Automation Control Engineer

The Automation Controls Engineer provides electrical, controls, and automation engineering support for our Fremont manufacturing operations. In this role, you will lead capital and expense projects from design through commissioning while providing daily troubleshooting, reliability, and continuous improvement support for production processes and equipment.

• Lead the planning, budgeting, scheduling, execution, commissioning, and closeout of capital and expense projects.

• Identify opportunities to improve safety, product quality, reliability, efficiency, production cost, and waste performance.

• Design, program, maintain, and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, human-machine interfaces, variable-frequency drives, servo systems, industrial networks, instrumentation, and hardwired control systems.

• Diagnose equipment failures and process-control issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective and preventive improvements.

• Develop or update electrical schematics, CAD drawings, bills of materials, technical specifications, procedures, work instructions, and training materials.

• Coordinate contractors and vendors and confirm that work meets site safety requirements, applicable codes, approved scope, schedule, and budget.

• Partner with operations, maintenance, mechanical, process, quality, and environmental health and safety personnel to resolve equipment and process issues.

• Provide technical guidance and training to plant supervisory, technical, maintenance, and production employees.

• Support manufacturing needs outside normal business hours when troubleshooting, installations, planned outages, commissioning, or start-up activities require it.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, controls engineering, automation engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

• Three to five years of engineering experience in a continuous or high-volume manufacturing environment preferred.

• Demonstrated experience with programmable logic controllers, human-machine interfaces, variable-frequency drives, servo systems, industrial Ethernet networks, power distribution, instrumentation, and electrical and electronic systems integration.

• Working knowledge of electro-mechanical systems, machine controls, equipment reliability, and structured troubleshooting methods.

• Experience managing capital or maintenance projects, contractors, budgets, schedules, and commissioning activities.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and AutoCAD or comparable drafting software.

• Strong project-management, organizational, problem-solving, communication, and technical-documentation skills.

• Working knowledge of 5S and continuous improvement methods.

• General knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local safety requirements and electrical standards.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, collaborate across functions, and communicate effectively with employees, leaders, contractors, and vendors.

• Preferred technical experience includes:
  Rockwell Automation or comparable controls platforms, control‑panel design, electrical schematics, machine‑safety circuits, industrial network architecture, controls backups, change management, operational‑technology cybersecurity practices, and automated‑equipment commissioning

Saint-Gobain is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of materials and solutions for the construction and industrial markets. At our Fremont, California manufacturing facility, we are committed to safety, quality, reliability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

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