Senior Controls Engineer

Actus Nutrition in; Norfolk (NE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Actus Nutrition (Milk Specialties Company) in Norfolk, Nebraska, seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to advise on plant equipment and control needs for digital/analog I/O, cabinet and system design. You will oversee external vendors and lead design, coding, testing, and debugging of control programs to keep plant processes running efficiently.

Responsibilities include driving standards for reliability, overseeing control network communications, supporting critical control issues, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related technical field.
• Five years of progressive post-bachelor experience in controls engineering in a processing plant.
• Experience with Allen Bradley PLCs and Logix programming, plus HMI developments (FactoryTalk ME/View, Aveva InTouch).
• Knowledge of Rockwell automation technologies and control system design/troubleshooting methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Advise on plant equipment and control needs for digital/analog I/O and cabinet/system design.
• Oversee external control vendors and drive project execution to meet timelines and budgets.
• Lead design, coding, testing, and debugging of control programs; modify existing programming as needed.
• Ensure reliability and security of control systems by enforcing standards and overseeing network communications.
• Provide support addressing critical plant control issues and supervise project installations and commissioning.
• Collect data to determine operating efficiencies and optimize control performances.

Skills

Allen Bradley PLCs

Logix programming

HMI development

FactoryTalk ME

FactoryTalk View

Aveva InTouch

Tag/data servers

Historians

Rockwell automation

Control system design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Tools

FactoryTalk ME

FactoryTalk View

Aveva InTouch

Logix

Job description

Actus Nutrition (Milk Specialties Company) has an opening based out of its facilities in Norfolk, Nebraska for the position of Senior Controls Engineer. Advise on, recommend, and engage in the selection of plant equipment and related control needs for digital and analog I/O, cabinet and system design requirements. Oversee external control vendors. Lead design, coding, testing, and debugging of programs and modify existing programming to keep plant processes running effectively. Drive standards to ensure reliability of control systems. Oversee the control network communications to minimize network performance problems or security related risks. Provide support to address critical plant control system issues. Oversee project production efforts to assure projects are completed on time and within budget. Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications. Collect data in relation to control system to determine operating efficiencies. Full Requirements: Bachelor's Degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related specialty technical field and five years of progressive, post-bachelor's experience in controls engineering in a processing plant. Experience must explicitly include work with (1) Allen Bradley PLCs, related components, and Logix programming; (2) various HMI developments (Factory Talk ME, Factory Talk View and/or Aveva InTouch) and all related systems (tag/data servers and historians); (3) Rockwell and related US automation technologies; and (4) control system design and troubleshooting methodologies. Position may require travel up to 50% of the time – for 2-3 days per visit – to various company sites across the United States.

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