Controls Engineer

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC; Marion (OH); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC is seeking a Controls Engineer to lead automation projects for production and facility equipment. The role focuses on design, installation, and tuning of new equipment, with hands-on troubleshooting and optimization to improve reliability.

You will develop automation concepts, evaluate cost-effective solutions, and manage schedules while ensuring design compliance and lifecycle-driven changes. Collaboration with engineers and customers is essential.

Formación

• Requires an associate degree in electrical, electro‑mechanical, or industrial engineering or related field.
• Experience with mechanical design in a manufacturing setting is required.
• SolidWorks proficiency is essential.
• Experience programming PLCs (Allen Bradley) and Fanuc robots is required.

Responsabilidades

• Develop new automation concepts or improve existing products.
• Evaluate products and processes for cost efficiency and reliability.
• Plan and maintain schedules to ensure timely project completion.
• Review initial automation runs for design compliance and implement changes.
• Make ongoing automation adjustments throughout product life cycle.
• Provide technical support to engineers, departments and customers.

Conocimientos

Mechanical design

PLC programming

Robot programming

Proximity sensors

Limit switches

Thermocouples

Process orientation

Material flow

Educación

Associates degree in electrical/electro-mechanical/industrial engineering or related field

Herramientas

SolidWorks

Descripción del empleo

Controls Engineer

The Controls Engineer is directly responsible for the management and execution of all Engineering activities related to automation solutions for production and/or facility equipment. They provide operational support, troubleshooting, and optimization for assigned equipment, directing and coordinating activities to improve reliability, and applying advanced engineering principles to the design, installation and fine tuning of new equipment.

• Develop new automation concepts/specifications or make improvements to existing products.
• Evaluate products, parts, and processes for cost efficiency and reliability.
• Set, implement and maintain schedules to ensure project completion.
• Review initial run of the automation for design compliance and make appropriate changes to ensure product compliance.
• Follow the product and make requested automation changes and corrections throughout the life of the product.
• Provide technical support by providing information and answers to other engineers, departments and customers

Requirements:

• Associates degree in electrical, electro-mechanical or industrial engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of recent mechanical design experience in a manufacturing environment
• 2+ years proficiency in Solid Works
• At least 1 year of PLC (Allen Bradley) and Robotic (Fanuc) programming experience
• Strong mechanical aptitude and process orientation
• Familiarity with material flow characteristics
• Proficiency with designing, installing, and trouble-shooting prox sensors, limit switches, and thermocouples