Controls Engineer – Bay St Louis, MS

Responsibilities

• Support the facility in day-to-day technical support, maintenance, and troubleshooting for Foxboro DCS, associated interfaces, and various PLC applications in a continuous manufacturing process environment.
• Provide automation support for manufacturing process using Allen Bradley PLCs and Foxboro DCS Systems.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and identify modifications needed in existing applications to meet changing user requirements and business needs.
• Provide technical support and recommendations in assessing new requirements for projects and initiatives to support and enhance existing systems.
• Manage projects - defining scope, stakeholder analysis, objectives, timeline, testing phase, implementation, and evaluation.
• Write technical procedures and documentation for the applications including operations and user guides.
• Drive successful results through continuous improvement activities.
• Develop and provide training to end users.
• Travel - Domestic up to 10% as needed.

Required:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.

• Demonstrative experience with Industrial Controls field.
• PLC and HMI Programming.
• DCS in a continuous process environment.
• Industrial control networks including HART, OPC, Remote I/O, and Ethernet/IP.
• Configuration and commissioning of VFDs.
• Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, database, and Teams.

Experience and/or knowledge can be obtained concurrently as part of an educational curriculum.

Alpek Polyester USA, LLC is subject to U.S. Department of Commerce export regulations and must hire individuals who meet national security requirements. Interested applicants (or temporary employees) must meet eligibility requirements. Alpek Polyester USA, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.