PLC and Production Engineer - Cumming, GA

Do you want to become a part of an international company that strives every day to ensure the momentum and optimization of the world’s water and energy resources? Become Part of The US Supply Chain Team. Kamstrup is a Danish technology company and a world leading supplier of intelligent metering solutions and services. With significant demand for our products, solutions, and services, we have a strong focus on developing the most innovative and value-adding intelligent metering solutions and services for energy and water consumption.

Our ambition is to transform meter data into insights that will help utilities optimize the production and distribution of clean water and energy.

We are looking for a PLC & Production Engineer to become a part of a fast-growing global company.

The PLC & Production Engineer is expected to focus on optimizing and improving production processes within our manufacturing facility. Working in conjunction with all areas of operations to provide support and lead activities in continuous improvement, while keeping equipment running as designed and adapting to new products or process production. As a person, you are service-minded, committed, and fit naturally while collaborating with others, as our department’s responsibility is to maintain continuous and smooth production.

You pride yourself on delivering quality solutions, have a structured approach to your work, and display a full understanding of what excellent production quality is.

• 50% PLC & HMI process optimization and support for technicians and projects.
• 50% Technical lead on process optimization (Production Technology).

• Plan, manage, and oversee production equipment and processes in our manufacturing facility.
• Increase speed and efficiency of processes without compromising quality.
• Identify PLC program/logic issues and troubleshoot errors to find short- and long-term solutions.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize HMI (Human Machine Interface) terminals for operator-controller interaction.
• General all-around housekeeping of hardware and software of PLC development projects, in collaboration with Denmark counterparts.
• Develop, manage, and maintain documentation for all facility PLC-automated systems from various manufacturers (Omron, Siemens), including schematics, diagrams, and user manuals.
• Provide reactive and responsive support to factory technicians to assist in troubleshooting and repair of PLC related issues on site or by remote support, as required.
• Draft and maintain SOP’s and/or Work Instructions of production processes.
• Design and implement cost-reductive and continuous improvement changes to production processes.
• Communicate with vendors to obtain materials and/or equipment needed.
• Participate in the development, specification, and implementation of minor automations and production process changes.
• Ensure that production equipment is kept up to date in relation to current industry technological development.
• Ensure compliance with safety and environmental conditions in the production areas.
• Support a motivating and positive work environment with great drive and flexibility, and with a positive attitude towards “Inspire, Lead, Deliver.”

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent relevant work experience required.
• Automation/Controls Engineering or PLC Programmer/Engineer preferred.
• +3 years’ experience with automation technologies in manufacturing.
• Proven track record of completing CI & small/medium projects.
• Related work experience in a technical manufacturing environment.
• Experience programming PLCs using IEC
  1131-3 languages such as ladder logic (LL), function block diagrams (FBD), structured text (ST), or other applicable programming languages (Omron & Siemens preferred).
• Knowledge and prior experience of HMI design and programming (Omron & Siemens preferred).
• Knowledge of robotics and motion control systems.
• Familiarity with safety standards and regulations in industrial automation.
• Competences and qualifications – able to:
• Scope and describe projects.
• Identify and manage risks.
• Understand and explain automation knowledge…