Controls Engineer

southern recruiting solutions, inc.; Kingsport (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

southern recruiting solutions, inc. is seeking a Controls Engineer to advance maintenance and automation of key manufacturing equipment. You will lead plans for reliability improvements, support PM/TPM activities, and coordinate with IT and maintenance teams. A BS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Siemens PLC experience are required, with relocation offered to regional candidates.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or related field.
• Experience with instrumentation and maintenance in a high-volume industrial environment.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and MS Office.
• Experience with Siemens PLCs and ladder logic for automation.

Responsibilities

• Elaborate plans to maintain critical manufacturing equipment with up-to-date technologies.
• Propose continuous improvement plans to improve uptime, MTBF and reliability.
• Assist with annual CAPEX projects planning.
• Coach supervision and technicians in daily maintenance scheduling and TPM activities.
• Support spare parts management coordination.
• Document preventive maintenance, calibration procedures and trainings.
• Serve as liaison between IT and plant for manufacturing network issues.
• Occasional weekend work and on-call support. Relocation provided.

Skills

AutoCAD

MS Office

Industrial automation

Siemens PLC programming

HMI programming

Troubleshooting

Electrical instrumentation

Education

BS Degree Electrical or Electronic Engineering

Tools

Siemens PLCs

Job description

Responsibilities

• The Controls Engineer will 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 CI 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.
• Relocation provided. Regional candidates preferred.

Requirements

• The Controls Engineer will have a BS Degree Electrical or Electronic Engineering, proficiency in AutoCAD and MSOffice systems.
• Experience with instrumentation and maintenance in industrial automation in a high-volume fast-paced environment working/trouble shooting 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 loops Siemens controllers and PLC’s.
• 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 calibrations 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).
• Must be legally eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.