Sr. Automation​/Controls Engineer

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Job Title Sr. Automation/Controls Engineer As the Sr Automation/Controls Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical expert in industrial automation and controls and executes against the function’s manufacturing and engineering strategy. You will be responsible for understanding, defining, implementing, and supporting automation and controls systems across manufacturing operations. Responsibilities include identifying process and equipment improvements, performing technical and cost-benefit analyses, developing equipment and controls specifications, evaluating equipment suppliers and system integrators, supporting project proposals, and leading equipment installation, programming, integration, commissioning, and technology transfer activities.

You will also be accountable for improving manufacturing capability, yield, productivity, reliability, safety, and equipment effectiveness through development and application of automation technologies. You will support development and standardization of automation architectures, controls practices, and manufacturing data connectivity that can be effectively maintained and deployed across multiple manufacturing sites.

Role & Responsibilities:

Serve as a senior engineering subject matter expert in industrial automation, controls, and related manufacturing technologies.

Provide hands-on engineering support for the design, programming, integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of automated manufacturing equipment.

Lead complex troubleshooting and root-cause analysis involving PLCs, HMIs, electrical controls, instrumentation, motion systems, networks, sensors, and associated manufacturing equipment.

Develop and maintain PLC and HMI programming standards, controls specifications, electrical/control system documentation, program backups, version control practices, and other automation standards to improve equipment maintainability and consistency.

Design, program, commission, and troubleshoot Rockwell Automation control systems, including Control Logix/Compact Logix and Factory Talk platforms. Support legacy PLC platforms where required.

Apply industrial networking and communication technologies such as Ether Net/IP and other applicable industrial communication protocols to connect machines, controls, and manufacturing systems.

Support machine data collection and integration between automation systems and higher-level manufacturing, historian, database, or MES systems where applicable.

Apply appropriate OT cybersecurity principles when designing, modifying, connecting, and remotely supporting industrial control systems.

Specify, integrate, and troubleshoot automation technologies such as VFDs, servo/motion control, sensors, instrumentation, machine vision, robotics, and automated material handling where applicable.

Apply machine safety principles, including safety circuits, interlocks, guarding interfaces, safety PLCs, and risk-reduction requirements in equipment design and modification.

Review and develop electrical schematics, control panel designs, I/O requirements, P&IDs, and equipment interface requirements.

Serve as a key technical interface with machine manufacturers, automation suppliers, system integrators, and other external engineering resources.

Develop equipment and automation specifications and participate in supplier selection, design reviews, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), installation, startup, and commissioning.

Execute capital equipment projects and technology transfers to meet manufacturing requirements, including training and technical support for plant engineering, maintenance, and manufacturing personnel.

Collaborate with manufacturing, maintenance, engineering, quality, EHS, IT/OT, and business leadership to improve equipment performance, reliability, process capability, and productivity.

Develop technical and business justification for automation and process improvement projects, including cost-benefit and risk analysis.

Identify opportunities to standardize and replicate successful automation technologies and equipment solutions across manufacturing operations.

Maintain awareness of developments in industrial automation, controls, robotics, machine vision, manufacturing data systems, and related technologies and help…