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Senior Controls & Automation Engineer

Location: Montgomery, AL, US, 36105 Country/Region: United States Job Function: Engineering Employment Type: Salary

This is highly skilled and technical work managing and installing automation and controls systems design, specifying equipment, programming, simulation and testing, and start-up assistance to include automation failure troubleshooting, PLC/HMI programming updating/modification, PLC/HMI documentation creation/modification, quality gate modification, updating, troubleshooting, robotics, vision systems, and Torque Control Box/Gun Programming and modifications.

The Role:

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Creates panel designs and layouts, bill of materials, and wiring schematics.
• Reads and red-lines electrical schematic drawings.
• Provides support of manufacturing operations to all shifts.
• Initiates, implements, and tests change controls to include devising the required corrective actions and process improvements, and manufacturing investigations to both the process and equipment.
• Identifies potential automation issues and reports to the appropriate personnel.
• Coordinates implementation and testing with relevant departments and personnel
• Maintains automation documentation such as functional specifications, recipe parameter tables, and standard operating procedures.
• Provides PLC/HMI programming support for equipment upgrade projects.
• Assists in troubleshooting electrical problems on existing equipment.
• Creates the electrical design for new equipment and infrastructure projects.
• Assists Six Sigma team efforts with software and hardware support.
• Manages projects of various scopes and sizes to design, install, and modify plant equipment, processes, and facilities.
• Provides electrical design of automation and control systems from field devices to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) platforms.
• Ensures all designs conform to all applicable codes and regulations such as OSHA, NEC, and NFPA.
• Provides control engineering support on all commissioning and validation initiatives.
• Assists in developing control system standards and engineering procedures.
• Participates on Factory Acceptance Tests of equipment.
• Provides supervision of electrical and mechanical trades and contractors during control system and manufacturing equipment installations.
• Documents potentially problematic areas, software defect alerts, troubleshooting tips.

Advantages of working at Lear in the Functional Group: Team Development Personal Growth Opportunities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of regulatory codes and standards such as OSHA, NEC, and NFPA.
• Knowledge of Distribution Control System (DCS) Programming.
• Knowledge of Electrical Engineering to understand system interactions, sizing of equipment, and fuses.
• Knowledge of HMI/SCADA Configuration as needed to complete required tasks and assignments.
• Knowledge of PLC Programming
• Knowledge of Robotics
• Knowledge of Project Management
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Access required.
• Knowledge of Visual Basic required.
• Knowledge of vision systems
• Knowledge of computers
• Skill in using Rockwell Automation Software (e.g., RSLogix500, RSLogix5000, PanelBuilder32, RS View, RSLinx, etc.)
• Skill in using hands (i.e., screwdriver, hammer, etc.) and power tools.

Physical Abilities:

• Physical Ability to make skillful coordinated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Physical Ability to stoop, crouch, or crawl as needed to repair or determine the need for repair of equipment.
• Physical Ability to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to 40 lbs.
• Physical Ability to see close environmental stimuli.

Special Requirements: Must be willing to work extended hours or varying shifts to include weekends and holidays to install equipment and/or modify equipment when needed.

Your Qualifications: Requires a BS in an Engineering discipline, Electrical Engineering preferred, but others considered plus five years of demonstrated experience in designing and maintaining PLC/HMI based control systems, to include the implementation/validation/commissioning.