Sr. Controls Engineer (Direct Hire)
Elk Grove Village, IL
Job Requisition: 6348
Description for Sr. Controls Engineer:
The Sr. Controls Engineer will be highly involved in engineering consulting, machine safety integration, machine validation and verification. This person will be point of contact for each assigned project. They will lead and mentor entry and junior engineers, design, program, & implement safety/automation control systems.
Responsibilities for Sr. Controls Engineer:
- Learn and understand machine safety standards
- Learn and understand control system design standards
- Design/draft control system with AutoCAD electrical
- Design control panels with AutoCAD electrical
- Specify control hardware
- Program various type PLC/HMI
- Install, implement, troubleshoot safety system
- Develop engineering documents (BOM)
- Interfacing with customers/vendors
- 40-50% travel (Nationwide)
Requirements for Sr. Controls Engineer:
- Minimum technical Associate Degree; BS in Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Computer science is preferred
- 5+ years’ experience
- Proven track record of successful projects
- Familiar and comfortable within an industrial environment
- AutoCAD (20%)/AutoCAD Electrical (80%) experience
- PLC programming experience is required. (Rockwell, SIEMENS, etc.)
- Effective communication skills, adaptable and willing to learn and detailed oriented
- Strong knowledge in ANSI, ISO, NEC machine safety design standard
- Experience creating Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Proficient in MS office (Word, Excel, PPT, and Outlook)
*Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening