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Summary Description:

The Controls Engineer is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, developing, programming, troubleshooting, commissioning, and continuously improving industrial automation and machine control systems. This role requires 10+ years of demonstrated experience with both controls hardware and software, including Allen-Bradley and Omron processors, PLCs, HMIs, drives, sensors, safety systems, robotics, and industrial networks. The position supports production equipment, packaging systems, fillers, cappers, robotic cells, palletizing systems, and other automated manufacturing equipment. The Senior Controls Engineer will lead complex controls projects, provide advanced technical support to manufacturing and maintenance teams, document control system designs, and drive automation improvements that improve safety, reliability, quality, and operational efficiency.

What will your day look like?

• Lead, organize, and prioritize controls engineering projects while providing technical guidance to maintenance, operations, engineering, and controls team members.

• Design, modify, and improve electrical control systems, control panels, machine wiring, safety circuits, sensors, drives, servos, pneumatics, and related mechanical automation components.

• Develop, write, modify, troubleshoot, and document PLC and HMI programs using Allen-Bradley and Omron hardware and software platforms, including processors, I/O, communication modules, HMIs, and related automation devices.

• Manage controls project scope, schedules, equipment specifications, capital equipment planning, vendor coordination, installation support, startup, and commissioning activities.

• Specify, source, and support purchasing of controls hardware, electrical components, processors, HMIs, VFDs, servos, sensors, machine safety devices, and spare parts.

• Support manufacturing equipment by providing advanced programming, troubleshooting, controls diagnostics, machine design improvements, reliability improvements, automation training, and technical documentation.

• Spend significant time on the plant floor supporting production, troubleshooting equipment issues, implementing improvements, and partnering with operators, mechanics, technicians, engineers, and leadership.

• Identify, justify, and execute automation projects that reduce downtime, improve throughput, improve safety, reduce operating costs, and increase equipment reliability.

• Support and improve automated packaging and production equipment including fillers, cappers, labelers, case packers, conveyors, vision systems, robotic systems, palletizers, and other integrated manufacturing equipment.

• Troubleshoot complex electrical, controls, network, PLC, HMI, drive, servo, safety, robotics, and instrumentation issues using schematics, diagnostic tools, software, and root cause analysis methods.

• Design, document, build, test, and support startup of electrical control panels, machine control systems, custom automation assemblies, and production equipment modifications.

• Other duties as assigned by management.