The Instrumentation Engineer is responsible for managing programs, procedures and equipment to ensure that goals are met and plant personnel are safe, productive and effectively utilized. With a focus on PLC programming and SCADA system integration, the successful candidate will be instrumental in driving efficiency and innovation in our manufacturing processes.
Responsibilities
- Support the integration and management of SCADA systems, with a strong preference for experience in Ignition by Inductive Automation.
- Maintain an industrial controls hardware refresh plan to ensure all control system hardware is up-to-date, reliable, and meets current and future operational requirements.
- Planning, scheduling, documenting, and verifying all maintenance work to be performed (planned and unplanned).
- Provide control engineering support for the project management of plant capital plans.
- Work closely with operations team to effectively maintain all plant processing, packaging and support equipment in proper running order, while meeting all government mandated criteria necessary to continue plant operations.
- Improve current control programs to improve efficiency of packaging processes
- Manage, coordinate and control all aspects of electrical engineering in order to meet agreed departmental objectives.
- Responsible for plant continuous improvement initiatives and resolution.
- Responsible the implementation of new software and updates
- Manage, coordinate and control all aspects of electrical engineering in order to meet agreed departmental objectives.
- Act as a liaison with outside technical consultants and engineers regarding equipment modification, improvements and/or repairs.
- Perform other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with Emphasis in Electrical or Process engineering preferred. Equivalent experience will be considered.
- 3+ years’ experience using technologies or platforms such as ladder logic programming for programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human machine interfaces (HMIs), data control systems (DCSs).
- Experience in risk-based maintenance engineering and cost of goods sold (COGS) optimization.
- Experience with Ignition Scada Platform. SQL Server Database, Python programming language a plus.
- Familiarity with ISA-88, OSHA, NFPA, Safe Quality Food 2000 Code (SQF 2000 Code), FM and GMP.
- Experience in environmental and industrial processing, electrical and mechanical problem solving.
- Experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) and a knowledge of MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems).
- Broad base knowledge of electric motors, PLC’s, HMIs, Networking.
Personal & Professional Skill Sets
- Ability to effectively troubleshoot control and electrical failures and implement repairs.
- Demonstrated ability to engineer and manage capital and major expense projects within a manufacturing setting.
- Demonstrated ability to support the maintenance and operations departments in the daily management of a Plant operation.
- Strong knowledge of PLC’s programming and problem solving: Allen Bradley preferred.
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