Senior Controls Engineer

Actus Nutrition; Norfolk (NE); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Actus Nutrition (Milk Specialties Company) in Norfolk, Nebraska seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to lead control system design, programming, and maintenance for plant processes. You will advise on equipment selection for digital/analog I/O and cabinets, oversee external vendors, and drive reliability standards for control networks.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and at least five years of progressive controls engineering experience, with strong PLC, HMI, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or related technical field is required.
• Minimum five years of progressive controls engineering experience in a processing plant.
• Experience with Allen Bradley PLCs, Logix programming, and related components.
• Experience with HMI systems such as FactoryTalk ME/FactoryTalk View or Aveva InTouch.
• Familiarity with Rockwell and related US automation technologies.
• Ability to lead design, coding, testing, and debugging of control programs.

Responsibilities

• Advise on, recommend, and engage in selection of plant equipment and related control needs for digital and analog I/O, cabinet and system design requirements.
• Oversee external control vendors and project production to ensure on-time, on-budget completion.
• Lead design, coding, testing, and debugging of control programs and modify existing programming to maintain plant processes.
• Inspect installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications.
• Oversee control network communications and address potential performance or security risks.
• Collect data related to control systems to determine operating efficiencies.

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.

Travel Required

Yes . 50% of the time - for 2-3 days per visit to various company sites in US.

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