Controls Engineer III - Parcel

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Location: Cincinnati, OH

Job : 1870

# of Openings: 1

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 of 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 adapt quickly to changing situations and have a strong technical background in electrical and controls systems. Candidates must bring a strong task‑based skill set with a focus on organization, time‑management, and prioritization. Candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and customer service skills, and 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 and 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 independently with supervision from team leaders, project engineers, project managers, and your supervisor.

• Verifies customer specification documentation, including meetings with both client and internal project teams to define applications and produce a description of operation documents.
• Leads training/mentoring of co‑op personnel and junior engineers on design process, system commissioning, department methods, 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.
• Maintains a project schedule and ensures the project team meets milestones.
• 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.
• Customizes 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.
• Configures standard PLC programs for real‑time control of automated equipment and collection of diagnostic and production data.
• Generates new PLC programs, methods, and standards.
• Develops application programs to control automated equipment based upon specific electrical and mechanical system design as well as operational requirements.
• Creates application programs for Human Machine Interface (HMI) screen design.
• Conducts in‑house preliminary testing and onsite testing of the system as installed at the customer’s facility.
• Interacts with mechanical…