#04113290
Controls Engineer
Electronics Manufacturing
Simpsonville, SC, United States
Allen Bradley, Epson Robots, Keyence Vision
Community Project
We are seeking 2 Controls Engineer for our Equipment Engineering group at our Simpsonville, South Carolina location.
Job Description: Engineer will handle the design, programming, and debug of the control systems on new or existing automated equipment. Responsibilities will include:
Defining, designing, and documenting control systems for automated equipment.
Programming automated equipment using various PLCs, HMIs and / or robot software.
Debugging equipment and final qualification of equipment in production.
Handle equipment changes / upgrades as necessary to improve the process and product, to increase production output, improve yields or reduce equipment cost.
Work closely with production and process engineering to provide training and support during initial introduction of equipment into production.
Provide trouble shooting support to production on equipment issues that cannot be solved by the production maintenance team.
Work with suppliers and production as needed to replicate equipment and place equipment into production for capacity increases.
Work with suppliers / outside experts to continue to improve our equipment and processes.
Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 3 – 10 years’ experience in the equipment engineering field, building and programming automated equipment / systems.
Qualifications:
Experience designing control systems, programming PLCs on production equipment and successfully introducing this equipment into the production environment is required.
Experience programming HMI systems is strongly desired.
Experience programming robot systems is strongly desired.
The ability to write programs that are logically structured, well commented, and easy to understand is required.
Must be able to work well in an engineering and production team environment.
Must have good communication skills and be able to properly document work using MS Office products (Word, Excel) and AutoCad as required.
Ability to quickly learn new PLC programming is highly desired.
Experience with vision systems (Epson, Cognex, Keyence) is highly desired.
The successful candidate will be a team player, will be a self-starter, have a good work ethic, good time management skills, creativity, analytical skills, and strong communication skills.
Contract Starting ASAP thru the end of the year, with the potential for direct hire.
Typical schedule Mon-Fri / 8 hours per day
Programming / Technical Skills
Allen Bradley / Rockwell(Mandatory)
CompactLogix, FactoryTalk, GuardLogix, RSLogix 5000
Beckhoff(Good to have)
TwinCat
Keyence(Good to have)
2D and 3D vision systems
Cognex(Good to have)
2D and 3D vision systems
Procedures And Policies
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Certificate of Insurance (COI): A current COI must be uploaded to your profile before starting any project. This is essential for compliance with our insurance policy and to protect all parties involved. The minimum coverage required is $1,000,000 in General Liability. Please obtain your COI through the following process if you don’t have a current COI already:
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- Visit Hiscox Insurance.
- Enter your Zip Code to specify your state.
- Select/Type the nature of your work, for example, "Controls Systems Integration/Automation."
- Indicate the structure of your business (Corporation, LLC, etc.). You can select ‘Other’ if you don’t yet have a company started.
- Choose the date for your coverage to start.
- Ensure you select a minimum of $1,000,000 General Liability Coverage.
- Complete the Business Basics fields and follow the prompts to receive your quote.
- Remember, quotes from Hiscox are valid for 30 days, and they offer assistance via chat and phone round the clock.
Timesheets and Expense Reports: These must be submitted by 9 AM on Monday mornings. Adherence to this deadline is crucial for maintaining our commitment to clients and for the timely processing of invoices. Please note the following late fee policy:
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- A late submission beyond the deadline will incur a fee.
- Starting from Tuesday, a $100 late fee will be applied.
- An additional $50 fee will be charged for each day beyond the initial late period.
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Tools, Machines And Equipment Competencies
- Mandatory
- Good to Have
Safety Equipment Required
- 1.Standard PPE (Safety shoes, glasses, ear protection)
- 2.Lock out / Tag out
Key Information
- Start date Immediate
- Estimated end date12/28/2025
- # People needed 2
- Shift Days
- Planned hours per day8
- Planned days per week 5
Bill Rates
- Base Rate (per hour) $ 72.00
- OT Rate (per hour) $ 93.60
- DT Rate (per hour) $ 115.20
Expenses
- Expenses are not reimbursed
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