Job title: Controls Engineer III
Location: Charlotte, NC, 28216
Duration: 4+ Years Contract
Travel: Onsite at Charlotte Headquarters, travel to Hickory and Wilmington as needed (Upto 50%), with all the expenses covered by the client.
Responsibilities:
- In this role you will serve as an electrical controls resource for manufacturing process improvement and capital expansion projects. You will lead the electrical and controls scope of assigned projects.
- Project focus will be implementation of PLC based automation in Client's manufacturing plants and processes. You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team that includes mechanical, electrical, controls, facilities, IT, and operations professionals to help ensure systems are installed, commissioned, and running safely and effectively.
- Lead controls engineering scope for automation and capital projects from concept development through design, build, installation, startup, and commissioning.
- Design, develop, and deploy integrated automation and machine control systems using PLC, HMI, SCADA, and related controls technologies.
Required Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (or other related technical field)
- 7+ years of relevant controls engineering experience
- Software/Controls programming experience with PLC's, HMI's (hardware/software), SCADA primarily Rockwell
- Experience with HMI and SCADA systems primarily FT View, Optix, Ignition
- Understanding of PID control implementation
- Capability to design, develop and deliver fully integrated machine and motion control, automation, and process machine systems to manufacturing
- Able to effectively leverage external machine builders and system integrators to design, develop, and deploy integrated manufacturing systems to global manufacturing facilities
- Understanding of electrical panel layout, schematic design, ladder logic programming, and system testing and troubleshooting. AutoCAD and/or AutoCAD Electrical skills
- Familiarity of logic-based programming. PLC and IEC base programming structure including ladder logic, function blocks, structured text, and sequential flowchart desirable.
- Familiar with Machine Safety Design principles per ISO 13849 -1&2
- Individuals must be capable of executing project assignments, in a cross-functional team based environment
- Experience designing and implementing industrial communication technologies (Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT))
- Support commissioning, startup, training, and technology transfer as systems are handed off to plant teams.
