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Manpower Engineering is closely partnering with an industry leading, established and growing company in Waukesha, WI on a highly visible and direct hire/permanent Controls Systems Engineer position that’s available due to continued growth and has strong advancement potential.

The company has a strong track record of success – 33 years and – and grown 34+% over the past two years and continues to expand. They’re an innovator and leader in complex systems integration. Our client has provided 4,000 custom design and automation solutions. The company is dedicated to customer satisfaction and successful solutions, and continues to expand its capabilities to become a valued supplier to many loyal customers. Their technical expertise includes a vast knowledge base serving customers in many industries including: Engine and Transmission Assembly, Heavy Equipment Machining & Assembly, Robotic Integration, Consumer Goods, Medical Products, Web Handling Systems, and Custom Coordinated Drive Systems. Our client’s commitment is to provide simple solutions to complete automation challenges.

This opportunity offers a very strong compensation plan (base salary and bonus), top-notch full benefits package (health, dental, and vision insurance and 401k match), and relocation assistance.

POSITION SUMMARY

Under supervision of the Control Systems Engineering Manager, the Controls Systems Engineer analyzes customer requirements and specifications, performs electrical design of controls and power distribution, writes and tests PLC and HMI programs, and tests control hardware and systems. Demonstrate creativity and ingenuity when applying engineering principals to design custom machining projects involving automation principals. Work as a member of a project team and coordinates work with others, while achieving on-time completion of the project within budgetary constraints.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, write, comment, test and troubleshoot PLC and HMI programs using company standard methods and conventions.

• Design and integrate machine safety and industrial network infrastructures.

• Performs in-house testing on control components and systems. Performs equipment tests at customer site as requested.

• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties in order to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to manufacturing staff.

• May act as Lead Controls Systems Engineer as requested by the Engineering Manager.

• Provide Project Manager (PM) with timely status reports of assignments.

• Complete all necessary Project Development paperwork and produce meaningful project control documentation.

• Maintains a strong company presence and positive working relationship with customers, subcontractors, vendors and co[1]workers to accomplish smooth system start-ups.

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time; international travel may be required. Travels as required to complete project tasks.

• Program all controls components such as PLC, safety devices, HMI, servo drives, process hardware and robots from power[1]on to debug, and finally to process fine tuning and validation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Technology, Automation Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 1+ years of experience in control systems activities; including familiarity with hardware design, PLC, HMI, Vision Systems and Robot programs.

• Working knowledge of current programmable controllers and related technologies.

• Knowledge of common control and computer architecture, networking, and interfacing with higher level computer systems.

• Experience selecting, programming, and integrating industrial control devices, sensors, PLCs, and HMIs; experience with Siemens or Allen Bradley PLCs required.

• Familiarity with a wide variety of production machinery, and equipment (Robots, LVDT and pressure transducers, dispense systems, temperature controllers, DC nutrunner torque controllers, current and power meters, induction heating systems, box erectors, labelers, laser markers, dot peen pin stampers, etc.).

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