Controls Engineer
Intertape Polymer Group
- Danville, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for safe work habits and ensuring that all equipment operates in a safe manner.
- Responsible for and manage plant control systems.
- Responsible for PLC support programming, troubleshooting, calibration, project implementation and network integration.
- Keep the automated industrial control systems current.
- Process data analysis.
- Lead improvement teams.
- Maintain machine documentation and drawings.
- Write technical procedures.
- Electrical design.
- Provide technical support when equipment fails or is producing poorly.
- Occasionally support the maintenance staff during large repairs or shutdowns.
- Demonstrate thorough understanding of industrial control systems and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's).
- Install, diagnose, and repair electrical systems, apparatus, and electrical components of industrial machinery and equipment.
- Effectively maintain programming, hardware networking and communication; troubleshoot and determine causes of failure and perform corrective actions; and oversee full industrial control system project implementation on both hardware and software problems.
- Support predictive and preventative maintenance program.
- Interface with and troubleshoot the following motor control equipment properly and safely: motor starters, relays, Variable Frequency Drives (VFD's), Servo motors and controls.
- Interface with and troubleshoot Allen Bradley and other plant PLC's including connecting to the PLC, reading ladder logic, programming, diagnosing hardware and software problems.
- Direct interface with facility operators and outside contractors/vendors.
- Manage contractors/vendors on projects throughout the facility to ensure the highest quality and safety standards.
- Related tasks as requested by supervisor.
- BS degree in Industrial Control and Instrumentation Technology, Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology, similar degree, or 10 years of verifiable working experience
- Knowledge and ability to make modifications to PLC/RTU/HMI hardware/software platforms such as Rockwell Automation, Fisher ROC, & Modicon
- Knowledge and ability to install, test, calibrate, and tune instrumentation from Rosemont, E&H, etc.
- Knowledge of final control elements such as motorized valves and other actuators
- Knowledge of measurement systems from Emerson and ABB
- Knowledge of industrial networking used to connect control system components and instrumentation
- Experience with electrical schematics, including power distribution under 480VAC, control panels and associated NEC
- Experience with test equipment from Hart 475, Hand Pumps, RTD Calibrators, Thermocouple Calibrators, etc.
- Microsoft Office experience.