Senior Automation Engineer

Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Automation Controls Engineer in Normal, IL on an onsite basis for a 3–4-month project. The objective of this project is to systematically identify, clean, and optimize manufacturing data streams across key production lines by eliminating "data noise" at the control and supervisory layers.

Schedule
: 48 hours work week

Candidate must be available to work onsite and all shifts.

The team works a flex schedule rotating shifts.

1st Shift: 6am - 3pm CST

2nd Shift: 3pm - 12am CST

3rd Shift: 12am - 8am CST

• Eplan Electric P8
• Ignition
• Panel View
• Prior experience with Rivian, GM, Ford
• Experience with General Assembly

• Audit, analyze, and review existing control logic developed across disparate programming standards. Clean up, correct, and optimize the codebase to improve controller and HMI performance while eliminating data noise.
• Audit & PLC-to-SCADA Alignment:
  Review existing Allen-Bradley PLC logic and Ignition gateway setups to isolate specific "pain points" and faulty tag configurations causing data noise or false fault signals.
• Data Cleanup Execution:
  Clean up historical and real-time data pipelines within Ignition, eliminating redundant, erroneous, or low-value data points that skew OPR and downtime tracking.
• KPI Mapping:
  Structure data pipelines to map directly and accurately to MTTR, MTBF, OPR, and bottleneck identification models.
• Framework Integration:
  Utilize tracking framework to establish a regular reporting cadence for data integrity progress.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Controls/Computer Control Systems, Mechatronics, or a related technical field, paired with 5+ years of hands-on Controls or Applications Engineering experience in a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment. Allen Bradley PLC experience, Factory Talk & ignition.
• Allen-Bradley PLCs & Controls Systems:
  Ability to navigate, audit, and trace data logic within Studio 5000 / Logix Designer environments.
• Factory Talk HMI Optimization:
  Proven ability to optimize HMI structures through tag tracing, program updates, custom screen development, and scripting to improve system performance.