Maintenance Control Engineer

SK Battery America, Inc.; Georgia; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SK Battery America, Inc. is seeking a highly analytical controls engineer to optimize production efficiency and maintain battery manufacturing equipment. You will troubleshoot PLC/HMI systems, guide installations, and coordinate with maintenance teams to minimize downtime.

The role requires 5+ years in PLC/HMI environments, battery production experience is a plus, and on-call support may be required due to 24/7 operations. Strong problem-solving and cross-department collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with PLCs and HMIs in a high-volume manufacturing maintenance environment.
• Battery maintenance experience is a plus (electrode, assembly, formation).
• Experience with installation and setup of new battery production equipment.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and devise effective solutions to address equipment challenges and minimize downtime.
• Oversee installation and startup of new or modified production equipment.
• Analyze PLC/HMI issues and develop corrective actions.
• Establish and follow a preventive maintenance plan.
• Manage spare parts inventory and write purchasing orders.
• Collaborate with other departments and external vendors to improve uptime, safety and quality.

Skills

PLC & HMI troubleshooting

Industrial automation

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

MELSEC Q Series

MELSEC R Series

GOT2000

GX Works 2

GX Works 3

GT Designs

Inverter / VFS

Pilz Safety PLC

Omron Safety PLC

Mitsubishi Servo

MOOG Servo

CC-Link

RS-485

Ethernet

Job description

The battery manufacturing controls engineer is responsible for ensuring that plants create the best products possible in the most efficient manner. They are highly analytical and use these skills to examine and improve processes in order to increase productivity. Simultaneously, they are also responsible for ensuring that all equipment is properly maintained. The controls engineer must also be able to work with other departments and external parties to create and implement processes to increase the plant's efficiency. This position will involve interacting with other departments and vendors to solve complex and/or urgent problems by identifying and evaluating alternatives or by providing needed information and advice.

Candidate should be a motivated problem-solver that can provide creative solutions to given queries, taking effectiveness and quality into concern based on technological expertise and best practices. As the facility operates 24/7, this position may require on-call support in various circumstances.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Working cooperative team environment alongside other maintenance team members on emergency repairs, implementing corrective actions to achieve production milestones.
• Troubleshoot and devise effective solutions to address challenges in equipment including emergency repairs to production equipment to minimize downtime.
• Oversee new and/or modified production equipment installation and setup.
• Analyze equipment PLC issues and develop corrective actions.
• Establish/follow-follow through on a preventative maintenance plan.
• Manage spare parts inventory and tools (includes writing purchasing orders & managing safety stock.)
• Develop engineering solutions for continuous improvement in areas regarding uptime, safety, and quality.
• report key maintenance activities/results/indicators on a daily or weekly bases.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to apply engineering concepts to each essential task to achieve better maintainability, reliability, and availability of equipment as defined by company standards. The requirements listed below are representatives of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Education
  • Bachelors degree or above in engineering (mechanical, electrical or similar).
• Experience
  • 5+ years of experience with PLC's and HMI's in a high-volume manufacturing maintenance environment.
  • Battery Maintenance experience appreciated (similar equipment experiences to each battery manufacturing process like electrode, assembly, formation preferred.)
  • Experience with installation and setup of new battery production equipment (preferred)
• Qualifications/Certifications/Licenses
  • Technical proficiency with PLCs (MELSEC Q Series, R Series) and HMIs (GOT2000, GX woks 2 &3, GT Designs.)
  • Technical proficiency in the following software applications:
    • Invertor, VFS (Mitsubishi, SIEMENS-_SIMANTIC, Parker, Yaskawa, LS.)
    • Safety PLC (Pilz, Omron)
    • Servo control (Mitsubishi, MOOG)
    • Control Network (CC-Link, RS-485, Ethernet.)
• Working level of English (Verbal, written, etc.)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Demands and Environment

• Physical and Mental Demands
  • In the office: adhere to company dress code policy.
  • On production site: Must wear appropriate PPE including but not limited to safety shoes, safety helmet (hard hat), safety glasses/safety goggles.)
  • Regularly required to talk and hear.
  • Frequently required to sit, stand, bend at the knees and waist, and walk.
  • Required to use hands to type, handle objects and paperwork.
  • Required to reach and hold on to items at chest level or reach above the shoulder.
  • May be required to lift and carry objects weighing up to 50lbs.
  • Required to use close vision and be able to focus -color vision required.