Job Title: Controls Engineer
Blast Cleaning Technologies, Inc. (BCT) is proud to be the leader in shot blast innovation! We are dedicated to our customers, resulting in continuous company growth year over year.
Our core values (Passionate, Accountability, Customer-Focused, & Team Player) are rooted in the visionary spirit of our CEO, Carl Panzenhagen, who began his career as a teenager working in a foundry. As an adult, his extensive industry experience and dedication led him to create a company free from bureaucracy and grounded in ethical business practices. Guided by Carl's leadership, a small team of five evolved into a self-sustaining manufacturing powerhouse. Today, BCT proudly stands 330+ employees strong and celebrates the completion of our cutting-edge foundry, a testament to our relentless pursuit of excellence and innovation.
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Director of Electrical and Automation, the Controls Engineer will work as an integral part of the team to design highly automated blast cleaning equipment used across North America. A successful candidate will participate in machine development from concept through customer startup working in a highly skilled cross functional team including sales, applications, engineering, manufacturing, and field service.
The Controls Engineer will also be responsible for providing lifecycle support including upgrades, obsolescence planning, remote diagnostics, software revisions, and overall customer support for PLC based Machinery Control Systems.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Design and detail assigned projects, in collaboration with engineering, and shop needs.
- Submit drawings to lead engineers and/or team leads for review prior to release.
- Maintain BOM and part information within the ERP system.
- Detail in accordance with BCT drawing guidelines and SOPs.
- Develop drawings for ease of assembly and installation.
- Program PLC and HMIs to BCT programming guidelines and SOP's – includes shop testing.
- Support development of digital twins using FactoryTalk Optix and Emulate3D.
- Support and participate in virtual machine commissioning's.
- Approximately 20% travel to jobsites to support commissioning and troubleshooting.
- Hold self-accountable to meeting timelines for production releases.
- Assist in communication and documentation of daily project status and release dates.
- Helps drive and support BCT's Culture and Core Values.
Qualifications
- Proficiency in SolidWorks Electrical or Equivalent 2D software.
- Proficiency in Rockwell Studio 5000 or Siemens TIA Portal PLC software.
- Proficiency in Rockwell FactoryTalk View or Siemens TIA Portal HMI software.
- Proficiency in FactoryTalk Optix (preferred).
- Proficiency in Industrial Networking (preferred).
- Experience in Robotics Integration, Vision System, RFID Integration (preferred).
- Experience in Emulate3D (preferred).
- Ability to prioritize workload and meet company objectives.
- Strong interpersonal & written skills with desire to be an active team member.
- Demonstrate proficiency with computer skills; MS Office.
Requires associate or bachelor's degree with 3 to 5 years of progressively responsible related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Panel design and build experience (preferred).
UL experience (UL508A certification preferred).
Experience maintaining bill of materials and part information using an ERP system.