Control Systems Engineer-Factory
About The Position
The Control Systems Engineer at the Drayton factory identifies, recommends, and implements instrumentation and control changes to increase factory throughput and sugar recovery while reducing processing costs. The position optimizes existing factory automation and contributes to assessing, analyzing, recommending, developing, and installing future factory automation capital projects. The engineer designs instrumentation and control systems, develops electrical designs for batch and continuous process controls, and prepares specifications for process instrumentation, VFDs, and control valves. They develop control systems documentation and work with OPC communications between factory and business systems, as well as industrial device networks. The position provides technical expertise in control-system maintenance and supports PLC and process-control systems. Working with factory and engineering personnel, the engineer supports process improvements, equipment selection and installation, process debugging, and evaluation of project lifecycle benefits and return on investment. The role also provides training to factory employees and assists with factory startups. Capital work must be completed within budget and schedule, with timely completion critical to startup. The position requires strong project management and communication skills, and the ability to prioritize and organize work to support on-time factory startups.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, control engineering, or computer science, or equivalent knowledge typically gained through completion of such a degree.
- Strong instrumentation and controls experience.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize and organize work and make necessary decisions or sacrifices to facilitate on-time factory startup.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of and prior industrial experience with Delta V.
- Knowledge of industrial networking and device networks.
- Knowledge of AutoCAD and other computer drafting and design software.
- Knowledge of computer programming, process modeling, and control-systems programming.
Responsibilities
- Lead and promote a positive work culture through the Company Values of Safety, Integrity, Quality, Teamwork, and Accountability.
- Design instrumentation and control systems and develop electrical designs for batch and continuous process controls.
- Develop specifications for process instrumentation, VFDs, and control valves.
- Develop control-system documentation, including P&IDs, loop wiring diagrams, specifications, manuals, PLC programs, and HMI configurations.
- Work with OPC communications between factory and business systems and industrial device networks.
- Research and recommend ways to improve the use of automation and computer control systems.
- Consult with the Factory Engineer and/or Process Engineer on capital process improvements, make recommendations, and implement appropriate program changes.
- Consult with the Maintenance Engineer and Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor on control-system maintenance, and with Process Engineers to achieve optimum processing efficiency.
- Provide technical expertise in control-system maintenance.
- Oversee optimization of existing control systems and ensure they are tuned and operating effectively.
- Participate in needs assessments, analysis, recommendations, development, and installation of future factory automation capital projects.
- Oversee support of PLC and process-control systems.
- Work with factory maintenance personnel and other engineers to analyze needs, recommend equipment specifications and selection, install equipment, recommend process improvements, and debug processes.
- Evaluate projects and equipment for lifecycle benefits and return on investment.
- Provide general control-systems and instrumentation training to prepare factory employees to operate electrical, instrumentation, and control equipment.
- Assist with factory startups and coordinate involvement in projects with contractors and factory labor.
- Manage work within budget and schedule, completing capital jobs on schedule to support factory startup.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical insurance eligibility starting on day one
- Health savings account
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with Company match and contribution
- Paid dental insurance
- Paid basic life insurance
- Paid short- and long-term disability
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Paid parental leave
- Paid volunteer opportunities
- Paid holidays
- Discretionary bonuses
- Tuition reimbursement
- Service awards
- 24/7 employee assistance program with access to eight confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost
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Job Type
Full-time
