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Controls Engineer
North Kansas City, MO
Shift : Tuesday thru Friday, 5 : 30pm - 4 : 00am
A private tier-1 assembly supplier is looking for an experienced Maintenance Technician or Controls Engineer to join their team in Kansas City. The Controls Engineer is responsible for creating, documenting, developing, supporting and improving upon the control systems that are essential to the production processes.
Responsibilities :
- Analyze and calculate machine performance and requirements utilizing the PLC.
- Responsible for the planning, coordination, and implementation and tracking of assigned projects.
- Develop and track capital investment budgets for assigned projects.
- Main interface with automation and capital equipment vendors for control solutions.
- Provide controls guidance in equipment selection, overall operations and future expansion.
- Integrating and networking PC's and PLC's (TCP / IP, EthernetIP)
- Provide support for Controls related issues, as required, to prevent or minimize production downtime.
- Drive lean concepts (5S, OEE, Kanban, Visual Factory, TPM etc.) throughout the organization.
- Implement process improvements to improve overall efficiencies, including automation.
- Collaborate on all controls related communication internally and externally, including technical presentation, design reviews, capacity analysis, and feasibility studies.
- Supports Purchasing in evaluation of new suppliers, products and technologies to help maintain a competitive edge in the industry.
- Benchmarking processes and equipment throughout the industry and incorporating into Piston Standards.
- Provide guidance to Maintenance Technicians helping develop skillsets and strengthen the team.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Qualifications :