Senior Electrical Controls Engineer - Automation & Vision

Georgia-Pacific; East Wheatfield Township (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific’s Gypsum facility in Wheatfield, IN seeks a Senior Electrical Controls Engineer to lead automation projects, design and program PLC and HMI systems, and integrate new vision systems while supporting existing plant controls. The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and continuous improvement across operations.

The position requires collaboration with corporate teams and contractors to ensure successful project execution, with on-call and maintenance duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Process Control, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Automation or Process Control.
• Experience in Industrial Control Systems (PLCs, motor controls, control valves, industrial instrumentation for positioning, flow, level, pressure, & temperature)
• Process Control Networking
• HMI/SCADA Maintenance and Design
• Experience in Control System documentation using MS Office and AutoCAD

Responsibilities

• Provide conceptual system design for proposed projects.
• Develop engineering and capital cost estimates for assigned projects.
• Provide design documentation sufficient for construction, operations, and maintenance.
• Implement programming guidelines and standards.
• Design, program, modify and maintain PLC and HMI systems.
• Manage implementation of upgrades and new technology.
• Develop and implement control strategies.
• Work with corporate teams and contractors to specify and install systems.
• Create instrumentation and control system specifications.
• Troubleshoot and support electrical, controls, and process related systems.
• Support on-call and maintenance schedule duties to the plant.

Skills

Automation experience

Industrial controls

HMI/SCADA

Documentation (MS Office AutoCAD)

Process control networking

PLC & instrumentation knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Process Control, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Rockwell Studio 5000

RSLogix 5/500

Ignition

GE Proficy iFix

FactoryTalk View

Rockwell PowerFlex/Kinetix

Yaskawa A1000 drives

Ethernet/IP / DeviceNet / ControlNet / Profibus

Job description

Georgia-Pacific’s Gypsum facility in Wheatfield, IN seeks a Senior Electrical Controls Engineer to lead automation projects, design and program PLC and HMI systems, and integrate new vision systems while supporting existing plant controls. The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and continuous improvement across operations.

The position requires collaboration with corporate teams and contractors to ensure successful project execution, with on-call and maintenance duties as needed.