Controls Supervisor

Magna International•Oakland Park, HI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are. Magna is an innovative leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality complete seating systems. Our solution includes seating structures, mechanisms and hardware, as well as foam and trim products for global automotive, heavy truck and bus industries. Our capabilities include market and consumer research; full concept development; design and engineering capabilities; testing, validation and world-class manufacturing. Our award-winning seating solutions are developed from consumer research, finding the ease of operation to be comfortable, convenient and connected.

Requirements

Associate Degree or equivalent experience preferred
Electrical/Electronic/Mechatronic or similar Engineering degree/diploma/certificate or equivalent Trades Certification with significant work experience preferred.
Minimum of seven (7) years of experience as a Controls Technologist or related IT related field preferred.
Basic knowledge in the following software packages: Allen Bradley RSLogix500/5000, Factory Talk View Studio
Understand and apply basic ladder logic principles, control for I/O, ability to understand PLC commands and HMI usage.
Demonstrated experience in Electrical Control System Design and PLC programming troubleshooting
Knowledge of industrial networks. (DeviceNet, EthernetIP, IO-Link, Point IO)
Familiar with Vision Systems (Keyence, Cognex, IFM, Omron)
Demonstrated use of electrical devices (i.e. proximity switches, load cells, LVDT’s, signal conditioners, etc.)
Ability to read and understand technical documents, schematic design specification
Basic electrical and motor controls, Allen Bradley PLC controls, including RSLogix500 and RSLogix5000 platforms, RS Logix, PanelView and PanelView Plus HMI applications, IFM and Keyence inspection camera applications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Team oriented, communicates well with others, and able to interact with people at all levels and departments.
Working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and various manufacturing/business information software.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and daily direction to Controls Engineers and Controls Technologist.
Provide assistance as needed to Production, Maintenance and Engineering regarding equipment design or manufacturing performance issues.
Participates and lead equipment improvement projects: productivity, quality, availability, safety etc.
Ensures all Controls team members within the department (new and transferred) have received all required training in a timely manner.
Ensures the thoroughness and timely completion of scheduled performance reviews for all controls individuals within the department.
Responsible for the design, development and installation of new PLC based control systems.
Onsite commissioning of electrical and function validation equipment with a focus on I/O checkout, system testing and start-up support.
Maintain and modify Human Machine Interface (HMI) displays and graphics via multiple computer systems e.g., Citec, FactoryTalk, RS Studio 5000.
Provide technical competence during project execution of Electrical and Function Test equipment
Monitor the quality of the hardware and software interface/integration and suggest changes to improve reliability
Produce and update documents including work/user instructions, functional specifications, detailed design specifications, electrical and pneumatic schematics, etc.
Conduct machine functionality and fault recovery testing and participates in project startup and machine commissioning.
Work collaboratively with IT department to optimize communications using a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software i.e., cimplicit
Working knowledge of developing and maintaining robotic equipment i.e., Fanuc, Universal Robots etc.
Working knowledge of deploying and maintaining electronic safety systems i.e., Safety PLC’s Area Scanners, Light curtains etc.
Working knowledge of deploying and maintaining error proofing devices such as Kenyence, Congnex, SICK visions systems.
Work collaboratively with Manufacturing Engineers, Maintenance Technicians, Production Supervisors and other internal staff.
Supports and enforces the principles of the Employee Charter, Company goals and objectives, and decisions and policies by taking ownership and communicating these in a positive and supportive manner.