Project Controls Engineer

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionProject Controls EngineerContract to HireSterling Heights, MI$80-160kOverview:Provides leadership to controls design team for customer machine / equipment orders and supporting the company's equipment standards. Leads design team and fosters open communications within assigned design group. Initiates direction, coordination and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control integration, and completion of engineering projects within areas of responsibilities.RESPONSIBILITIES:Electrical Engineering

1. Hardware - Designs and implements electrical hardware, power, control interfacing diagrams and electrical enclosures/layouts using various suppliers’ equipment PLC, CNC, servo drives and discrete components to customer-based requirements and mechanical design constraints. Generate CAD hardware documentation and releases for equipment procurement.
2. Software - Direct software interfacing of various supplier's equipment PLC, CNC, motion controls, networks communications, MIS and operator user workstations per requirements of processes defined for total system integration. Simulation testing and commissioning systems for actualization of startup/debug of systems.

Fluid Engineering

1. Guide fluid requirements (hydraulic, pneumatic, lubrication, coolant) using suppliers’ equipment for customer-based requirements and mechanical design constraints. Sizing fluid requirements, demands, forces and design parameters with mechanical engineering department design information lineups. Will be experienced in Fluids Automation, Fluids Power, Automation Controls, and working on Controls Projects.
2. Participate with Controls Proposal and Simultaneous engineering documentation and maintaining pertinent information.
3. Investigate the application of new technology, equipment and procedures for new systems designs.
4. Monitor and work within proposal “as sold” content, standards, established schedules, budgets, approving prior to the beginning of the controls engineering process. Status Reports to Manager, Controls Engineering.
5. Review customer specifications, complete D&B spec if applicable and submit for customer approval.
6. Prepare request for quotation (RFQ) documentation for Contact engineering. Schedule lineup meeting with approved suppliers. Review quotes with Controls Management prior to final release.
7. Attend all preliminary and final control lineups, document meetings per ISO procedures and lineup information.
8. Validate engineering and material suppliers through design reviews and e-change guidelines. Document reviews per ISO procedure.
9. Maintain contact with customers during design, build and installation. Monitor releases and maintain customer approval returns. Travel for expediting purposes when applicable.
10. Review customer approvals for requirements, changes and additional revisions not part of design and build specifications.
11. Maintain controls engineering project status reports on weekly basis. Completion day TBD by Controls Engineering Manager.
12. Provide Purchasing with accurate lineups for long lead estimates of equipment as required.
13. Approve contract engineering and supplier material prior to shipment, insuring engineering and material is completed, prior to payment.
14. Line-up and maintain support for manufacturing and service departments throughout the build installation and runoff phases of the project.
15. Coordinate prompt release of engineering documentation to manufacturing and/or service.
16. Review returned documentation from manufacturing and/or service, to insure updates are implemented correctly to proposal and company standards.
17. Coordinate with service to receive Engineering (logic, screens, drawings, manuals) for prompt final documentation shipment to customer.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university
• Ten or more years of machine tool design experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, and financial reports. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers. Ability to effectively present information to top management.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to perform all lower engineering disciplines, meet strict timetable and budgetary limits with quality results and evaluate the performance of subordinates to attain the best effort. Knowledge of PC operating systems, word processing and spreadsheet applications, preferably Microsoft Office. Experience using computer-aided design systems. Knowledge of assembly and tryout procedures. Knowledge of E-plan is helpful.
• May be required to travel for extended periods of time. Typical travel requirement is expected to be less than 10%.
• Must be able to supply own transportation for local travel.

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