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SENIOR CONTROLS ENGINEER

SIG Combibloc
IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2025

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Senior Controls Engineer

Salary : $100k-$115k

Summary : Senior Controls Engineer leads the design, development, and optimization of electrical control systems for advanced industrial packaging equipment. This role involves programming, implementing, and maintaining PLCs, HMIs, and associated control components to ensure the reliable operation of manufacturing machinery. The Senior Controls Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation, enhance system performance, and ensure compliance with industry standards. This position reports directly to the North America Head of Equipment and plays a critical role in advancing automation initiatives across the organization.

Key Duties and Responsibilities :

As an at-will employer, Scholle IPN reserves the right to add to or modify this list to the extent it deems necessary.

  • Lead, coordinate, and guide technical and non-technical personnel in timely field repairs of industrial filling equipment.
  • Program, install, calibrate, test and perform preventative maintenance on electrical controls systems and components for industrial equipment, including servos, RTD's and pneumatic devices.
  • Troubleshoot, and optimize controls systems for deployed filling equipment, including unit replacement, electrical wiring, PLC programming and systems upgrades.
  • Oversee the integration of automated filling machinery with auxiliary equipment, ensuring seamless communication and functionality per specifications.
  • Interpret and utilize maintenance manuals, schematics, and wiring diagrams to for equipment repairs, assembly, disassembly, and validation.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams, business development, clients, and management to plan deployments, address issues, and communicate status updates effectively. Prepare and maintain rigorous and accurate reports of system failure, service history, and equipment conditions.
  • Lead and manage external contractors and vendor relationships as needed. Design, implement, and document electrical control components, including PLCs, PCs, drives (AC, DC, and servo), and HMI equipment, primarily in a Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley) environment.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, including P&ID diagrams, schematics, AutoCAD drawings, and project management records.
  • Research, design, and implement state-of-the-art technology to enhance equipment performance and develop new systems.
  • Direct modifications and upgrades of existing equipment through project planning, implementation, qualification, and training.
  • Ensure all work adheres to applicable codes and standards, including NEC and OSHA

You bring these skills, experience & education

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited 4-year college or university is preferred.
  • A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley), including ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and Studio 5000 programming.
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD and experience developing and interpreting technical schematics.
  • Familiarity with NEC, OSHA, and other relevant regulatory and safety standards.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel is required.
  • Experience integrating automation systems with auxiliary equipment and configuring network communications.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively in client-facing roles and cross-functional teams.
  • Must work out of HQ office located in Northlake, Illinois.
  • Ability to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed, including accommodating customers' production and maintenance schedules.
  • 30% field travel with occasional international travel required.
  • Physical Requirements :

    Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

  • Must be able to move and / or lift up to 50 pounds occasionally
  • Frequently standing, walking and sitting
  • Frequently required the use of hands to finger, feel, reach or handle machinery
  • Frequently bend, stoop and reach
  • Visual Acuity (VA)
  • Work Environment :

    Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

  • Moderate working conditions
  • Exposure to variable noise levels
  • Often exposed to moving mechanical parts
  • Safety and Quality Management :

    Quality and Safety is EVERYONE'S responsibility! You must report or correct any food safety or potential food safety hazard to the person who can correct it. Adherence to policies and procedures related to quality management, safety, SQF and other regulatory guidelines communicated during your new hire orientation and defined in your Scholle IPN handbook are mandatory .

    Quality and Safety will be managed!

    SIG competencies

    We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is 'yes', come and join us.

    Our promise

    SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.

    About SIG

    SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it's the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.

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