Controls Engineer: PLC/HMI, Safety & Automation

SOMERSET STAFFING; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 97,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton in Wisconsin is seeking a Controls Engineer to support plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining testing and assembly processes. You will participate in design, development, fabrication, validation, installation, and troubleshooting of production equipment and programs.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering and 4+ years of controls/test engineering experience, with responsibilities spanning PLC/HMI programming, equipment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of four(4) years of controls/test engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidelines for the design and selection of test equipment, Developing testing protocols, test data collection programs and best practices.
• Support, service, and trouble shoot controls for production equipment, test equipment, and electrical systems within the plant.
• Develop test equipment specifications ensuring compliance with electrical safe work practices and OSHA requirements.
• Developing interfaces between SQL databases and production systems.
• Enforce safety expectations, document, and communicate hazards and unsafe conditions to ensure a zero-incident culture and product conformance to electrical safety and quality standards.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, MESH, manufacturing engineering, quality, product design engineering, suppliers, and customers as needed.
• Performs root cause and failure analysis, applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Guide the capital equipment selection process and develop Capital Appropriation Requests (CARS) for new products or process initiatives.
• Actively participate in assessment processes within the manufacturing environment, potentially as a category lead or champion.
• Lead/co-lead cost-out initiatives and promotes culture of continuous improvement. Collaborates cross functionally using Lean and Six Sigma tools to solve manufacturing problems.
• Leverages advanced technology to improve the effectiveness of information systems for controls.
• Seeks opportunities to eliminate waste associated with the flow of factory floor test information. Leads/co-leads projects, develop goals, budgets, and work breakdown structures.
• Execute sustained change management within manufacturing operations, utilizing change management techniques such as ADKAR to drive and sustain improvements.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI programming

Safety systems design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

RSLogix 5/500/5000

Studio 5000

FactoryTalk View ME/SE

Job description

Eaton in Wisconsin is seeking a Controls Engineer to support plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining testing and assembly processes. You will participate in design, development, fabrication, validation, installation, and troubleshooting of production equipment and programs.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering and 4+ years of controls/test engineering experience, with responsibilities spanning PLC/HMI programming, equipment