Senior Controls Engineer
hace 2 años
Modesto
Job DescriptionSalary: Factory Technologies, Inc., a Systems Integrator located in Modesto CA., is currently seeking to hire a Sr. Controls Engineer. This position requires development work within an office environment and support at client sites. This is not a remote role and is based in Modesto, CA. Along with the traditional controls engineer technical skills, as a member of the FTI team, you will be most successful with the following non-technical skills/traits: • Communication, communication, communication, • All team members need to strive for excellent communication skills; oral, written and listening., • Discuss task/milestone/project successes, failures, roadblocks with your team., • Let the team know of unexpected changes to the project and/or personal life schedule as soon as you can. Text, phone, email whatever it takes., • Let the team know of unexpected changes to the scope of work., • Provide daily updates on progress. Know your audience and cater your updates accordingly., • Feedback ask for it and provide it respectfully., • Sharing/collaboration share your time, your skills and the information you have gathered over the years. As a senior engineer, you will be expected to support/develop/lead/mentor junior engineers, drafters, shop personnel and new employees., • Focus support others when needed and allow others to focus on their tasks as needed., • Be curious, not judgmental ask questions to get details., • Adaptability/flexibility the controls systems integrator world is fast paced and changes regularly. Team members need to be able to change directions routinely., • Problem solving/critical thinking senior team members are key to solving problems whether they be technical or other., • Repeatability/scalability think about the work youre completing and how it may be reused and/or scaled for the future. Reuse existing work where appropriate., • Self awareness understand where youre at and what your strengths/weaknesses are., • Empathy put yourself in someone elses shoes before judging. All engineers find mistakes in others work. Remember that others will find mistakes in your work too., • Active Listening listen with the intent to understand, not just to react/respond., • Conflict resolution support reducing inevitable tensions both internally and externally., • Resilience some days can be difficult. Some projects can be difficult. Remember that those difficult times are temporary., • Take care of yourself everyone is different and you will be supported to avoid burnout. You need to be your own gatekeeper and communicate issues, goals and needs., • Participate improvements can only be made with participation. Without participation, everything else is just complaining., • Time Management/prioritization senior team members take on a lot of work and can be asked to be in two places at once. Prioritizing can be a daily challenge. Communicate your issues and come to the table with a proposed solution. Sr. Controls Engineers are most successful in this role when they have the following traditional skills: • BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics engineering, Computer Science degree or 10+ years equivalent relevant industry experience., • Be an expert in PLC/HMI/SCADA programming and systems integration in industrial applications using various Allen-Bradley, GE and Siemens platforms., • Have very strong competency in multiple industrial control platforms using Rockwell Automation products, Ignition, WonderWare and other traditional industrial control platforms., • Controls Engineers must be able to develop a project from scratch including development of IO List, Device Lists, Functional Specifications, Acceptance testing documentation, site commissioning of instrumentation, PID loop tuning, hardware and software troubleshooting., • Take verbal directions, think on your feet and execute client expectations., • Complete project documentation including development of functional specifications, investigation reports, panel schematic red lines and fully documented programs., • Support project sales calls, kick-offs and closeouts and/or create project cost estimates., • Must be able to read and generate P&IDs, flow diagrams and electrical schematics., • Have advanced knowledge of networking and communication protocols, such as (but not limited to) EtherNet, AS-i, Modbus, IO-Link, ControlNet and DeviceNet., • Understand project requirements (more than just the programming portion) completing projects within budget, on-time and fulfilling all scope requirements., • Read schematics and have working knowledge of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical and/or ePlan., • Senior team members are expected to have a high-level knowledge and experience with:, • Process instrumentation both from a design perspective and a field commissioning perspective., • Programming and configuring Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), • Mechanical systems / manufacturing equipment and process control., • Bonus points for experience with SQL databases, Python, Java, Network IT/OT convergence., • Must be able to work unsupervised and as part of a team as required., • Flexibility when required to work outside of normal business hours as required by clients needs., • General knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)., • Must possess a valid drivers license with a clean DMV record. And finally • The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary offer, including medical and dental benefits, 401K with company contributions and vacation/holiday pay., • Work from home opportunities will be available during the core development phase of a project. When not at customer sites or working from home, employees report to our Modesto, CA office.