Controls Engineer

Downers Grove, 3333 Finley Rd, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States of America

Posted Friday, October 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Job Summary: The Controls Engineer is an Engineering Services support position, responsible for the continuous improvement and support of new and existing technical solutions. The role works directly with Engineering, Maintenance, IT, and Operations to ensure technical solutions continue to evolve with the business and manufacturing process. Constant focus on maximizing equipment intelligence, safety and efficiency while looking for ways to minimize repetitive human interactions.

Resource that will work with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, IT, and OEMs’ to ensure networking standards and requirements are followed. Aid in the development and continuous improvement of current Electrical standards and best practices.

This role is remote with travel and support to all sites within the network wherever the need may be, with primary focus to initially be in the Chicagoland area.

• Drive continuous improvement in all smart plant and equipment objectives
• Design control systems that provide instantaneous feedback to operators and supervisors
• Work with OT Support Engineer and maintenance to create user applications to monitor and control production processes
• Assist Plant Engineering team with electrical engineering design and review for new and existing equipment installations
• Industrial Controller (PLC) programming and Human Machine Interface (HMI) design, development, and troubleshooting
• Wonderware System Platform development and troubleshooting
• Provide formal and informal training on OT systems as system changes are implemented
• Develop and maintain asset registers for each site related to OT systems
• Expose data from new and existing sensors for MES data collection
• Automation system support, development, and troubleshooting (Robotics, Vision, Gantry, Storage, etc.)
• Develop and support OT Disaster Recovery processes and procedures
• Travel up to, but not limited to 50% as required to support other sites
• Maintain up to date passport for travel outside of the USA as required

• Baking, and food processing equipment
• Sanitary design practices
• Rotating machinery;
  Servo motors, AC induction motors, and DC motors
• Robotics and integrated systems
• Project Management Methodologies
• Other non-standard controls software, Siemens, Omron, Mitsubishi
• CMMS
• AutoCAD
• Visio

• Electrical to include; AC/DC theory, transformers, power supplies, VFD(s), AC/DC motor starters/controls, relay logic, EIP networking
• Ladder logic code development
• PID loop logic
• Allen Bradley controls platforms; RS Logix 500, 5000, Panel builder, and Studio 5000
• AutoCAD electrical drawing development
• High and low voltage troubleshooting
• Intermediate to advanced excel
• Financial analysis and budgeting
• Leadership and strong communication skills
• Gantt chart development
• Project management
• Presentation skills

• Design new electrical schematics using AutoCAD electrical
• Work with vendors and internal team to identify correct products for our machinery
• Generate bill of materials and project related documentation
• Generate PLC and HMI programs for process and packaging machinery
• Review electrical drawings/schematics and provide feedback to the team related to corrections and or revisions needed to accomplish end goal of the process
• Assist in operational checkout of machinery as required for FAT/SAT
• Development of operating and user manuals as required for new and existing processes
• Troubleshoot existing machinery and production lines
• Use AB and Siemens motion control software
• Communicate cross-functionally to gain alignment of goals and objectives related to project
• Coach/Mentor project team members as necessary
• Perform financial analysis as it relates to ROI, Payback, IRR, as well as budget development, budget tracking and financial close-out
• Convert older/obsolete controls components, PLCs’, HMIs’, VFDs’, Servos’
• Manage projects and work with limited supervision
• Exercise independent judgment

• MS Office Suite specifically;
  Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Allen Bradley controls…