Automation and Controls Engineer

DuBois Chemicals•Sharonville, OH

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Automation and Controls Engineer is a key position on the Manufacturing Engineering Team that is responsible for programming and maintaining automated control systems to ensure efficient operations. This role sets the standardization for system architecture software and hardware requirements along with implementing safety systems. Providing ongoing support for automated systems, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring optimum performance through correctly identified preventative and predictive maintenance is key. This function provides input to the selection of and leads the implementation of digital manufacturing software to improve operational efficiency. This role is based at the Sharonville facility but will require approximately 15% travel to support additional manufacturing sites.

Requirements

Experience in programming, troubleshooting, and maintaining automated control systems
Ability to read and interpret Industrial Diagrams and Schematics
Excellent organizational and collaborative skills
Strong communication skills
Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects at the same time

Nice To Haves

Experience with Rockwell FactoryTalk and/or PlantPAx strongly preferred
Controls related to manufacturing industry strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Interpret and maintain technical documentation including wiring diagrams, loop drawings, block diagrams, and schematics.
Comply with escalation matrix for control system discrepancies and operator challenges.
Ensure compliance with NFPA 70E electrical safety and OSHA safety standards.
Collaborate with manufacturing engineers, production, quality, safety, to ensure controls systems are implemented with end user input.
Utilize a continuous improvement mindset and problem-solving tools throughout troubleshooting.
Provide remote control and automation support to satellite facilities.
Comply with change management process for documentation and automation modifications.
Create standardization guides for controlling hardware and software.
Design, maintain, and determine upgrades required to the system architecture.
Integrate a safety system into the control scheme including interlocks, e-stops, etc.
Standardize system architecture across sites to manage systems effectively.
Maintain and integrate SCADA network.
Write and test PLC and DCS programs for automated operations systems.
Create, troubleshoot, maintain, and modify programming logic.
Collaborate with production on optimized HMI layouts.
Interpret and troubleshoot robotic control scheme.
Create and implement operator instructions/training for controls upgrades and changes.
Configure and install I/O devices including but not limited to flow control, level control, temperature control, and pH monitoring.
Integrate control loops with associated instrumentation.
Determine PMs for I/O devices and automation equipment and set up in coordination with the Maintenance and Reliability Manager.
Maintain networked I/O modules.
Determine current network protocols and standardize them across sites.
Implement and maintain digital manufacturing software to improve plant floor visibility and operational responsiveness.
Support integration of data between manufacturing software (PlantPAx to ERP System, CMMS to MES, etc.).
Collaborate with production to ensure optimal operator interface with digital manufacturing software.
Maintain the process monitoring/historian database.
Perform root cause analyses on control system and automation failures.
Collaborate with production and engineering to configure optimal alarms and setpoints.
Perform alarm rationalization to ensure ideal operator interface.