Controls Engineer - Smart Farm Automation & PLC/SCADA

Oishii Farm Corporation; Phillipsburg (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Life Insurance

Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

Paid Sick Time

Training

Team Events

Job summary

Oishii Farm Corporation is seeking a Controls Engineer to join our engineering team and drive design, commissioning, ramp-up, and operations of our indoor vertical strawberry farms. You will support Facilities and Maintenance with preventative maintenance documentation and SOPs, and work on PLCs, SCADA, AOIs, and machine learning-based anomaly detection.

You’ll collaborate with farming and facilities teams, commission new facilities, and continuously improve system resiliency while adapting to a

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent.
• 3+ years of controls engineering experience.
• Experience in farming, manufacturing, warehousing, production or similar environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain existing controls systems and troubleshoot sensors.
• Update controls to meet farm team needs (new components, HMIs, PLC changes).
• Improve system resiliency through hardware and software changes.
• Design and update libraries for new/existing installations using AOIs.
• Create and update SCADA screens, alarms, and Historian.
• Develop models for prescriptive maintenance and anomaly detection from historical data.
• Collaborate with facilities and cross-functional partners to ensure cohesive operations.
• Commission new facilities from IO checkout to start-up.

Skills

PLCs (Allen Bradley)

HMIs/SCADA

VFDs

PID control

Python

SQL

AutoCAD

Industrial Ethernet & Modbus

Engineering concepts

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Panelview 5000

Ignition

Job description

Oishii Farm Corporation is seeking a Controls Engineer to join our engineering team and drive design, commissioning, ramp-up, and operations of our indoor vertical strawberry farms. You will support Facilities and Maintenance with preventative maintenance documentation and SOPs, and work on PLCs, SCADA, AOIs, and machine learning-based anomaly detection.

You’ll collaborate with farming and facilities teams, commission new facilities, and continuously improve system resiliency while adapting to a