Senior Electrical Controls Engineer
Owens Corning
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Amarillo • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- The Senior Electrical Controls Engineer (Engineering Lead) contributes to the success of the plant by providing controls, network, and automation support for the plant
- Electrical Controls Engineer will also lead related capital projects for the site, achieving stated results on time and within budget
- In addition, this position will help lead TPM continuous improvement efforts through the support of multiple pillars.
- This position will allow flexibility to prioritize plant needs and projects which may require unorthodox working schedules from time to time.
Requirements
- Provide electrical, controls and automation support to Automation projects, plant process, packaging, and utility operations
- Support Plant Maintenance and Operations teams in system and equipment troubleshooting and in technology transfer
- Assist Corporate Engineering and Plant engineering with Automation projects
- Lead assigned capital projects for the Amarillo facility in partnership with Maintenance Leader/team
- Provide technical support to all operating and maintenance departments to help trouble shoot and diagnose issues related to PLC and HMI programs.
- Train maintenance technicians and operators on new technology including new automation, to allow proper maintenance and trouble shooting
- Enhance maintenance processes through equipment and systems analysis to identify opportunities for equipment or process modification, equipment replacement, or application of new technology
- Actively develop and implement cost savings initiatives involving waste minimization, productivity improvements and other process optimization opportunities through an active partnership with the site’s maintenance and operation teams
- Support Break Down Analysis process and create One Point Lessons to support knowledge transfer
- Develops and executes Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs
- Improves the reliability of control systems through preventative and predictive maintenance and capital improvements
- Identifies and captures opportunities for reliability performance and cost improvement
- Develop, implement and monitor automation and control strategies and system architecture for the facility. To review designs by others, and to ensure adherence to strategies and Owens Corning specifications
- Follow and enforce all safety rules, regulations, procedures, training, and initiatives
- Support and adhere to Reliability Work Process (RWP).
- Support and lead Plant TPM Initiatives and Projects
- Ensure adherence to management of change process.
Benefits
- Strong safety awareness, commitment, and safety leadership
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent training, knowledge, and experience
- Three or more years of experience in electrical engineering
- Ability to write procedures
- Automation and controls engineering experience in a plant, corporate engineering, or related experience in a manufacturing environment
- Electrical and Controls Design Engineering experience
- Project scheduling skills
- General knowledge of TPM and maintenance processes
- Strong knowledge of control systems and design
- Strong knowledge of PLC based controls and HMI applications with emphasis on Allen Bradley, Siemens, Fanuc, including PLC programming proficiency
- Knowledge of practical application of OSHA, NFPA, and ANSI standards
- Must have strong troubleshooting skills
- AC and DC motor and drive systems and Allen-Bradley
- Leadership (effectively present information/respond to customers)
- Values (integrity, accountability, candor and innovation)
- Communicator (explainer, good listener)
- Strategist (well organized, prioritizes)
- Developer of talent (mentor, coach, guide)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
electrical engineeringcontrols engineeringautomation supportPLC programmingHMI programmingpreventive maintenancepredictive maintenancecapital project managementprocess optimizationequipment troubleshooting
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingteam collaborationflexibilitytraininganalytical thinkingproject managementtime managementknowledge transfer