Controls Engineer

TM Process & Controls, Inc.; West Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

TM Process & Controls, Inc. designs and implements custom process and automation solutions for the food and beverage industry across the United States and Caribbean.

The Controls Engineer will design electrical systems, develop PLC and HMI programs, and coordinate with customers and subcontractors on projects. The role involves traveling to client sites, commissioning systems, tuning PID loops, and producing detailed documentation to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus 5 years of controls engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering
• Ability to multitask on multiple projects and project elements
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

Responsibilities

• Develops PLC and HMI programs
• Designs control system networks and server infrastructure
• Drafts electrical schematics and documentation
• Oversees electrical install with subcontractors
• Ensures projects are completed on time and on budget
• Interacts with customers and manages expectations
• Troubleshoots control systems (software, hardware, electrical, mechanical)
• Calibrates process devices and documents results
• Commissions control systems including PID tuning and CIP testing
• Provides device lists, I/O lists, and acceptance documentation

Skills

Multitasking

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Chemical Eng

Engineer-in-Training or PE license

Tools

AutoCAD

Rockwell RSLogix

Studio5000

FactoryTalk View

Ignition

Job description

TM Process & Controls, Inc. is a full-service design-build company that provides custom process and automation solutions to the food and beverage manufacturing industry. Our employees' technical design and hands-on field experience has developed, executed, and commissioned technical solutions throughout the United States and the Caribbean. We are a fast-growing process & process controls company in search of a talented individual who would like to further his/her career as a controls engineer.

Position Summary: Provide electrical design, controls engineering, and troubleshooting of engineering problems. Provide direction and coordination of electrical design for industrial projects in the food and beverage industry throughout the United States and Caribbean.

• Works with the customer and/or process engineer to develop and/or interpret process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
• Develops project documentation including, but not limited to, device lists, I/O lists, electrical contractor documentation, and acceptance documentation.
• Designs and develops PLC and HMI programs.
• Designs control system networks.
• Designs and configures control system server infrastructure.
• Commissions controls system including device configuration, I/O checkout, PID tuning, water testing, CIP testing, and production testing.
• Calibrates process devices and provides documentation.
• Troubleshoots control systems (software, hardware, electrical, and/or mechanical problems).
• Works with subcontractors (mechanical or electrical) on projects including oversight of electrical install.
• Drafts for electrical schematics, networks, etc.
• Ensures that the projects are completed on time and on budget.
• Interacts with and manages customer expectations.
• Other functions as required by the project.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus 5 years of controls engineering experience OR bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or chemical engineering.
• Ability to multitask on multiple projects and project elements.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications (some of the following)

• Experience with Clean-in-Place (CIP) systems.
• Engineer-in-Training certificate or Professional Engineer license.
• Cisco CCNA and/or VMware VCP-CDV certificate.
• Very proficient with Microsoft Excel and Outlook as well as experience with Microsoft Project.
• Experience with AutoCAD.
• Experience with some of the following Rockwell Automation software packages: RSLogix5, RSLogix500, RSLogix5000, Studio5000, FactoryTalk View SE, FactoryTalk View ME, RSView32, FactoryTalk Batch, FactoryTalk Historian SE, FactoryTalk VantagePoint, PlantPAx, and FactoryTalk AssetCentre.
• Experience with WonderWare System Platform components.
• Experience with Ignition.
• Experience in process device calibration and documentation using ProCalV5.
• Experience with some of the following networking protocols: EtherNet/IP, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Modbus RTU, Profibus PA, Profibus DP, Remote I/O (RIO), and Data Highway Plus (DH+).
• Experience with Ethernet networking especially with Cisco devices. Configuration via Cisco Network Assistant or the command line is especially beneficial.
• Experience with virtualized environments (VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V).

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully preform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; stand; walk; use hands to finger handle, or feel; reach with hand and arms; grasp and manipulate objects; and talk or hear. The employee may be required on occasion to climb stairs and/or ladders; kneel; stoop; crouch; and crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The nature of this job requires both office time and on-site time at a customer facility. Work during office time takes place in a clean, pleasant and comfortable office setting. Work during on-site time employees could encounter cold, hot, humid, noisy conditions. This position will require a minimum of 10% travel time.

TM Process & Controls, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer