What are the responsibilities and job description for the PLC Controls Engineer position at DBSI Services?
Title: PLC Controls Engineer
Location: Racine, WI (Onsite)
Job Type: Full-Time & Contract
Job Description:
- A Controls Engineer with a primary focus on process control loops and drive systems that support a manufacturing facility.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills are required for the day-to-day needs of operations.
- Work will be performed on projects of small and large scope that also includes capital projects. Often leads the work of small project teams and may informally or formally train maintenance technicians.
Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot and eliminate control systems issues in real time and implement strategic solutions to resolve issues permanently.
- Participates in projects that support the maintenance, repair, upgrade, or complete replacement of facility controls and equipment.
- Manages controls projects and provides scope development, cost and time estimates, evaluation of costs and benefits, tracking, controlling and reporting.
- Program manufacturing equipment PLCs and other controls, and provides equipment controls technical support to project engineers, vendors, facility managers, and internal maintenance on projects.
- Conduct design reviews to ensure components and assemblies comply with customer specifications.
- Evaluate existing equipment and controls with regard to productivity, cost-efficiency and safety, and makes recommendations for possible improvements.
- Stay current of engineering technologies and trends for process improvement potential.
- Mentor key maintenance technicians.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
