AS 400 to AS 410-5H); industry-specific experience — chemical, pharmaceutical (GMP/21 CFR Part 11), oil & gas, power, water/wastewater, semiconductor; Siemens PCS 7 training or certifications.

Qualifications

• Physical Demands: Ability to travel up to 25%; seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving (valid driver’s license required), lifting, climbing, ability to mount and dismount equipment, pushing and pulling.
• Working Environment: Standard office environment, on-site office environment, and diverse industrial environments including chemical and biological manufacturing environments; frequent PC usage including collaboration tools for project execution.

Benefits

Wunderlich-Malec is proud to offer a comprehensive employee-owner benefit package. Full-time employees may be eligible for the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic and Supplemental Life and AD&D, Long Term Disability, Voluntary Short Term Disability, Healthcare & Dependent Care, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement, Referral Bonus Program, 401(k)/Profit Sharing, 100% ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), Employee Assistance Program, Will Preparation Resources, Worldwide Travel Assistance.