PLC Programming/Controls Engineer - Charles Kriston Group : Job Details

PLC Programming/Controls Engineer

Charles Kriston Group

Job Location : Hawthorne,NY, USA

Posted on : 2024-10-29T06:20:18Z

Job Description :
PLC Programming/Controls Engineer, Greater New York City Area No resume available right now? That's OK, we don't need it to have a conversation. Send an email to [email protected] with your contact information and I'll give you a call. Are you energized by automation? Do you get enthusiastic about complex problems? Are you able to create innovative and precise programming solutions? Are you able to travel globally, with approximately 10% of the work year overnight? If you can answer these questions affirmatively, you should join our client's team. They are located in Hawthorne, NY, and are a worldwide manufacturer of leading-edge inspection equipment and an engineering solutions provider. These technologies serve the food, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. The solutions/machines challenge seal and container integrity non-destructively in-line and offline. What's in it for you? In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package (benefits include family medical, FSA, short & long-term disability, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and Maternity/Paternity leave, a safe harbor 401K (offers 4% to your 5% contribution), vacation starts with 2 weeks, with the run-up to 3-weeks vacation over 5 years service, and 4 weeks vacation over 10 years service), the position offers perks and an opportunity to work in the following culture:
  • 40-hour work weeks, 8-5 (Office cleared out by 6 PM)
  • Any weekend work gets the employee a comp day
  • Summer hours
  • Lunch and learns
  • Social events
  • A lounge that often holds ping pong tournaments
  • A highly collaborative work environment
  • An intelligent team of employees
  • Global mindset, global travel
A motivated, creative, and technically intelligent professional is being sought to provide programming skills for sensory technology applications. It is expected that 80% of the time you will be programming PLCs and other control systems. The client is only interested in candidates who experience satisfaction in developing robust PLC-based solutions. Candidates must meet these minimum requirements:
  • Must have legal permission to work in the U.S. and have a valid passport.
  • An engineering degree (mechanical/electrical/instrumentation or similar)
  • 3+ years of PLC programming (in industry) experience (Structured text and Instruction list preferred)
  • Project management experience.
  • Has designed control system(s) for a given URS
  • Has integrated at least 2 control systems to work together
  • Has knowledge of sensors and actuators as used in automation
  • Has experience working with other control engineers
  • Has some mentoring/training experience
  • Has experience reading and working on electrical and pneumatic schematics
  • Has in-field experience installing and commissioning a capital machine programmed by them
  • Is comfortable debugging systems in the field and finding the root cause of issues
  • Has basic mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge as it applies to control engineering
  • Has interacted with customers
The best candidates will meet the minimum requirements and may have the following talents:
  • Multi-lingual
  • Advanced degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering
  • Working with robots and/or vision systems.
  • Knowledge of data integrity and experience with 21CFR part 11
  • Experience with Servo motors, Stepper motors, HMI
  • Experience with control systems from SAIA Burgess Controls, Beckhoff, Allen Bradley, and Automation Direct
  • Experience with robotic systems from Staubli and Yaskawa
  • Experience with vision systems from Cognex and Keyence
  • Experience with Festo pneumatic smart controllers and Schneider Lexium Drives
  • Programming for a capital equipment business
  • Writing structured, well-documented, bug-free , PLC code in any of the five International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) standard languages (Ladder Diagram (LD), Instruction List (IL), Function Block Diagram (FBD), Structured Text (ST), and Sequential Function Chart (SFC))
  • Experience with software version control & management
Upon joining the team, you could provide a comprehensive solution to your customer. The solution will conform to ASTM and other regulatory standards. The solution may have required the development of a test method, the design, and manufacture of a machine, and the validation that the equipment achieves the intended purpose.
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