Senior Controls Specialist

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Regular Full-Time Springboro, OH, US

2 days ago Requisition

American Battery Solutions has a full-time opening for a Senior Controls Specialist in Springboro, Ohio.

The Senior Controls Specialist manages all control aspects of new and existing machinery and equipment to meet business plan requirements. The Senior Controls Specialist collaborates across Engineering and Operations to ensure seamless plant automation. This role will require expertise in Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming, troubleshooting, and system integration, with a focus on enhancing equipment efficiency and reliability.

• Support new product introductions (phase-ins/phase-outs) and engineering/revision changes as it impacts control systems on equipment within the plant.
• Track and maintain all PLC codes.
• Lead efforts to upgrade and improve PLC controls and operations.
• Troubleshoot controls issues on machinery and equipment.
• Lead bar code system implementation and maintenance throughout the plant.
• Lead Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Structured Query Language (SQL) Server Database implementation and maintenance of existing and new systems.
• Support process and machinery capability studies and equipment installations.
• Support validation of all new and modified processes.
• Participate in Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) and work instruction reviews.
• Ensure that equipment meets all applicable industry electrical standards.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement projects (e.g., cost reduction, efficiency improvement).
• Lead controls specification development and review of electrical drawings for new machinery and equipment and modifications to existing machinery and equipment.
• Support weekend work and off-shift work when required.
• Support the production operator.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment.
• Adhere to federal and state regulations.
• Adhere to all company policies, processes, and procedures.
• Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
• Predictable and reliable attendance.

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of control engineering experience in a manufacturing facility.
• Strong working knowledge of PLC, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) relays, contractors, servos, steppers, low voltage circuits, high voltage circuits, torque drivers, bar code systems, database storage, and vision systems.
• Ability to effectively program the following types of software:
  Allen Bradley, Ignition, Keyence sensors/cameras, SQL(plus), Fanuc robots, and AutoCAD Electric.
• Experience working with quality management systems.
• Experience working with bar code systems.
• Thorough understanding of machine code and its practical application in system-level operations.
• Working knowledge of machine electrical cabinet layout and machine controls.
• Experience with TS 16949 and ISO 14001.
• Travel to equipment integrator sites and vendors when required.
• Focuses on Quality: Drives work results with a quality focus on actions and results.
• Decision Making & Analysis: Makes sound decisions based upon a mixture of data-driven analysis, expertise, experience, and judgment; collects relevant information, seeks input from others, and identifies connections and/or root causes of problems.
• Continual Improvement: Displays a consistent orientation toward producing the highest quality products or services, while keeping a focus on sustainability. Constantly looking for incremental improvements in work processes and results.
• Takes Initiative: Exhibits strong drive for results and success; conveys a sense of urgency and drives issues to closure; persists despite obstacles and opposition.
• Delivers Results: Achievement-oriented, feeling a sense of urgency to reach goals on time, if not before.
• Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others to accomplish team goals and organizational objectives.
• Communications: Exchanges thoughts, feelings, and information effectively.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer in both an office and industrial environment.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office equipment.
• Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen.
• May need to lift and carry up to 30 pounds and/or position the body to reach items on the floor/below knee level or reach overhead.
• The person in this position needs to frequently move about in industrial environments.
• Works in a temperature-controlled office environment and in industrial…