Automation Controls Engineer - Lead Projects & Optimization

CertainTeed; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus eligibility

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Saint‑Gobain seeks an Automation Controls Engineer to support its Fremont manufacturing facility. You will lead capital and expense projects from design through commissioning, while providing daily troubleshooting, reliability, and continuous improvement support for production processes and equipment.

You will design, program, maintain, and troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo systems, and networks; develop electrical schematics and training materials; coordinate contractors and ensure safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, controls engineering, automation engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline.
• Three to five years of engineering experience in a continuous or high-volume manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with programmable logic controllers, HMI, VFDs, servo systems, industrial Ethernet networks, power distribution, instrumentation integration.
• Working knowledge of electro‑mechanical systems, machine controls, troubleshooting methods.
• Experience managing capital or maintenance projects, budgets, schedules, and commissioning activities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD or comparable drafting software.
• Strong project-management, organizational, problem-solving, communication, and technical-documentation skills.
• Working knowledge of 5S and continuous improvement methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, budgeting, scheduling, execution, commissioning, and closeout of capital and expense projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, product quality, reliability, efficiency, production cost, and waste performance.
• Design, program, maintain, and troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo systems, industrial networks, instrumentation, and hardwired control systems.
• Diagnose equipment failures and process-control issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement improvements.
• Develop or update electrical schematics, CAD drawings, BOMs, specs, procedures, work instructions, and training materials.
• Coordinate contractors and vendors and ensure work meets safety, codes, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, mechanical, process, quality, and EHS to resolve issues.
• Provide technical guidance and training to plant staff.
• Support manufacturing needs outside normal hours for troubleshooting, installs, outages, commissioning, or startup.

Skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical/controls/automation/mechanical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Rockwell Automation

Job description

Saint‑Gobain seeks an Automation Controls Engineer to support its Fremont manufacturing facility. You will lead capital and expense projects from design through commissioning, while providing daily troubleshooting, reliability, and continuous improvement support for production processes and equipment.

You will design, program, maintain, and troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo systems, and networks; develop electrical schematics and training materials; coordinate contractors and ensure safety