Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer

Reporting to the Controls Engineering Manager, the Controls Engineer is responsible for supporting industrial control system endeavors throughout the Sterigenics network. The Controls Engineer can work independently and collaboratively, assist with developing the scope, schedule, and budget associated with system programming and controls projects, as well as effectively execute and complete projects safely, within budget, and on schedule.

This role is fully remote and requires domestic and periodic international travel per business needs (approximately 40-60% travel). Collaboration with external and internal customers (Sales, Operations, EHS), requiring the ability to have diplomacy to work through differing priorities, project scope, and schedules. Ability to manage contractors in the capacity of supplying parts and services. A strong engineering background, with electrical competency is required for the successful candidate.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate and implement technology improvements/advances inclusive of controls.
• Work with project management and other engineering disciplines, managing the deployment of control systems for new processes and upgrades for existing systems as required.
• Assist facility Maintenance Supervisors, General Managers and Regional Maintenance Managers in troubleshooting facilities problems related to control systems and help develop solutions using data driven decision making.
• Improve facility reliability by managing and monitoring system controls and managing system life cycles.
• Work with Contractors, Project Managers, Technology Engineers, and Regional Maintenance Managers in a team approach to improve facility operations and systems.
• Manage installation projects, to include budgeting, tracking, and providing purchase orders, and execute testing as needed to support objectives.
• Understand, read, create, and debug code programming logic into PLCs, SCADA and HMI.
• Develop, review, approve, and execute IQ and OQ documentation as related to software validation practices as required in the medical and/or pharmaceutical environment while ensuring compliance to all applicable standards related to technology including federal, state, local regulatory codes, and customer, operations, and corporate requirements.
• Execute projects utilizing available internal resources, suppliers, and key subcontractors, as required.
• Provide strategic oversight and management of applicable process control systems – PLCs, HMI applications, across all technologies in a scalable manner to ensure required upgrades to hardware and software are implemented and key project initiatives are supported.
• Develop, control, and critically monitor all cost, scheduling, quality, and safety activities related to capital projects.
• Liaison between different engineering groups – project management, R&D, EHS, and Quality personnel to support engineering initiatives.
• Manage several projects simultaneously of different sizes and complexities.

Safety

• Administrative / Exemplary
• Ensure all engineering and contractor activities are executed in consideration and compliance with applicable company EH&S standards.

People/Personal

• Strong interpersonal skills – ability to facilitate and resolve challenges/priorities amongst vested stakeholders.
• Ability to operate in a matrixed organization without direct report management responsibilities.
• Confident/Positive Demeanor

Values

• Exemplify company core values of Safety, Customer Focus, People, Integrity, Excellence.
• Serve as an Engineering ambassador.

Quality

• Ensure all projects are executed using defined Engineering Change Management methodology.
• Detect and prevent design errors.
• Apply Root Cause Analysis to eliminate recurring sources of failure, support CAPA investigations.
• Failure mode and effects analysis.

General Technical

• Strong technical writing skills to develop applicable test documentation to support projects.
• Develop calculations in support of project design and equipment needs. Challenge third party technical designs.

PLANT LOCATIONS

• Multisite support

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILL

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, and…