Controls Engineer

Teijin Automotive Technologies Louisiana, LLC; Sarepta (LA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Affordable medical, dental, and vision care

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

401k with company match

Job summary

Teijin Automotive Technologies Louisiana, LLC is seeking a Controls Engineer to lead plant and corporate engineering efforts on equipment improvement projects and automation systems. The role involves PLC programming, HMI design, and collaborating with maintenance staff.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing environments focusing on automation and control systems. Benefits include comprehensive health care, flexible spending accounts, and a 401k plan with company match.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-year experience in engineering technologies applied to manufacturing processes.
• Experience in an engineering field within a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge and experience in the development and implementation of control systems.

Responsibilities

• Recommend equipment improvements for quality and efficiency.
• Coordinate automation control modifications with vendors and maintenance.
• Design and implement automated systems from concept to production launch.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI design

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

AutoCAD

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor degree in electrical engineering

Job description

CSP Sarepta Facility is seeking a Controls Engineer. The Controls Engineer works directly with plant and corporate engineering on plant and equipment improvement projects, new equipment installations, equipment and process upgrades and improvements, research and development of new products and new processes and new product launches up to and including prototype and development to full production launch of automated systems. The Controls Engineer supports the maintenance staff when troubleshooting/breakdown repairs on electronic equipment is needed and coordinates electronic maintenance work with the plant maintenance staff. The Controls Engineer performs PLC, HMI and PC programming tasks as required for plant operation and creates and maintains electrical equipment and facility drawings. Elementary training of maintenance personnel regarding electronic equipment and processes also falls within the Controls Engineer’s responsibilities.

Essential Job Functions

1. Recommend equipment improvements and/or manufacturing methods that would result in improved quality or greater efficiency.
2. Coordinate all mechanical/electrical system modifications with external vendors, maintenance personnel and Facility Engineering Manager in regards to automation control.
3. Organize and maintain all system documentation (mechanical/electrical prints, software documentation and backups, path problems, robot configurations and parameters and configuration parameters).
4. Outline and maintain maintenance practices for automated systems and programs.
5. Design and implement software, electrical and mechanical automated systems from concept to full development and production launch.
6. Support and assist maintenance personnel with diagnosing software and electrical system problems.
7. Support multiple PLC and electrical controlled automated systems.
8. Design, implement and support all human machine interface (HMI) hardware and software for automated systems.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor degree electrical engineering.
2. Minimum 5-year experience in the practical application of engineering technologies to manufacturing processes with emphasis on automation, programming, vision systems, and control systems.
3. Experience in an engineering field within a manufacturing environment.
4. Competence with PLCs, including programming.
5. Competence in personal computer Windows applications including: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and AutoCAD.
6. Working knowledge and experience in the development and implementation of control systems, PLC programming and systems integration.
7. Technical leadership.
8. Long term technical planning as applied to manufacturing processes.

Benefits

We provide industry-leading benefits, called BENEfits4U. Our comprehensive offering includes affordable medical, dental, and vision care; flexible spending accounts; life insurance; 401k with company match and more.