Controls Engineer

Company Profile

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications;

commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren

E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Summary

The Controls Engineer is responsible for design working across engineering and maintenance groups to lead major automation capital projects up to $25M as well as to identify and prioritize critical controls projects, and assist with detailed project specifications that help guide the division and the plant towards controls upgrades for critical manufacturing equipment. Controls Engineer will engage a variety of engineering resources both internal and external, to execute projects on-time and within budget, working to help define controls systems strategy and standards at the Ravenswood site.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for timely and on-budget execution of automation scope for projects at the site.
• Communicate with all levels of operations, engineering, and management.
• Propose and lead other projects at the site.
• Work and communicate effectively with a wide range of disciplines and management teams.
• Create and modify programs of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to solve known issues.
• Design and oversee implementation of new industrial control and safety-rated electrical circuits.
• Identify and propose solutions to electrical distribution and industrial control problems.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate detailed phases of work for electrical projects.
• Advise and assist facilities engineers on electrical aspects of facilities projects.
• Provide expert technical advice on problems concerning industrial control systems.
• Provide guidance to electrical engineers so that all work done complies with plant standards.
• Maintain documentation of the plant's electrical distribution and industrial control systems.
• Maintain a firm understanding of relational database structures and query languages.
• Translate complex, technical subjects into clear, business-oriented communication.
• Maintain knowledge of trends and technologies in data collection, management, data services and integrations.
• Other duties as required by management.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for equipment failures and loss of production, assisting maintenance to return equipment to operation and minimize downtime.
• Travel as needed.

Additional Responsibilities

• Experience preferred in an industrial plant setting.
• Develop specifications for required hardware, software, and system communication wiring.
• Requisition and purchase equipment and services.

Competencies

• Expertise, knowledge and training in engineering and maintenance.
• Extensive knowledge and training in product manufacturing.
• General knowledge of manufacturing processes involved in manufacturing of forged or flat-rolled metal products.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Action-oriented, conflict manager, decision maker, comprehensive listener, time manager and positive attitude.
• Facilitator, coach, mentor, counselor and communicator.
• Computer skills and the ability to advance those skills as required.

Education and Experience

• 5+ Years of Controls-related Automation Experience.
• B.S. or M.S. in electrical engineering or related field.
• Formal training or experience with Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs.

Special Skills

• Adept at reading and creating electrical and control system drawings and documentation including line diagrams, P&, Ladder logic documentation.
• Experience with 2D drafting software such as Auto Cad LT.
• Experience programming Allen Bradley Logix PLCs or equivalent, Modicon Quantum PLCs or equivalent.
• Experience in 480V and industrial control circuit design.
• Thorough understanding of NFPA 70 (National Electric Code), ANSI/ISA Controls standards.
• Understanding of hydraulic and pneumatic systems used in closed-loop control circuits.
• Understanding of motion control systems, including hydraulic and servo motion controls.
• Advanced understanding of Ethernet/IP, Modbus, and other network configurations.
• SQL, TSQL or PLSQL a plus.
• , VBAm C, Perl, Python.
• General Software (MS…