Senior Controls Engineer

Senior Controls Engineer

Position Summary
This position involves designing controls systems for automation machines, ensuring they meet project requirements, customer expectations, and our client's standards. The candidate should communicate project requirements, develop controls architecture, verify electrical design packages, and create designs that adhere to safety and standards. They will interpret internal cost sheets and develop plans that meet cost estimates, accurately report project status, achieve project milestones, and determine the cost of scope changes.

Role Requirements:
•Document project related requirements/discussions and effectively communicate these
requirements to the project team.
• Work with other members of the project team, internally and externally, to develop a
controls architecture that provides the required functionality, based on our client's standards
and customer specifications.
• Verify electrical design packages before release to the shop floor, based on adherence to
accepted electrical codes, accuracy, completeness, use of standard materials, use of standard methods, and safety.
• Create and implement designs that are acceptable based on functionality and adherence to
standards. Programs must be accurate, complete, and meet existing safety requirements
before being released to the Shop team.
• Interpret and understand how to apply internal cost sheets.
• Develop plans to accurate produce results that meet cost estimates.
• Accurately report project status through regular status reports.
• Ensure that project milestones are achieved.
• Determine and document the cost of scope changes internally and externally.
• Review and evaluate new controls related products to provide cost effective and up-to-date control solutions.

Qualifications Desired:
• BS Degree in engineering or equivalent experience (Preferred)
• Electrical Troubleshooting of Industrial Control panels and machines REQUIRED.
• 5 years of experience as a Controls/Automation Engineer or equivalent. Industrial
Automation (Preferred)
• 5 years programming PLC’s and HMI’s using Ladder Logic. Allen-Bradley PLC
(Preferred)
• Motion control of Servo’s, Stepper motors, Induction motors using VFD’s and Servo
Drives. Allen-Bradley (Preferred)
• Design of Electrical Control Systems using CAD tools. AutoCAD Electrical (Preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with a team of technical professionals

Travel
Travel is required to customer sites as deemed necessary dependent on the project scope