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Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc. Controls Engineer in Strongsville, Ohio
About Momentive Technologies Momentive Technologies delivers purity that inspires progress. Leveraging a nearly 75-year legacy of innovation, our ultra-high-purity products help enable high-quality processing and production for a wide range of applications in the semiconductor, photovoltaic, lighting, aerospace, water purification, pharmaceutical, consumer electronics and telecommunications industries. As a world leader in fused quartz and ceramic solutions, we offer an unrivaled ability to supply custom material solutions at scale to the highest standards of quality. By engineering custom materials with uncommon purity and unwavering precision, Momentive Technologies gives our customers the freedom to think big and develop transformative products that benefit mankind on the grandest of scales. Together, Momentive Technologies and our customers are reshaping the world. Controls Engineer The Controls Engineer will lead and support activities including PLC programming, procurement, electrical design power and control and evaluation, construction, startup, troubleshooting, and manufacturing instruction documentation. This position will be responsible for daily activities of assigned projects or tasks, including strict adherence to site EHS requirements, completion of assigned tasks, and providing updates on project status to all relevant team members, management, and others. Responsibilities Responsibility for overall leadership and ownership for planning and execution of capital investment (and other) for controls and power projects. Responsibility will extend from own project execution to managing groups of projects in designated plant areas through mentoring, training and guidance to other site project leaders and support members. Responsible for delivery of assigned project objectives for scope, schedule, budget, and cash flow. Ensure daily activities are aligned with overall project priorities and will work rigorously to complete project deliverables. Understand and comply with all site EHS, engineering and electrical standards and contribute innovative ideas to improve safety, promote efficiency, reduce cost, and increase performance. Support or lead the initiative to replace obsolete PLCs throughout our 4 Ohio locations. Engage with operational teams and other internal customers to ensure satisfaction of agreed objectives. Collaborate with all levels of the operational team (floor to management) in order to gather input on project objectives and leverage opportunities based on historical challenges. Actively participate in the development of their own control engineering skills, functional competencies, and personal effectiveness. Develop capital plans and budgets that include cost, and resource requirements to meet both external and internal customers commitments. Support the annual operating plan process for the business unit. Develop and maintain key supplier/contractor relationships for consistent and reliable project execution. Basic Qualifications: BS degree in Electrical or Controls Engineering or a minimum of 10 years' controls experience in a manufacturing work environment Minimum of 6 years prior experience Strong project management experience and motivation skills within all layers of the business Previous experience in GE 90-30 90-70 PLC and Proficy Machine Edition programming environment. HMI programming, GE QuickPanel . Current experience with Allen Bradley Compact and Control Logic PLC's and Studio5000 programming environment. A-B FactoryTalk ME and SE. Current experience with Aveva Intouch Scada environment for Plant Process Monitoring, developing screens and adding data-tags. Act as Steward for the sites' Process Control Network, upgrading the Aveva Intouch application as new operating system and software become available. Current expertise with AutoCAD 2