Electrical Controls Engineer

James Hardie•Prattville, AL

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Electrical Controls Engineer ensures the plant PLC programs, HMI’s, and IT backbone function properly on a daily basis to manufacture fiber cement efficiently. They provide direction, coordination, and support for the daily execution of the electrical crew’s operating plan. Working with the Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Engineer, Planner, Maintenance Technicians, Operations, and Safety, the Electrical Supervisor drives department productivity and quality of workmanship for the purpose of increasing overall availability and reliability of equipment.

Requirements

design, configuration, installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of at least the following: PLCs with local and remote I/O, Allen Bradley (AB) Controllogix, but also other AB product groups.
Safety systems for plant equipment, safety PLCs, class 3 and other E-stops, light curtains
Control communication networks including Devicenet, Controlnet, and Ethernet
AB and Siemens AC and DC drives.
Electrical control systems Including low voltage and medium voltage starters and soft start
Ancillary equipment including lighting, air compressors, boilers, ovens, and others
Servo drives, Allen Bradley Kinetix platforms.
HMIs, including Wonderware Intouch and Historian, Allen Bradley Panelview, and other standalone HMIs
Plant power distribution systems, Square D switch gear, transformers, and relays
Process control systems, including a wide variety of instrumentation and control valves
Pneumatic and Hydraulic control systems
Microsoft servers and SQL
Fiber and Ethernet networks, some other IT functions
AutoCAD and other software
Bachelor’s Degree preferred (Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics (preferred) or equivalent combination of experience and education.
10+ years of experience controls experience in a continuous operating (24/7) manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

CMMS skills with Hexagon or other type of maintenance planning tool a plus.
IT network administration experience a plus

Responsibilities

Working safely is a non-negotiable.
Supporting our operations and maintenance department in troubleshooting, installing, maintaining plant control equipment
Making or managing control/electrical system changes as requested by Safety, production, Environmental, or other departments and engineers, for process modifications, improvements, production trials, and etc., may include programming and/or hardware changes
Supporting capital and plant projects for new or existing equipment including getting bids, hiring and managing contractor personnel and engineering firms, quoting, selecting, and purchasing electrical and process equipment and controls, programing for new systems, equipment commissioning and start up, projects may include some travel for new equipment purchases and acceptance testing, seeing equipment in other JH plants, etc.
Maintaining and updating electrical drawings and standards as required
Historian and SQL server work for data collection, monitoring, and reporting
Supporting off-site engineers and IT with local technical issues or new upgrades
Developing plans for plant outages and other projects
Overseeing electrical requirements for insurance policy compliance, electrical testing and contingency plans