Senior Controls Engineer – PLC & Automation Expert

Connectly Recruiting

Atlanta (GA)

On-site

USD 369,000 - 451,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance
Bonus potential
Excellent benefits

Job summary

Connectly Recruiting is seeking a seasoned Controls Engineer for a major manufacturing facility in the southwest Atlanta metro area. The role focuses on troubleshooting, programming, and integrating equipment and automation systems to improve safety, efficiency, and uptime in an Allen-Bradley PLC environment.

The job requires leading and supporting projects across departments, with responsibilities spanning electrical troubleshooting, machine programming, and project coordination from initiation

Qualifications

  • Four years of technical education or degree, or two years plus related experience.
  • Prefer 5+ years as a controls engineer, but accepting 2+ years with relevant experience.
  • Experience in Allen-Bradley PLC environments.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain effective relationships with Maintenance, Toolroom, Manufacturing Engineering, Technology Team, and Production to support operations and continuous improvement.
  • Perform electrical troubleshooting on equipment ranging from 24V control circuits to 480V circuits.
  • Support manufacturing projects with controls engineering: specification, design, PLC/HMI programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
  • Lead projects by coordinating activities, timelines, and requirements with internal/external stakeholders.
  • Prepare and maintain technical reports and FAT-related activities and energy/process optimization tasks.
  • Maintain compliance with OHSA and internal EHS standards.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting
PLC programming
HMI programming
Robotic systems
Schematic reading
Industrial robotics
Electrical wiring
Safety compliance

Education

Four years technical education or degree

Tools

RSLogix500
Studio 5000
CCW
AutoCAD
EPLAN

Job description

Connectly Recruiting is seeking a seasoned Controls Engineer for a major manufacturing facility in the southwest Atlanta metro area. The role focuses on troubleshooting, programming, and integrating equipment and automation systems to improve safety, efficiency, and uptime in an Allen-Bradley PLC environment.

The job requires leading and supporting projects across departments, with responsibilities spanning electrical troubleshooting, machine programming, and project coordination from initiation

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