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Cleaning Technologies Group Senior Controls Engineer in Jamestown, New York
Job Title: Senior Controls Engineer
Department: Engineering
Reports To: Engineering Manager
Exemption Classification: Salary, Exempt
Pay: $82,000-$92,000/year
Summary: Design electrical control systems for custom & standard products.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS to PERFORM DUTIES
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Review Engineering job file and design products to meet applicable specs.
• Interact and communicate with customers as project dictates.
• CAD drawing package generation including customer approval, wiring schematics & panel layout.
• Generate bill of material, estimate cost of purchased items, and requisition all necessary material and components.
• Design PLC and HMI logic using products from many different manufacturers.
• Research and use new software and hardware packages.
• Help maintain current software.
• Assist in training of new controls engineers.
• Ensure Engineering is using current Electrical Codes.
• Support all other departments on an as need basis regarding electrical components of the machine.
• Assist engineers, electricians and customer with debugging and machine runoffs.
• Support Project in the field, as needed, during start-up and through warranty period.
• Other functions as directed.
Supervisory Responsibilities: May assist in the training of new employees. May supervise controls engineers or controls department in the absence of the Chief Engineer
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and/or Experience: College degree in electrical engineering and/or 5-8 years of technical experience. Must have product component level knowledge and AutoCAD / AutoCAD Electric experience. Position requires multiple projects be handled at one time. Knowledge and experience with 8D problem solving a plus.
Language Skills: Must be able to communicate verbally and/or in writing with other employees, other departments, supervision and customer relating to work in progress, problems and/or completion. Must be able to present information to groups of employees, customers, vendors etc.
Mathematical Skills: College-level mathematics.
Reasoning Ability: Be able to identify work process problems and possible solutions.
Certificates/Licenses/Registrations: Maintain local, regional and/or national memberships in appropriate professional organizations/associations.
Physical Demands: Sit at workstation for prolonged periods of time. Must be able to adjust visual focus. Will need to go into shop environment on an as needed basis.
Work Environment: Traditional office atmosphere. Temperature standard. Quiet noise level. May need to go into shop environment on an as needed basis.
Travel: Must be able to periodically travel to customer’s jobsite for startups, machine commissioning and warranty work as dictated by project. All projects do not require travel, most stays are from 1 to 2 days, some could be more.