Controls Engineer - Battery, Siemens

Henpen Corporation; Tennessee; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Henpen Corporation is seeking a Controls Engineer in Tennessee to manage electrical and automation systems across the plant. You will support equipment performance indicators, troubleshoot mission-critical controls, and guide maintenance staff in PM/TPM activities.

The role requires hands-on experience with Siemens PLCs, HMI software, and networked automation systems. Strong problem-solving and documentation skills are essential for uptime and reliability improvements.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with instrumentation and maintenance in industrial automation in a high‑volume, fast‑paced environment.
• Experience with lean techniques and structured quality systems.
• Working knowledge of Siemens PLC programs installing, troubleshooting, programming and tuning AC/DC/VFD motor drives.
• Ability to read/edit electrical, instrumentation and automation documents (P&IDs, schematics, wiring diagrams).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and upgrade manufacturing process critical equipment with up-to-date technologies.
• Propose continuous improvement plans to enhance uptime, MTBF and reliability.
• Plan and participate in annual CAPEX projects.
• Guide Supervisors and Technicians with preventive maintenance and TPM activities.
• Assist spare parts management and ensure stock availability.
• Document preventive maintenance procedures, calibration procedures, and training materials.
• Coordinate with IT for manufacturing network issues and troubleshooting.
• Support on-call for emergencies and weekend activities.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Continuous Improvement

Electrical Systems

Automation Experience

Team Collaboration

Education

BS Degree Electrical or Electronic Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

Siemens PLCs

WinCC

Wonderware

Job description

Controls Engineer Tennessee

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 performances 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 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

Requirements

• 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 Simens 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).
• 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