Aerospace Advanced Manufacturing Controls Engineer

PPG; Mojave (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

PPG's Aerospace Business is seeking an Advanced Manufacturing Controls Engineer to join the Southern California team. Based in Valencia or Mojave, CA, this onsite role will develop and implement innovative controls across multiple chemical manufacturing processes within the Aerospace Materials unit.

Reporting to the Global Project Director, Aerospace Materials. Key responsibilities include front-end engineering support, RFQ/SOW development, vendor management, and leadership of field teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software, Manufacturing, Engineering, or equivalent work experience and certifications is required.
• 5+ years of experience with demonstrated hands on experience as an Engineer performing programming of PLCs.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Front End Engineering, Design and Installation, including documentation for multiple projects.
• Develop RFQs, SOW and manage vendors and contractors; plan and execute projects and coordinate installations.
• Lead field teams to ensure on-time completion within budget and promote teamwork.
• Document processes including SOPs, operations manuals, and training materials.
• Assist with capital budgeting, ROA/ROE/ROI analysis and bid processes.
• Implement MES/SCADA across the SBU and standardize systems across facilities.

Skills

PLC programming

Travel up to 50%

Industrial controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

GE Proficy

Rockwell Automation

Siemens OpCenter

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Job description

Advanced Manufacturing Controls Engineer

Valencia, CA or Mojave, CA

PPG's Aerospace Business is looking for an experienced Manufacturing & Controls Engineer to join our team in Southern California. As the Advanced Manufacturing Controls Engineer, you will develop and implement innovative controls solutions across a diverse group of chemical manufacturing processes within our multi-site Aerospace Business Unit. You will work from one of our Southern California sites, located in either Valencia, CA or Mojave, CA.

This is an onsite role and reporting to the Global Project Director, Aerospace Materials.

Key Responsibilities

• Participating as a team member in all aspects of Front End Engineering, Design and Installation. This includes but is not limited to preparation of appropriate documentation for multiple projects, providing technical support to various Engineers, Operators and Technical resources.
• Develop RFQs, SOW and directly manage vendors and contractors, plan and execute the totality of the project, direct workflow reviews as needed, and coordinate equipment installation.
• Field leadership of employees and contractors, promoting teamwork, collaboration and driving results to complete projects on time and withing budget.
• Project and special process documentation, including technical writing of standard operating procedures (SOP), operations manuals, and training documentation.
• Assist with capital budgeting and fiscal control of projects, justifying ROA/ROE/ROI, total bid process including bidder lists and bid comparison, strategic cost avoidance and reduction
• Implementation of aerospace strategic MES/SCADA throughout the SBU. This includes hardware and software selection and installation. Keep each facilities MES/SCADA system up to date, standardized from facility to facility and work with manufacturing departments at each facility to develop real time display of metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software, Manufacturing, Engineering, or equivalent work experience and certifications is required.
• 5+ years of experience with demonstrated, hands on experience as an Engineer performing programming of PLCs.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.
• Experience with GE Proficy, Rockwell Automation, Siemens OpCenter or similar integration systems.
• Knowledge of PLC's is required, Allen Bradley preferred.
• Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply.

The base salary range for this position is $140,000 to $160,000, with a possibility of an annual bonus up to 10% of base salary. PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation & Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, and other Voluntary benefit offerings. Actual benefit offerings confirmed at the time of hire.

How we work:

At PPG, we bring teams together to accelerate collaboration and career development, with in-person work Monday through Thursday and the opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays. Schedules may vary by location.

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