Automation Controls Engineer - Saige Partners : Job Details

Job DescriptionWe strive to be Your Future, Your Solution to accelerate your career! Contact Brett Campbell at [email protected] or (319)###-####, you can also schedule an appointment at to learn more about this opportunity!Automation Controls EngineerThis is a Direct Hire role.Company Overview: Our client is one of the largest steel plate and coil producers in North America, serving diverse markets including energy, construction, agriculture, and transportation. With five state-of-the-art facilities across key U.S. regions, they employ nearly 1,200 skilled professionals in roles ranging from machine operators to engineers and corporate roles such as HR and finance. They offer challenging career opportunities along with comprehensive benefits to ensure employees and their families stay healthy and secure.Overview: This role involves a combination of software and process engineering, focusing on analyzing process performance, developing and designing process improvements, and managing related projects. The position requires both technical expertise and project management skills to drive advancements in manufacturing processes and automation technologies.Key Responsibilities:

• Develop methods and practices to enhance product quality, broaden product offerings, and reduce manufacturing costs using automation technology.
• Design, develop, and manage engineering projects focused on improving production efficiency, reducing costs, and improving product quality.
• Maintain and optimize precision closed-loop industrial control systems.
• Provide expert troubleshooting, advice, and hands-on support for Maintenance and Operating teams, ensuring compliance with industry standards. Focus areas include:
  • Reheat Furnace control: heat transfer, heat content, and process development.
  • Steckel Mill control: AGC, AWC, shape control, thermal modeling, gap control, and other related functions.
  • Electrical systems, with expertise in Ansaldo, Siemens, and Allen Bradley equipment.
  • Other equipment such as down coilers, plate levelers, cold static shear, and slitter.
• Plan and oversee the design, bidding, evaluation, construction, and maintenance of facility equipment.
• Establish installation, modification, quality control, testing, and acceptance standards for project implementation.
• Perform programming and software maintenance for Level 2 process control systems related to steel plate heating and rolling when needed.

Qualifications:Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related scientific field.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in programming industrial process control systems.
• In-depth knowledge of process interactions between control systems and physical processes in steel plate manufacturing.
• Strong engineering judgment, with the ability to assess both technical and economic impacts of process improvements.
• Familiarity with industrial control processors, multi-tasking operating systems, real-time communications, PLCs, and steel casting and rolling concepts.
• Proficiency in Fortran and C, C++, C#, or VB.NET programming languages.
• Experience in working with DEC VMS or Open VMS, DEC Alpha processors, DEC UNIX, Ethernet, ARCNET, and Siemens or Allen Bradley PLCs.
• Database management skills (MS SQL or Oracle preferred).
• Project management experience is required.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.

Working Conditions:

• Primarily operates in an office environment, using standard office equipment (computers, phones, etc.).
• Requires occasional physical activity, such as walking, bending, kneeling, and handling materials (up to 30 lbs).
• Occasionally requires work in industrial settings with exposure to heat, cold, noise, and use of protective safety equipment.
• Occasional travel by car or airplane, less than 5% of the time.

Position Type and Work Hours:

• Full-time, exempt position.
• Standard eight-hour day shift (Monday through Friday), with potential overtime as needed.

Saige Partners, one of the fastest growing technology and talent companies in the Midwest, believes in people with a passion to help them succeed. We are in the business of helping professionals Build Careers, Not Jobs. Saige Partners believes employees are the most valuable asset to building a thriving and successful company culture. Contact us to learn more about the opportunity below or check out other opportunities at Job RequirementsC, C++, C#, VB.NET and PLCs Meet Your RecruiterBrett Campbell