Associate Controls Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Careers•Boise, ID

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. This position will deliver process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc. This person will also learn, follow, and seek to streamline/improve project execution tools, standards and techniques, and follow guidance from lead engineers to provide process Control System software/hardware design, development and startup. They will prepare supporting project documentation, routinely test their work to ensure quality, accuracy, safety and alignment to project requirements, and provide status reporting to their project manager regarding activities/deliverables progress-to-date, hours estimate-to-complete, needs/obstacles to meeting project schedule, etc. This role also involves identifying potential roadblocks to completing tasks efficiently and on schedule, providing input to project risks, best practice, lessons learned, etc. related to project activities, and addressing customer requests and evaluating them versus the defined scope of assigned projects. Additionally, the Associate Controls Engineer will actively participate in internal and customer meetings, identify opportunities to build relationships with client members of their assigned projects, provide input to proposals and estimates, and seek to understand customer needs such that WM may offer additional scope and/or services. They will create personal goals that support the goals of their assigned projects as well as the goals of the Business Unit, demonstrate ability in engineering economics, entrepreneurialism, risk management, and financial accountability, and be willing to collaborate and share knowledge with coworkers. Communication (verbally and in writing) with clarity and professionalism, focus on efficiency and continuous improvement, and personal accountability and integrity are also key aspects of this role.

Requirements

BS Degree in Engineering (preference for Electrical/Controls, Chemical or Mechanical).
Strong leadership and client relation skills
Exceptional verbal and written ability with the aptitude to communicate professionally with clients and project leadership
Good engineering and good documentation practice.
Experience (or willingness) using collaboration tools (such as SharePoint) to work effectively within remote teams
2 - 5+ years of hands-on Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 experience
Proficiency with CFC and SFC engineering in the PCS 7 environment
Experience with AS 410/S7-400H high-availability (redundant) controllers
Working knowledge of PROFIBUS PA/DP, PROFINET, and redundant industrial networks
Experience with PCS 7 OS/WinCC operator systems
Solid grasp of process instrumentation, control loops, and P&ID/loop-diagram interpretation
Strong, methodical troubleshooting under live-process conditions
Computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word

Nice To Haves

Network design, troubleshooting and ability to maintain/modify a virtualized environment
SIMATIC PDM, SIMATIC BATCH, or SIMATIC Route Control experience
Functional safety with S7 F-Systems/Safety Matrix
Controller migration experience (e.g., legacy AS 400 to AS 410-5H)
Industry-specific experience — chemical, pharmaceutical (GMP/21 CFR Part 11), oil & gas, power, water/wastewater , semi-conductor
Siemens PCS 7 training or certifications

Responsibilities

Deliver process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc.
Learn, follow, and seek to streamline/improve project execution tools, standards and techniques
Follows guidance from lead engineer to provide process Control System software/hardware design, development and startup.
Prepare supporting project documenting (examples include user requirements, architecture, control narratives, cause and effect diagrams, test plans, user training, etc.
Routinely test your work to ensure quality, accuracy, safety and alignment to project requirements
Provide status reporting to your project manager regarding activities/deliverables progress-to-date, hours estimate-to-complete, needs/obstacles to meeting project schedule, etc.
Identifies potential roadblocks to completing tasks efficiently and on schedule
Provide input to project risks, best practice, lessons learned, etc. related to your project activities
Address customer requests and evaluate them versus the defined scope of assigned projects
Actively participate in internal and customer meetings
Identify opportunities to build relationships with client members of their assigned projects
Provide input to proposals and estimates
Seek to understand customer needs such that WM may offer additional scope and/or services
Create personal goals that support the goals of your assigned projects as well as the goals our Business Unit
Demonstrate ability in engineering economics, entrepreneurialism, risk management, and financial accountability
Willing to collaborate and share knowledge with coworkers
Communicate (verbally and in writing) with clarity and professionalism
Focus on efficiency and continuous improvement
Personal accountability and integrity