Senior Controls Engineer

Eaton Group; Jonesville (SC); On-site; USD 97,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer for our Jonesville, SC site. The role supports plant leadership to achieve business and financial goals by developing robust testing and assembly processes and by leading the design, development, and troubleshooting of production equipment.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field and at least five years of controls/test experience, including PLC/HMI programming and safety system knowledge.

Qualifications

• Five years of controls/test engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, Math, or related field.
• Three years of PLC and HMI programming with an understanding of safety systems design.
• Relocation assistance available for candidates within 50 miles of Jonesville, SC

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust testing and assembly processes.
• Support, service, and troubleshoot controls for production equipment and tests.
• Develop test equipment specifications ensuring safety and OSHA compliance.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, design engineering, suppliers, and customers as needed.

Skills

Controls engineering

Test engineering

PLC & HMI programming

Safety systems design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, Math, or related

Tools

Visual Basic/Studio

SQL

RSLogix 5/500/5000

Studio 5000

FactoryTalk View ME/SE

NI LabVIEW

NI TestStand

Ignition (SCADA)

Job description

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Senior Controls Engineer.

This role is located at our Jonesville, SC site. Relocation assistance will be provided.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

The Senior Controls Engineer is responsible for supporting plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining robust testing and assembly processes. The Senior Controls Engineer will actively participate and support the design, development, fabrication, validation, installation, and troubleshooting of production equipment and programs.

In this role you will:

• 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. Identify and remediate potential safety hazards.
• 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.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field from an accredited institution.
• Five (5) years of Controls/Test engineering experience.
• Three (3) years of experience with PLC and HMI programming, and an understanding of safety systems design.
• Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates that reside outside a 50-mile radius of Jonesville, SC

Preferred Qualifications:

• Three (3) years of experience with programming software such as Visual Basic/Studio, SQL, and other Microsoft applications.
• One (1) year of experience with problem-solving methodologies such as thought maps, 8D, root cause analysis, PFMEA, control charts, Pareto charts, and A3s.
• Experience with Rockwell Software (RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5000, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk SE).
• Experience with NI LabVIEW and NI TestStand.
• Experience with Ignition (SCADA).
• Basic knowledge of project management principles, possibly through coursework or internships.
• Experience in electrical testing procedures and protocols.
• Fundamental knowledge of electrical equipment at component and integrated system levels.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret regulation and standards, and implementing Electrical Safe Work practices such NFPA 70E.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and trouble shoot electrical control, protection, instrumentation, and metering schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Experience supporting Engineered to Order (ETO) manufacturing plant.
• Project management experience (PROLaunch).
• GB (green belt) or BB (black belt) certified.
• Demonstrated ability to work with little direction and effectively operate in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to assist manufacturing operations and product designers/engineering personnel to resolve electrical design and build production issues.
• Ability to interpret, suggest and resolve equipment or installation issues with multiple and varied electrical contractors.

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