Automation & Controls Specialist

VOLT • BROWNSVILLE, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Volt is immediately hiring for Automation & Controls Specialist in Brownsville, TX. As an Automation & Controls Specialist, you will develop and upgrade data acquisition and control systems, provide technical support and guidance for controls technicians and other non-controls engineering groups, commission new hardware, and actively perform continuous improvements for team processes, quality, faster build times, lower maintenance needs, project kitting, streamlined communication between teams, and feedback loops. You will also perform daily task prioritization including risk mitigation on current and upcoming projects, draft and redline drawings in Electrical and Fluids Schematics, and act as a liaison between Tooling Engineering and Automation & Controls for controls hardware mounting and overall cable management. Additionally, you will program PLCs and HMIs according to engineering design, analyze data to assess the function of electrical systems, and assist in the design and analysis of experiments to evaluate test articles.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 1+ years of experience in a controls technician or specialist role

Nice To Haves

• Occupational trade school qualification in an instrumentation or electrical-based field
• Knowledge of NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code), NFPA 70E (Standard for Electrical Safety), NFPA 79 & UL508A codes
• Experience in programming PLC and HMI
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement and troubleshoot data acquisition and control hardware
• Select and size electrical and electromechanical components such as servo motors, controllers, and VFDs
• Experience designing and installing instrumentation and control systems in hazardous areas (NFPA 70 Section 500 installations); Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2 environments or IEC equivalence
• Experience tuning PID controllers
• Experience with electrical power distribution, working knowledge of NFPA 70 and NFPA 70E
• Experience with industrial bus protocols such as Modbus, Profinet and EtherNet/IP
• Process integration and electromechanical/mechatronic systems experience

Responsibilities

• Develop and upgrade data acquisition and control systems
• Provide technical support and guidance for controls technicians and other non-controls engineering groups
• Commission new hardware
• Actively perform continuous improvements for team processes, quality, faster build times, lower maintenance needs, project kitting, streamlined communication between teams, and feedback loops
• Perform daily task prioritization including risk mitigation on current and upcoming projects
• Draft and redline drawings in Electrical and Fluids Schematics
• Be a liaison, in design stage and during builds, between Tooling Engineering and Automation & Controls for controls hardware mounting and overall cable management
• Program PLC’s and HMI’s according to engineering design
• Analyze data to assess the function of electrical systems
• Assist in the design and analysis of experiments to evaluate test articles

Benefits

• health
• dental
• vision
• term life
• short term disability
• AD&D
• 401(k)
• Sick time
• other types of paid leaves (as required by law)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED