Controls Engineer

Summary: This function is responsible for the satisfactory completion of electrical design and programming of assigned project work.

Duties

• Create electrical drawings using AutoCad.
• Generate Bill of Materials for each assigned project and forward to Purchasing.
• Write and load PLC and HMI programs.
• Program the SQL Data Base system with data supplied from peripheries hardware as (PLC, PC, independent machines)
• Verify data system operation.
• Verify HMI operation.
• Answer questions from electrical assemblers.
• Discuss sensor solutions with mechanical designers and assemblers.
• Configure communications networks.
• Test manual motions.
• Debug machine sequences.
• Calibrate analog devices.
• Run parts to verify process and quality
• Complete equipment acceptance list

Job Description:

• Liaise with Service, Mechanical Assembly, and Electrical Assembly managers and staff in regard to project requirements and work plans and the expectations and commitments of individual specialties.
• Liaise with suppliers through Purchasing, as necessary and initiate purchase orders.
• Participate in regular project design progress meetings with Project Team Members and Customer Representatives.
• Report on project status to the controls manager.
• Adhere to all ISO procedures pertaining to the job responsibilities.

Education And Experience

• Degree/Diploma in Electrical Engineering.
• Thorough working knowledge of the automation assembly, testing, manufacturing process, methods, materials, machines and tools of the industry.
• Knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Considerable knowledge of the use of electrical devices (i.e. proximity switches, load cells, LVDT's, etc.)
• Electrical design systems (software & hardware) primarily Autocad, CX-One, Allen Bradley - RSLogix.