Controls Engineer III

Position Description
TREW is a provider of Automated Equipment, Control Systems and Warehouse Execution Software. As a Controls Engineer III, you will design and implement electrical controls systems for automated material handling equipment. This is project/application-based work that includes development of specifications, review electrical drawings, and creation of PLC/PAC logic. Project design and testing will take place in the office. Completed work is installed and tested at the clients’ facility.
You must be self-motivated, dedicated and possess a strong sense of initiative. You must have the ability to easily adapt to changing situations and have a strong technical background in electrical and controls systems. Candidates must have a strong task-based skillset with a focus on organization, time-management, and prioritization. Candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and customer service skills plus the ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of people at all levels of expertise.
As a Controls Engineer III, you will be involved in projects from the concept phase through design, programming, testing and onsite support. You will serve as the primary technical contact for a project. You will have direct interaction with clients throughout each project. You will work closely with Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering and Project Management. On large projects, you will work within a design team and for smaller projects you will work on your own with supervision from team leaders, project engineers, project managers and your supervisor.

Duties / Responsibilities
Meeting with both client and internal project teams to define applications and produce description of operation documents

Leads training/mentoring of co-op personnel and junior engineers on design process, system commissioning, and department method and delegates as appropriate

Leads small to medium sized projects by defining and issuing work to assigned team members. Works independently and with minimal supervision.

Leads large sized projects to execute design per project requirements with minimal supervision

Defines and maintains a project schedule and ensures the project team meets milestones

Defines and maintains the project forecast for resources, materials, and expenses

Meets or exceeds the financial budget for resources, materials, and expenses

Directs and assigns teammates as well as assigns priorities to meet the project needs

Generates project specific documentation using standard company formats

Reviews electrical design and communication architecture diagrams, providing feedback to electrical engineers

Designs interfaces to devices such as network I/O, variable speed drives, camera/laser scanner  and scales.

Customizing standard products to meet the requirements of each project

Configures interfaces to WCS or WES software systems

Uses automation programming software to create PLC programs for automating machinery

Configuring standard PLC programs for real-time control of automated equipment and collection of diagnostic and production data.

Generates new PLC programs, methods and standards

Develop application programs to control automated equipment based upon specific electrical and mechanical system design as well as operational requirements.

Creating application programs for Human Machine Interface (HMI) screen design

Conducting in-house preliminary testing and onsite testing of the system as installed at the customer’s facility.

Interact with mechanical and electrical engineering during project design reviews

Work closely with electrical, mechanical and software engineers to integrate project solutions

Participating and leading design reviews with project teams

Performs on-site technical checkout, often working with installation teams

Performs on-site system commissioning at client sites to validate controls software

Provides customer training and support during project turnover to the end user

Provides continuing support for finished projects

Ensures all project checklists and ‘as-built’ documentation is complete and archived at project completion

Assists engineering leadership in…