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 client’s 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.

• 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…