Senior Corporate Automation & Controls Engineer (Remote)

GAF; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 135,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k plan

Vacation & paid time off

Job summary

GAF is seeking a Corporate Automation and Controls Engineer IV to provide technical leadership for control and automation systems across plants. You will troubleshoot production-line electrical issues, mentor plant controls staff, and guide strategic projects that span multiple facilities.

The role emphasizes deep engineering mastery, standards development, and cross-functional collaboration, with travel up to 60% to support projects and plants.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Required
• 5+ Years of Controls Engineering experience in a continuous manufacturing environment is required
• 10+ Years of Controls Engineering experience in a continuous manufacturing environment preferred
• Proficiency with Rockwell Automation software - Studio 5000, RSLogix 500, FTView, CCW, and FTAC
• Proficiency selecting, configuring, and troubleshooting Allen Bradley PowerFlex variable frequency drives
• HMI development experience - FTView and/or Wonderware
• Experience with maintaining Production networks, including servers and managed switches
• Expertise focused on electrical components, electrical power distribution systems, PLCs, instrumentation, and variable speed AC drives
• Demonstrated process control experience in defining, designing, installing, and maintaining control logic systems and equipment in a continuous process manufacturing environment
• Effective communication skills
• Proficiency selecting, configuring, and troubleshooting Allen-Bradley Kinetix servo drives
• Experience selecting, configuring, and troubleshooting Allen-Bradley safety PLCs, I/O, and STO hardware
• Demonstrated experience of leading controls projects to fruition: Preparing scope, meeting with vendors, evaluating vendor progress, and managing the installation/startup
• Demonstrated ability to use trending and other analytical tools to troubleshoot process issues
• Controls SME with a continuous web handling operation
• Deep understanding of basic electrical theory
• Knowledge of electrical/electromechanical devices
• Knowledge of different types of instrumentation and how to calibrate them; Pressure, temperature, flow
• Ability to tune PID controllers
• Controls experience with a continuous web handling operation is preferred, not required

Responsibilities

• Plant engineering support: Act as the primary internal engineering resource concerning control systems.
• Identify opportunities to improve plant performance.
• Share best practices across the organization.

Job description

GAF is seeking a Corporate Automation and Controls Engineer IV to provide technical leadership for control and automation systems across plants. You will troubleshoot production-line electrical issues, mentor plant controls staff, and guide strategic projects that span multiple facilities.

The role emphasizes deep engineering mastery, standards development, and cross-functional collaboration, with travel up to 60% to support projects and plants.