Shift Controls Engineer (New Grads Welcome)
First Quality
Macon, Georgia
Full-Time
$2,500
OfficeAssociate
Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.
Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.
We are seeking a Shift Controls Engineer for our First Quality Baby Products site located in Macon, GA. This position will be responsible for specifying, designing, and implementing complex controls systems and software programming on production equipment and associated machinery. Provides training and assists Controls Technicians in solving complex problems.
Primary responsibilities include:
Observes OSHA and company safety rules and uses the proper safety equipment at all times. Identifies potentially dangerous electrical hazards and takes immediate corrective action. Demonstrates advanced National Electrical Code understanding by teaching others.
Leads/supports internal Controls Technicians, Project and Process Engineers, Maintenance & Production personnel, OEMs, vendors, and contractors to design, install, interface, start up new equipment and process controls including: electrical component selection and approval, electrical design approval, software assessments & modifications, machine acceptance testing and problem identification and resolution.
Will supervise, assign work, provide performance monitoring and reviews, and provide daily priority setting for Controls Technicians.
Responsible for specifying DCS’s, PLC’s, HMI’s, servo systems, motors, drives, sensors, vision sensors and data collection and analysis software, based on our companies’ controls standards criteria. Evaluates electrical equipment from multiple sources and recommends best value for use.
Assesses, identifies, schematically designs, and makes complex program modifications in DCS’s, PLC logic, HMI programs and servo controller logic to improve individual equipment and overall system performance. Will appropriately delegate tasks and oversee others completing this work. Provides quality checks to ensure correct software development.
Performs high level troubleshooting, in-depth critical thinking, and utilizes all internal & external resources to solve any electrical, mechanical or process problem. Leads & assists others in troubleshooting machinery, equipment, components and programs including PLC’s, HMI’s, Servo systems and Robotics.
Coordinates machine data collection and archiving as well as assists in the analysis of this data. This requires interfacing production and lab equipment to the plant network as well as maintaining and improving the data historian system.
Assists Production, Maintenance, and Engineers to meet daily priorities, coverage, and special projects. Ability to lead small capital projects.
Leads Controls support during machine installations and upgrades. This includes interfacing auxiliary equipment, identifying and correcting errors in programming and wiring and ensuring vendors and contractors are meeting our needs and expectations.
Expected to keep abreast of all of the new controls technologies, industry trends, health and safety regulations and standards that affect current operations.
Proactively identifies opportunities to increase production operation performance, then initiates and oversees projects through completion.
Provides technical and operating training to production, warehouse, and other personnel as needed. Shares knowledge and techniques with team members and coordinates the training of new personnel.
Assists in project planning and forecasting as part of budgeting process.
Provide training of Controls Engineers and Technicians with new control equipment or schedule outside training to enhance troubleshooting skills.
Organize equipment documentation from OEMs, FQ produced documents and troubleshooting guides.
Develop Safety Procedures for installed machines – Lock-Out /Tag-Out for operations and maintenance personnel.
The ideal candidate should possess the following:
Bachelors Degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering.
Advanced knowledge of electrical theory and principles of operation.
Personal Computer skills including specific controls programming software and basic e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet applications, and project management software.
Can create and modify schematic drawings using AutoCAD software
Excellent communication skills.
Excellent analytical skills.
Uses strong mathematical skills with numeric analysis software.
Advanced knowledge of all PLC based hardware and software.
Must be knowledgeable on all current controls hardware and software.
Has excellent PLC programming skills.
Has excellent servo and HMI programming skills.
Can interface between multiple controllers over various networking platforms.
Leadership abilities.
Must be able to work a 12 hour shift, which could include day, night, weekend, and/or holiday hours
What We Offer You
We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:
First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.
First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.