A Typical Day

The Senior Controls Engineer, OT works under minimal supervision and is responsible for the automation controls development of HMI and PLC applications in a process manufacturing environment. Engineer will lead medium to large-sized projects and collaborate with other members of the IT and OT departments on the analysis, design, troubleshooting, problem resolution, maintenance, and documentation of manufacturing solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop/modify PLC and HMI from support requests as directed by manager

• Provide 24/7 support while on call for designated time frame

• Prepare functional and technical reviews

• Assumes technical project leadership role with in project team

• Collaborate with members of IT and OT departments as needed

• Gather and translate business requirements into controls specifications

• Programming of PLC and SCADA from a variety of manufactures

• Collaborate with manufacturing clients to identify solutions to problems

• Develop/modify standards for OT department

• Assist in administration of OT applications

What You Will Need

• High School Diploma and 10 years experience or Associates Degree in related field and 8 years experience or Bachelors Degree in related field and 6 years of experience

• Strong trouble-shooting, analytical, and critical thinking skills

• Experience with projects or issues of moderate complexity that require in depth knowledge across multiple technical areas and lines of business

• Ability to resolve a broad range of problems utilizing internal and external resources

• Experience advising the business on improvements and innovations and drives continuous improvement across the enterprise

• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills (both technical and non-technical), with an emphasis on the effective representation of complex OT concepts to non-IS audiences

• Understanding of business system design in a manufacturing environment

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelors degree in related field and 9 years related experience or Masters degree in related field and 7 years related experience

• MES experience

• VMWare and Windows Data Center Operating System management experience

• Data Center Hardware experience such as HP, Cisco, Brocade, Fortinet

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The work is primarily performed in an office environment and the physical demands are characteristic of a mostly sedentary role. Specific details of the essential functions of the position is available in the Job Safety Analysis, made available on request.