Position: Controls Engineer
Location: Fountian Inn, SC
Pay: $85,000-105,000
Shift: 1st Shift (7am-3:15pm)
Position Summary:
A leading global automotive supplier, focusing on interior, exterior, seating, cockpit electronics, and passive safety, and is exploring new business actively.
Position Responsibilities:
- Diagnosing and resolving causes of electrical and mechanical malfunctions on all equipment.
- Assist the maintenance department in installing new electronic/electrical control equipment and making it operational.
- Develop engineering specifications for electrical control systems and equipment modifications.
- Provide technical support to the maintenance department when required; Plan, direct and record periodic electrical analysis on the production equipment.
- Recommend and initiate modifications or replacement of equipment which fails to meet operating standards.
- Provide training for the maintenance department on the operation and diagnostics of the machine controls and motor controllers.
- Research and implement cost effective upgrades to the equipment and facilities.
- Research and implement the most cost-effective replacement of electrical control parts.
- Keep updated electrical drawings and schematics on all production and plant equipment. Maintain master backups for all machine programs.
- Recommend the electrical spare parts inventory for all new and existing production equipment to ensure maximum machine utilization.
- Develop programming and provide support for Programmable Logic Controllers, robots and Panel Views to maximize both quality and production.
- Provide technical support for other facilities if needed.
- Maintain current corporate programming standards.
- Improve human machine interfaces.
- Implement quality improvements.
Position Requirements:
Bachelor's Level Degree Area of Study: Electrical Engineering / Engineering Technology or similar. *Equivalent work experience may also be considered for this position.
