Controls Engineer I

Position Summary

The Controls Engineer I will be responsible for the aiding of fabrication, design, and installation of large-scale steel mill projects. Must be willing to travel up to 30% of the time depending on active projects, as well. The Controls Engineer will report to the Automation & Controls Engineer Supervisor.

This job opportunity is located in New Kensington, PA at our Affival fabrication plant, an Opta Group Company.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design of large-scale projects from concept to installation for the steel mill industry. Projects include but are not limited to wire feeding application and powder mineral transfer applications.
• Programing of PLC/HMI units for steel mill projects.
• Traveling to customer sites for installation and debugging of PLC/HMI units.
• Work with customers to help integrate PLC/HMI units to a level 2 application as needed.
• Aiding manufacturing team with the fabrication of projects as required. This includes but is not limited to the wiring of panels, installing HMI/PLC, installing remote I/O, etc.
• Must be willing to learn key skills from team members as the need arises.
• Candidate must be willing to travel domestically and globally depending on active projects. Domestic travel length tends to be up to a week on average. Global travel tends to range from 2 weeks to 3 months depending on size of project and complexity of installation.
• Performs other duties as assigned, based on customer and company demand.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electro-Mechanical Engineering required.
• Minimum of 3 years’ related work experience, preferably in the steel industry.
• Candidate must be proficient with using Allen Bradley equipment and Rockwell Software (ex. RSlogix 5000 Enterprise, RSlinx, Factor Talk View Studio, etc.)
• Candidate must be proficient with Siemens equipment and software (ex. Step7, WinCC, etc.)

• Experience with bulk material handling and/or heavy machinery is a plus but not required.

• Experience with process control systems including but not limited to PLC & electrical systems, navigating and interpretation of Ladder Logic & electrical schematics, MMI & computer interfacing.
• Experience with industrial piping design including (P&ID) drawings and routing layouts.