Process Controls Engineer – Corrugated

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist in optimization initiatives focused on controls to enhance product flow, stability, and throughput on corrugated machinery.

• Analyze, modify, test, and validate PLC and HMI control methods to enhance line performance and minimize operator involvement.

• Collaborate with Operations, Process Control, IT, and Electrical & Instrumentation teams to pinpoint improvements, create test plans, and carry out production trials.

• Aid in the startup and commissioning of new or upgraded machinery.

• Create documentation and standardized strategies to maintain and replicate control enhancements across various sites.

• Engage in troubleshooting, commissioning, and optimization tasks while fostering controls expertise among site engineers and technicians.

⛳️ Requirements

• Practical experience in supporting industrial control systems within a manufacturing setting.

• Proficient in troubleshooting, configuring, and modifying Allen Bradley and/or Siemens PLC and HMI systems.

• Experience in implementing and validating control modifications in active production settings alongside operations and maintenance teams.

• Familiarity with industrial electrical systems, encompassing control panels, field devices, and industrial power distribution.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% to meet site requirements.

• Excellent communication skills and capability to collaborate effectively with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.

• An associate’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline is preferred; equivalent practical experience will also be taken into account.

• Background in supporting corrugated operations, including corrugators, flexo folder gluers, rotary die cutters, and associated material handling equipment.

• Knowledge of converting line control behavior, including accumulation/backpressure, stop/start logic, sequencing and permissives, speed coordination, and fault recovery.

• Experience with VFDs, servo or motion systems, and industrial networks.

• Familiarity with machine safety systems, such as safety PLCs, interlocks, guarding, and functional safety principles.

• Experience with legacy equipment.

• Ability to document control enhancements clearly.

• Interest in mentoring or assisting less experienced engineers or technicians.

🏝️ Benefits

• Variable pay, provided as a monetary bonus or in another form.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Health savings accounts.

• Life insurance.

• Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• Retirement benefits.

• Paid vacation/time off.

• Educational assistance.

• May include infertility assistance.

• May include paid parental leave.

• May include adoption assistance.

• Flexible work environment.