Senior Electrical Controls Engineer - Vision & Automation

Georgia-Pacific LLC; West Wheatfield Township (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's Building Products division is seeking a Senior Electrical Controls Engineer for the Gypsum manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, IN. This role provides technical expertise to support safety, reliability, cost reduction, and process improvement across projects and ongoing operations.

You will design and implement PLC/HMI systems, develop control strategies, work with Rockwell/legacy platforms, and collaborate with corporate teams and contractors to ensure successful execution of

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, instrumentation for positioning, flow, level, pressure, and 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 the electrical, controls, and process related systems.
• Support on-call and maintenance schedule duties to the plant.

Skills

Automation or Process Control

Industrial Control Systems

HMI/SCADA Maintenance and Design

Process Control Networking

Vision system integration

Education

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

Tools

Rockwell Studio 5000

RSLogix 5/500

CTI PLCs

Ignition

GE Proficy iFix

FactoryTalk View

Powerflex/Kinetix drives

Ethernet/IP/DeviceNet/ControlNet/Profibus

Job description

Georgia-Pacific's Building Products division is seeking a Senior Electrical Controls Engineer for the Gypsum manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, IN. This role provides technical expertise to support safety, reliability, cost reduction, and process improvement across projects and ongoing operations.

You will design and implement PLC/HMI systems, develop control strategies, work with Rockwell/legacy platforms, and collaborate with corporate teams and contractors to ensure successful execution of