Control Systems Engineer-Factory

American Crystal Sugar Company; Drayton (ND); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 137.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical insurance from day one

Health savings account (HSA)

401(k) retirement plan with company 2%

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Discretionary bonuses

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Descripción de la vacante

American Crystal Sugar Company’s Drayton factory is seeking a Control Systems Engineer to identify, recommend, and implement instrumentation and control changes to boost throughput, sugar recovery, and reduce processing costs. You will optimize automation of factory operations and support future capital projects.

Responsibilities include designing instrumentation and control systems, producing P&IDs, loop diagrams, PLC programs, and HMI configurations, and coordinating with maintenance and

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or control engineering or computer science.
• Experience with DeltaV, industrial networks, and device networks.
• Strong project management and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage startup of factories and capital projects.
• Knowledge of P&IDs, PLC, and HMI configuration.

Responsabilidades

• Lead design and optimization of instrument and control systems.
• Oversee PLC/process control systems support and maintenance.
• Collaborate on capital projects and factory startups.
• Provide training on control systems to factory staff.
• Ensure projects meet budget and schedule.

Conocimientos

Instrumentation control

Project management

Process optimization

Educación

Bachelor's degree in electrical or control engineering or computer science

Herramientas

DeltaV

AutoCAD

OPC

HMI configuration

PLC programming

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking a motivated individual with strong instrumentation and controls experience to join our team as a Control Systems Engineer at the Drayton factory. The purpose of this position is to identify, recommend, and implement control and instrumentation changes to increase factory throughput and sugar recovery in addition to reducing processing costs. Optimize current automation of factory operations and assist in needs assessment, analysis, recommendation, development, and installation of future factory automation capital projects.

The principal accountabilities of these positions include, but are not limited to:

• Lead and promote a positive work culture through Company Values of Safety, Integrity, Quality, Teamwork, and Accountability.
• Designs instrumentation and control systems; develops the electrical design for batch and continuous process controls, specifications for process instrumentation, VFD, and control valves. Develops control systems documentation, including Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), loop wiring diagrams, specifications, manuals, PLC programs, and HMI configuration. This position works with OPC communication between factory and business systems and industrial device networks.
• Researches and recommends methods to enhance the utilization of automation and computer control systems. Consults with the Factory Engineer and/or Process Engineer on capital process improvements and make appropriate recommendations and program changes. Also consults with the Maintenance Engineer and Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor regarding the maintenance of control systems and Process Engineers to achieve optimum processing efficiency. Provides technical expertise in the maintenance of control systems.
• Oversees the optimization of current controls systems and ensures systems are finely tuned and working at optimum levels. The automation of factory operations involves participation in the needs assessment analysis, recommendation, development, and installation of future factory automation capital projects. These are key responsibilities.
• Oversees the support of PLC and process control systems.
• Works with the factory maintenance and other engineers to analyze, recommend equipment specifications and selection, install new equipment, recommend process improvements, and debug processes. Evaluates projects and equipment to determine life cycle benefits and return-on-investment.
• Provides general control systems and instrumentation training for factory employees to effectively prepare factory personnel to successfully operate electrical, instrumentation, and control equipment.
• Assists with the startup of the factories and often have involvement in numerous projects with multiple contractors and factory labor which finish just before factory startup.
• Operates within budget and schedule; completing capital jobs on schedule to allow for factory start-up is critical.

To be successful in this position requires knowledge of instrumentation and electronic controls typically gained through the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in electrical or control engineering or computer science. Knowledge and prior industrial experience in Delta V, industrial networking and device networks, AutoCAD and other computer drafting and design software, computer programming, process modeling, and control systems programming is desirable. The position requires strong project management skills and excellent communication skills (both written and verbal). The incumbent must be able to prioritize and organize work to control his/her schedule and make necessary decisions or sacrifices to facilitate the startup of factories on time, within his/her reasonable ability to control events.

Compensation Range:

$109,993.90 - $137,492.38 Annual Salary

Benefits Include:

Our benefits include eligibility for comprehensive medical insurance starting on day one.

In addition, we offer a health savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with a Company match and contribution, paid dental insurance paid basic life insurance, paid short and long-term disability, vision insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, paid volunteer opportunities and paid holidays. We also offer discretionary bonuses, tuition reimbursement, service awards, and a 24/7 employee assistance program with access to eight confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost. Some of these benefits are subject to eligibility criteria.

We are proud to offer such a comprehensive package to our employees and believe that it reflects their well-being and success.

An Equal Opportunity Employer