Control Engineering Specialist

Metalsa•Roanoke, VA

About The Position

Position: Controls Engineer Duties: Responsible for focusing on maintaining optimal conditions during the production process, including ensuring a safe working environment, delivering high-quality products/processes and achieving high-performance levels. Take a multidisciplinary approach and effective communication to identify process improvement opportunities, use problem-solving methodologies, and propose solutions for improvements and technological innovation. Follow guidelines from industry standards such as OSHA, IATF, MOS and others. Apply Controls Engineering knowledge and experience to manufacturing processes while maintaining the safest environment possible, quality standards, and productivity o achieve optimal plant performance. Comply with Environmental, Health, Safety, and Quality Systems guidelines currently applicable to the area and the entire plant. Compliance with internal control guidelines, audit and update practices and procedures, and respond to internal and external audits, as needed or requested. Keep constant feedback with the Automation Coordinator. Seek continuous process improvement (productivity and profitability) through the application of engineering principles (process redesign, new technologies, etc.). Contribute to define and follow the Standards for Controls Engineering. Respond to the production process abnormalities while focusing on continuous process improvements. Execute CapEx projects within the stated scope, timing, budget, and resources, as assigned. Create work instructions that benefit the Production and Controls Engineering Teams. Research new technologies and develop new applications that improve overall plant performance. Collaborate, lead, and/or support the design and implementation of new products engineering changes, and processes. Additional responsibilities as required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, or related discipline.
5 years of experience in the job offered, or in a controls, maintenance, or project engineering position.
Experience must include maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving automated processes.
Must have hands-on experience implementing new control projects, upgrade of different controls systems and/or maintenance of various plants/manufacturing lines.
Experience can be gained concurrently.
Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

Responsibilities

Maintaining optimal conditions during the production process
Ensuring a safe working environment
Delivering high-quality products/processes
Achieving high-performance levels
Identifying process improvement opportunities
Using problem-solving methodologies
Proposing solutions for improvements and technological innovation
Following guidelines from industry standards such as OSHA, IATF, MOS and others
Maintaining the safest environment possible, quality standards, and productivity to achieve optimal plant performance
Complying with Environmental, Health, Safety, and Quality Systems guidelines
Complying with internal control guidelines
Auditing and updating practices and procedures
Responding to internal and external audits
Keeping constant feedback with the Automation Coordinator
Seeking continuous process improvement (productivity and profitability) through the application of engineering principles (process redesign, new technologies, etc.)
Contributing to define and follow the Standards for Controls Engineering
Responding to the production process abnormalities while focusing on continuous process improvements
Executing CapEx projects within the stated scope, timing, budget, and resources, as assigned
Creating work instructions that benefit the Production and Controls Engineering Teams
Researching new technologies and develop new applications that improve overall plant performance
Collaborating, leading, and/or support the design and implementation of new products engineering changes, and processes
Additional responsibilities as required