Senior Industrial Controls Engineer

What we need 

We are seeking a Senior Industrial Controls Engineer. The candidate is part of our Industrial Automation team and will be reporting to the Senior Manager Industrial Controls Engineering and have a leadership role in driving the execution of the PLC development and implementation. The ideal candidate is customer-driven, proactive, and comfortable taking the initiative to gather information and collaborate directly with end users to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.

What you'll do 

• Elaborate, define, and plan technical work from well-defined objectives, validating requirements with internal and external stakeholders. 

• Elaborate and lead the execution of test strategies, execute test plan, generate test reports, and demonstrate compliance with requirements. 

• Independently execute technical work, which may involve the technical supervision of other resources. 

• Autonomous and self-driving, requiring minimal supervision. 

• Lead improvement initiatives, review and approve technical solutions within existing architectures. 

• Coach and develop lesser experienced employees. 

• Gather information and validate requirements to execute root cause analysis to resolve issues with internal and external stakeholders. 

• Provide new control system functionalities and modify existing solutions which includes PLC and HMI. 

• Document equipment configuration, system functionality and features, and Industrial Controls team processes and procedures. 

• Collaborate with Release management and perform PLC and HMI updates for the customer, on-site or remotely. 

• Support customers to address unforeseen issues. 

• Lead the design effort for a dedicated system. 

• Contribute to and potentially lead process improvement initiatives. 

• Support Production Sites. 

What you'll need   

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering or Automation Engineer or Computer science or in a related discipline. 

• Knowledge of Power Systems to design drive controls. 

• Experience with AC/DC Drive Control Architecture. 

• Minimum of 5 years in Design & Implementation of Industrial Control systems using PLCs, HMIs, and Drives. 

• Minimum of 5 years’ of Programming PLCs, HMIs, and related equipment for Industrial Control Systems (Rockwell products preferred). 

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with automated systems engineering. 

• Advanced experience programming Rockwell PLC’s (ControlLogix, GuardLogix). 

• Advanced knowledge of Industrial networks. 

• Experience developing and programming Human Machine Interface (Ignition 8, FactoryTalk ME/SE). 

• Able to understand and read electrical and mechanical schematics. 

• Strong background in troubleshooting complex automated system. 

• Experience with JIRA and agile methodology is a plus. 

• Having experience of organizing a team and prioritizing tasks. 

• Knowledge in Rockwell and Inductive Automation products is a plus. 

• Travel approximatively 40% to various customer locations (Canada and United States). 

Our environment 

• Up to 45% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations. 

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis. 

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The base range for this position in the posted location is $120,000.00 - $180,000.00 however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K, PTO and/or other benefits.