DEN Controls Integration Engineer

Leprino Foods Company • Denver, CO

164d • $84,700 - $101,000

About The Position

Within our Technical Services team located in Denver – Leprino is seeking a Controls Engineer to move our organization to even larger level of dairy ingredient and nutrition growth! We take pride in our vision to be "world's best", it is why we work harder, invest more, and continually innovate. Develop applications and automation that extend, and improve the capabilities of our process application. Develop solutions that provide flawless points of integration for our team and Plant requirements. Build and finalize designs to meet project requirements. Perform software modifications to existing/new process system PLC’s and HMI’s. Understand and troubleshoot PLC, human machine interface (HMI) for process & batching systems. Provide automation support for plant innovations, performance enhancement, loss elimination and process improvements. Provide domain expertise and leadership for plant controls and automation. Able to maintain project scope/budget and identify project creep. Prioritize projects and resources to deliver required level of output and support to customers. Support manufacture, build and validation of systems which include pneumatics, servos, vfd’s, relays, communication networks, HMI screens, pushbuttons and robotic integration. Ability to design programs that are simple to test, well documented and versatile. Provide all necessary Controls Engineering operations/project support to improve the financial performance and operating efficiency of domestic plants while facilitating the achievement of all quality goals in domestic plants as stated in the production division business plan. Assist in development, mentorship, troubleshooting, installation, and design of capital projects or installed systems. Be humble, inquisitive, patient, collaborative, innovative, results-oriented, and resilient - the DNA of a Leprino employee.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or similar technical subject area.
• Two (2) years of experience in PLC/SCADA integration, programming of ControlLogix PLC processors, and/or working with the Wonderware software suite.

Nice To Haves

• A Master’s in Engineering.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment as a controls engineer.

Responsibilities

• Develop applications and automation that extend and improve the capabilities of our process application.
• Develop solutions that provide flawless points of integration for our team and Plant requirements.
• Build and finalize designs to meet project requirements.
• Perform software modifications to existing/new process system PLC’s and HMI’s.
• Understand and troubleshoot PLC, human machine interface (HMI) for process & batching systems.
• Provide automation support for plant innovations, performance enhancement, loss elimination and process improvements.
• Provide domain expertise and leadership for plant controls and automation.
• Maintain project scope/budget and identify project creep.
• Prioritize projects and resources to deliver required level of output and support to customers.
• Support manufacture, build and validation of systems which include pneumatics, servos, vfd’s, relays, communication networks, HMI screens, pushbuttons and robotic integration.
• Design programs that are simple to test, well documented and versatile.
• Provide all necessary Controls Engineering operations/project support to improve the financial performance and operating efficiency of domestic plants.
• Assist in development, mentorship, troubleshooting, installation, and design of capital projects or installed systems.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and bonuses.
• Life, medical/dental/vision coverage.
• Voluntary benefits.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Wellness incentives.
• Tuition assistance.
• Vacation.
• Nine paid holidays.
• Sick time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Annual merit increases.
• LFC Profit-Sharing & 401(k) plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree