Controls Engineer

barrywehmiller; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barry-Wehmiller Design Group in the United States seeks a Controls Engineer to join a rapidly growing team. You will work on automation projects across capital initiatives, designing control systems, programming PLCs and HMIs, and coordinating with clients and vendors to deliver reliable manufacturing solutions.

You will participate in design specification, testing, commissioning, and start-up activities, contributing to project success and continuous improvement in a dynamic, client-focused

Qualifications

• Minimum three years as a controls engineer in automated manufacturing.
• Experience designing automation controls systems (PLC, SCADA).
• Knowledge of UL508A panel design.
• Strong instrumentation and I&C understanding.
• Experience with project documentation (P&IDs, diagrams).

Responsibilities

• Support capital projects and implement client solutions in teams or solo.
• Develop automation solutions and participate in design spec creation, software configuration, testing, commissioning, and startup.
• Design automation control systems and produce project drawings and documentation.
• Diagnose automation problems and interface with clients and vendors.
• Program PLCs (Allen-Bradley/Rockwell) and HMIs/SCADAs.
• Manage project deliverables to schedule and scope and coordinate site start-up.

Skills

Controls engineering

Automation experience

Industrial manufacturing

PLC/SCADA design

Instrumentation & I&C

P&IDs & docs

Field instrumentation

Electrical safety & power

Tools

Allen-Bradley / Rockwell PLCs

HMI/SCADA: FactoryTalk, Cimplicity, Ignition

Industrial control panels

Job description

About Us

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description

Controls Engineer

Who You\'ll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Controls Engineer, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. Design Group is widely known as an industry leader, recognized as a top system integrator, ranking #7 in the 2023 System Integrator Giants; as a Rockwell Platinum Integrator, the highest designation given to Rockwell partners; and as an Ignition Enterprise Premier Integrator. As a part of this team, you will learn from industry leading experts and may even have the chance to be an active participant in industry events like the Ignition Build-A-Thon which Design Group won in 2023!

What You\'ll Do

• You\'ll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.


• Develop automation solutions and participate in various phases of automation projects including creating design specifications, software configuration and testing, and the commissioning and start-up of a variety of high speed and other automated manufacturing processes


• Design automation control systems and create project documentation and drawings to meet client requirements


• Diagnose automation problems


• Interface with teams, clients and vendors


• Configure software and hardware packages according to client design specifications


• Program PLCs (Allen-Bradley, Rockwell) and HMI/SCADAs (FactoryTalk, Cimplicity, Wonderware, Ignition)


• Communicate plan progress to project stakeholders


• Manage engineering projects


• Manage project deliverables to agreed schedule and scope


• Manage site construction and installation


• Manage site start-up support of integrated control systems


• Validate and commission facility systems following established execution protocols, and ensure the successful turnover of the system to the customer


• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team

What You\'ll Bring

• A track record of proficiency in control systems, troubleshooting, and high intensity environments


• A minimum of three years of direct experience as a controls engineer working on automated processes/system integration in a food, beverage, consumer health product, or other industrial manufacturing environment


• Experience in creating and designing automation controls systems (PLC, SCADA)


• A solid understanding of industrial control panel design and fabrication (UL508A)


• A solid understanding of instrumentation and controls (I&C)


• A solid understanding of engineering documentation (P&IDs, process flow diagram, standard operating procedures)


• Experience with field instrumentation, control system installation, and configuration


• Familiarity with machine safety applications, electrical power distribution, and control