Controls Engineer

Responsibilities

• Support all measures, tracks and reports of manufacturing processes critical equipment performances indicators such as: Uptime, MTBF, PMs (specifically related to Electrical, Automation, Siemens Controllers, and Instrumentations).
• Assists and advises manufacturing in troubleshooting and resolving manufacturing problems where Electrical Controls are mission critical (i.e. E-Beam / LFE systems, Tension Control systems, Winder/Rewinder, Mixing/weighing systems, etc.)
• 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.
• Aid and coach manufacturing and maintenance supervisors and technicians with prioritizing maintenance daily work schedule and PMs/TPM activities and troubleshooting.
• Aid 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.

Qualifications

• BS Degree Electrical or Electronic Engineering
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and MS Office 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 Simens controllers and PLCs
• 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)
• Networking skills with industrial networks (ProfiNet, Ethernet / IP, DeviceNet, TCP/IP protocol)
• Ability to write inventive maintenance procedures, calibration procedures
• Ability to identify, source, and control stock for key spare parts