Lead Controls Engineer

About the role

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future. Veolia is currently searching for an experienced controls engineer to support the production of filters and membranes at our Minnetonka, MN plant. The production of water purification membranes is a growing business which addresses the ever-increasing need for clean water. We are looking for a highly motivated and technically strong controls engineer to support our manufacturing facility. Come be a part of this exciting and growing technology!

Responsibilities

• Perform continuous improvement of controls systems including integrating systems, PLC programming, PLC level networking, and HMI configuration.
• Support daily manufacturing technical and process needs.
• Assist operations, engineering, and maintenance with equipment problems, troubleshooting, and system upgrades including off hour support.
• Dynamically lead and effectively interface with manufacturing, sales, marketing, and other support teams to complete projects to meet EHS (environmental, health, and safety), production, quality, cost savings, and new product development goals within schedule and budget.
• Utilize lean manufacturing, six sigma methods, ergonomic designs, ISO 9000 principles, and other engineering problem solving tools to resolve challenges and technical issues.
• Interface with vendors and internal contacts in an effective manner to ensure that the technical and EHS perspective is properly conveyed.
• Performs I/O checks and instrument scaling for new equipment installations.
• Review, recommend, and implement changes to mechanical/electrical drawings and process documentation.
• Provide concept drawings, building layout, and equipment drawings if applicable.
• Assure that all engineering designs and technical data are complete and accurately documented to provide an accurate technical/historical base for future reference and to meet customer/end user requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems & Controls Engineering, or related discipline
• Experience with controls system integration