Sr. Controls Engineer

Description:

Provide Controls Services to Manufacturing Process for the efficient operation and optimum performance of current and future product manufactured at EAS.

Requirements:

• College Degree required (preferred BSEE), Professional Certification, or Industrial Trade Service Card
• Experience with Rockwell Automation, Studio 5000, RS Logics 5000, RS Logics 500 Factory Talk preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience required
• Able to work in local seasonal environment (Plant is not climate controlled)
• Physically able to lift up to 50 pounds on occasion, stand for >3 hours at a time
• Able to identify problems, configure and/or replace faulty components, and recover complicated automated equipment.
• Able to support in a 24 hour operation condition, primary shift day shift 7am-4pm
• Knowledge of robotics, industrial equipment (Fanuc, ABB, Siemens controls a plus but not required)
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder required.

Responsibilities / Job Duties : Industrial Manufacturing Work Environment

• Work within manufacturing facility supporting Production, Maintenance, and Engineering on improvements, new projects, equipment recovery, and specific controls and manufacturing engineering tasks as required.
• Assist in teaching, coaching and development of associates for industrial safety requirements and best practices. (Lock Out / Tag Out, Arc Flash, Hazardous Materials, Confined Space, Robotic Safety, Industrial Trouble Shooting).
• Service instrumentation and controls equipment providing necessary calibration, set up conditions, upgrades, and best technology.
• Support Maintenance in controls and robotics issues.
• Support Maintenance on any urgent (emergency) condition to recovery equipment
• Detail Root Cause conditions to drive permanent improvements and suggest changes to reduce occurrence or loss time.
• Examine work and set detail plan for options and best methods to perform work.
• Able to upload and save machine programs in our system and routinely set organization of files, checks, and audit our backup condition.
• Communicate verbally, written, & instructional on recovery, new instructions, special temporary conditions, or unique conditions to avoid for process operation.
• Lead and assist in identifying preventive maintenance plan requirements or improvements. Assist in leading to reliability manufacturing techniques and drive technology that allows for associates to manage without complicated systems. (Mean Time to Failure, Mean Time to Recover)
• Identify cost savings opportunities in components, equipment, upgrades, and power consumption (utility savings)
• Write equipment specifications for future programs and assist other engineers with quotations, options, and sources.

Work and Perform other tasks with team or as assigned by Management.