Manufacturing Controls Engineer

Adient; Clanton (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient in Clanton, AL, seeks a Manufacturing Controls Engineer to design, develop and supervise electrical control systems for plant equipment. Responsibilities include PLC hardware/software installation, needs assessment for computer systems, and training support for PLC and PC programs.

The role requires Siemens PLC experience, strong debugging and collaboration with senior engineers to resolve production disruptions and optimize control logic across the facility.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, developing, and supervising electrical control systems.
• Proficiency with PLC hardware and software; Siemens preferred.
• Ability to assist with software requirements across the facility.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and supervise electrical control systems, equipment and machinery.
• Installation and technical support of PLC hardware and software; Siemens preferred.
• Assist with needs assessment for computer and software requirements in all areas of the facility.
• Assist with PLC and PC training as required.
• Design, code, test and debug simple programs and document them.
• Collaborate with higher level programmers/engineers on design work.
• Respond to disruptions of production systems promptly.
• Help translate technical logic to user needs.

Skills

Electrical control systems

PLC programming

Siemens PLC knowledge

System design and debugging

Technical training assistance

Tools

Siemens PLC

Job description

Purpose

This Standard Defines The Manufacturing Controls Engineer Job Description.

Scope

This standard applies to the Clanton plant of Adient

Job Description

Purpose This Standard Defines The Manufacturing Controls Engineer Job Description.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Design, develop, and supervise electrical control systems, equipment and machinery


• Installation and technical support of PLC hardware and software. Programmable knowledge in PLC (Siemens preferred.)


• Assist with needs assessment for computer and software requirements in all areas of the facility.


• Assist with PLC and PC training as required.


• Designs, codes, tests and debugs simple programs. Maintains and documents programs.


• Assists higher level programmer/analyst/engineer with design work. Follows established methods and procedures.


• Responds to disruptions of production systems in a timely and appropriate manner.


• Helps provide solutions in making technical logic meet the needs of the users.

Authority

Portions of the job may not be standardized or completely described in the job description and may require some independent action and thinking by the employee.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Clanton