Senior Controls Engineer
- Full-time
- Department: Manufacturing
Company Description
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.
When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.
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Job Description
Fiberon Decking is considered an innovative leader in the composite decking, railing, and fencing industry. This position will manage the engineering development of projects needed to support operational goals. In our entrepreneurial culture, this role will be charged with ensuring the quality, cost, repeatability, and on time delivery of projects, processes and occasionally products.
Supporting a 24/7 facility, the Senior Controls Engineer will be responsible for:
- Oversee Control Technicians
- Provide instruction in operation, set-up, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of plant electrical and control systems.
- Identifies plans and implements electrical and control systems process improvement opportunities.
- Optimize new systems and upgrades to existing processes and facilities.
- Serve as primary contact for all electrical and control systems.
- Troubleshoot and program Programmable Logic Controllers (ControlLogix and PLC5).
- Design, maintain, and optimize Human Machine Interfaces.
- Design, maintain, and optimize plant electrical power distribution system (includes, 4160V, 575V, and 480V)
- Maintain and optimize controls networks (DeviceNet, ControlNet, Ethernet, etc.)
- Maintain and update documentation for the plant electrical and control systems.
- Manage control system servers, logic controllers, software and backups.
- System administration of the automation control system hardware, network and software.
Qualifications
- 5+ years’ Instrumentation, Electrical, and Controls Maintenance experience in a continuous process manufacturing environment.
- B. S. in Electrical Engineering or related degree preferred
- Supervisory experience preferred.
- 5+ years programming experience with Allen Bradley ControlLogix and PLC 5 Platforms.
- Knowledge and demonstrated previous use of industrial communication systems (Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Modbus, Back Net).
- Knowledge and demonstrated previous use of the Rockwell Applications Software suite (RSLogix, RSLinx, RSNetworx, etc.)
- Knowledge and demonstrated proficient use of AutoCad.
- Must be able to work both independently and as a team member.
- Excellent computer and software skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
- Knowledge of RSLogix 500, RIO Scanning is a must.
Additional Information
At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.
Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.
Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN.
Equal Employment Opportunity
FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations
FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.