Controls Engineer

NPAworldwide; Johnson City (TN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, NPAworldwide, a global leader in the high-performance battery separators industry, seeks a skilled Controls Engineer to own electrical controls across plant equipment and support uptime targets. You will troubleshoot mission-critical systems and drive maintenance plans for PMs, TPM activities, and calibration procedures.

Responsibilities include planning maintenance for critical equipment, coordinating spare parts, and liaising with IT for manufacturing network issues.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
• Experience with instrumentation and maintenance in industrial automation.
• Working knowledge of Siemens PLCs and programming.
• Experience with ladder logic and P&ID diagrams for automation.

Responsibilities

• Elaborate and maintain plans for critical equipment with up-to-date technologies.
• Improve uptime, MTBF, and reliability of manufacturing equipment.
• Propose and manage annual CAPEX projects.
• Assist Supervisors and Technicians with maintenance scheduling and PMs/TPM activities.
• Coach spare parts management and document preventive procedures.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Troubleshooting

Planning & PM

Lean techniques

Education

BS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

Siemens PLCs

WinCC/Wonderware

HMI software

Industrial networks (ProfiNet, Ethernet/IP)

Job description

Our client is a global leader in the high-performance battery separators industry.

The Controls Engineer responsibilities include all equipment, parts, manufacturing and maintenance processes of the plant site. Support all measures, tracks and reports the manufacturing processes critical equipment performance indicators such as Uptime, MTBF, PMs (specifically related to Electrical, Automation, Siemens Controllers, and Instrumentations).

The Controls Engineer assists and advises manufacturing in troubleshooting and resolving manufacturing problems where electrical controls are mission critical (i.e. E-Beam / LFE systems, Tension Control systems, Winder/Rewinder, Mixing/weighing systems, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Elaborate plans for maintaining the manufacturing process critical equipment up to date with the latest available technologies from the manufacturer and/or competitive sources.
• Elaborate and propose plans for continuous improvement of the manufacturing process critical equipment with specific aim at improving Uptime, MTBF and overall reliability.
• Elaborate and propose plans for annual CAPEX projects.
• Assist and coach manufacturing and maintenance Supervisors and Technicians with prioritizing maintenance daily work schedule and PMs/TPM activities and troubleshooting.
• Assist and coach the spare parts management system coordinator.
• Write and document preventive maintenance procedures, calibration procedures and trainings especially during commissioning of new or upgraded equipment.
• Liaison between IT and plant for manufacturing network issues and troubleshooting.
• Flexible work schedule includes some weekend activity and on-call support for off-hours protocol.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, proficiency in AutoCAD and MS Office systems.
• Experience with instrumentation and maintenance in industrial automation in a high-volume, fast-paced environment working/troubleshooting with production and maintenance personnel.
• Experience with lean techniques and structured quality systems.
• Working knowledge of Siemens PLC programs installing, troubleshooting, programming and tuning AC/DC/VFD motor drives, single/multi-loop Siemens controllers and PLCs.
• Use ladder logic and P&ID diagrams for automation, including extruder motors, melt and liquid pumps, load cells, temperature pressure level controllers, tension winding/unwinding controllers.
• Experience in extrusion or injection molding production and/or web handling/transport, linear tension control systems, load cells, general instrumentation calibration environment.
• Experience reading/editing and understanding documents associated with electrical, instrumentation and automation systems (including process loop drawings, P&IDs, schematics, wiring diagrams, installation details, logic diagrams, mechanical prints and specification sheets).
• HMI software programming skills: WinCC, Wonderware or similar data historians and loggers.
• PLC programming skills: SIEMENS (required), Automation DIRECT, AB, Mitsubishi PLCs (plus).
• Networking skills with industrial networks (ProfiNet, Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, TCP/IP protocol).
• Write inventive maintenance procedures, calibration procedures.
• Identify, source, and control stock for key spare parts.
• Ability to be on call for emergencies.

Opportunities

Ideal role for a Controls Engineer with Siemens Controllers experience looking for a technically challenging opportunity.

Salary

Annual Salary: $95,000 – $110,000 USD.