Controls​/Robotics Engineer

Overview

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee‑owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well‑established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:

• 100% employee‑owned with 40+ years of industry history
• A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant
• ENR Top 500 Firm

We have a Controls/Robotics Engineer position available in our Kansas City location. This position is responsible for controls engineering project requirements involving PLC/Servo Control System programming, HMI/SCADA programming, control panel design, instrumentation specification, check‑out support, commissioning, and field service of control systems.

• This position requires the Controls Engineer to conceptualize, detail, and implement control systems for industrial processes and machinery that meet our client's requirements. This involves the development of a control system architecture, selecting the components to be used, detailing schematic diagrams and system documentation, programming controllers (PLC, PAx, Servo Systems), programming the process visualization (HMI/SCADA), developing databases for archiving/displaying historical system data and implementing/commissioning the control system at the client's facility.
• Project management skills and the ability to self‑manage even complex projects; excellent time management and multitasking; flexibility in work environments and schedules; strong written and oral communication skills, essential to building and maintaining good work and customer relationships.
• Firm grasp of controller programming languages including, but not exclusive to:
  Function Block, Ladder, Sequential Function Chart, Structured Text and others to achieve the desired results is required.
• MS‑SQL database management and the ability to program database scripts (C++ Programming).
• Develops schematics detailing control system configuration and wiring, and design equipment panel layouts on AutoCAD software.
• Design network architecture for control systems to interface with multiple communication protocols such as Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.
• Develop procedural documentation for instrumentation and hardware configurations.
• Write operational philosophy and sequence of operation documents for control system implementation.
• Will assist with initial start‑up and debug integrated systems and the development of system documentation.

• Education – Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science is required. An AA in Engineering Technology or equivalent with equivalent experience may be substituted.
• Experience – Four to fifteen years with capabilities in below areas is preferred:
• Experience in one or more of the following industries:
  Food and Beverage, Building Management Systems, Oil & Gas, Grain Handling or Wood Products.
• Experience in the basic safety requirements and processes within the industries noted above.
• In-depth understanding of PLC, PAx, Servo System hardware/software platforms such as Rockwell Automation, Siemens S7/T3000, Modicon, Kinetix Servo Systems.
• In-depth understanding of HMI/SCADA hardware/software platforms such as Wonderware System Platform, Rockwell Factory Talk, GE Cimplicity, GE iFIX, Ignition, Citect, etc.
• In-depth understanding of SQL database table creation, scripting, and transactional data management.
• Experience in the design of electrical schematics, including power distribution at the 600‑480
  
  VAC level, control panels and associated NEC references, Ethernet networking and architecture, serial communications, etc.
• Understanding of auxiliary equipment in an electrical generating or plant environment: generator excitation control systems, protective relaying, industrial motor controls and VFDs, etc.
• Experience in using hand and power tools to build, assemble, and wire industrial control panels.
• Experience with AutoCAD LT / AutoCAD Electrical is also desired.
• Must have a valid driver's license and passport with the desire and ability to travel up to 30%, including internationally.

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