Corporate Controls Engineer

Hawkins HR Consulting, LLC; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawkins HR Consulting, LLC client seeks a Corporate Controls Engineer to support regional operations in OH, KY, and IN with occasional Canada site involvement. Travel is 30–35% with some non-overnight trips. Responsible for manufacturing data collection and acting as a liaison between plants and corporate engineering.

Relocation assistance is available. The role offers strong growth and opportunities in controls digitization, with exposure to MES/SCADA environments and major robotics integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3 years of PLC/HMI system planning, design, programming in manufacturing.
• Willingness to travel up to 35%.

Responsibilities

• Advise and develop controls operations and digitization strategies for North American sites.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated data collection systems for timely metrics.
• Define data collection requirements with production leadership.
• Assist with hardware, network, and data processing aspects for projects.
• Design Andon visualization screens and management reports.
• Pursue continuous improvements in equipment and process performance.
• Monitor system performance and advise on storage/processing needs.
• Respond to management requests for new features or changes.

Skills

PLC/HMI

Data collection

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/CS or related

Associate's degree or no degree with equivalent experience

Tools

ABB Robotics

Fanuc Robotics

Cognex Vision Systems

Keyence Vision Systems

Inductive Automation Ignition

MES/SCADA

Job description

Our client, a global Tier 1 automotive supplier, is seeking a Corporate Controls Engineer to work regionally in the OH, KY and IN area as well as infrequent support for two sites in Canada. Travel is estimated at 30-35% of the time, some of that time does not include overnight stays. This position is unique within the organization and plays a vital role in the collection of manufacturing data while serving as a technical liaison within plants and the corporate engineering group. There is strong growth opportunity in this role for the successful incumbent. Relocation assistance is available for this role.

Duties

• Advise and develop strategies throughout the North American organization related to controls operations and manufacturing digitization
• Design, implement, and maintain automated data collection systems to provide timely metrics and analysis to support manufacturing operations.
• Work with production leadership to define requirements for data collection and visualization.
• Assist the project team with data collection hardware, network infrastructure, protocol design, and data processing/analysis.
• Design and implement Andon visualization screens and management reporting tools.
• Continuously seek improvements in equipment and process performance.
• Monitor system performance and provide guidance regarding system storage and processing requirements.
• Be responsive to management requests for new features or modifications to existing features.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or relevant major. Will consider Associate's degree or no degree with equivalent applicable experience.
• 3 years of PLC/HMI system planning, design, programming in information flow within a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to travel up to 35% of the time
• Knowledge of MES, SCADA, Inductive Automation Ignition system a plus.
• Preference for experience with:
• • ABB Robotics (primary), Fanuc Robotics is also preferred
  • Cognex Vision Systems (primary), Keyence Vision Systems is also preferred

Salary and Benefits

• Salary range - $130,000 - $140,000 plus up to 20% bonus potential
• Medical, dental, vision - all starting 1st of the month after 30 days of employment
• Free - life insurance, short and long term disability
• 4.5% 401(k) contribution even if you don\'t contribute PLUS matching up to an additional 4%
• Minimum 15 days vacation, 5 days sick time and 10-12 paid holidays per year