Associate, Manufacturing Engineer (Controls Engineer)

About the job

*Job Title: Associate, Manufacturing Engineer – Controls Engineer *

Job Code: 42232

Job Location: Cincinnati, OH

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days per week

Job Description:

This position supports strategic programs essential to maintaining U.S. Armed Forces’ readiness.  The successful Controls Engineer will contribute as a member of the manufacturing engineering team by designing, developing, installing, managing, and maintaining equipment which is used to monitor and control production equipment and processes.

Essential Functions:

• Provide technical expertise and support related to manufacturing equipment controls.

• Develop equipment safety and technical specifications.

• PLC programming.

• Trap, identify, and correct equipment controls intermittent problems.

• Legacy equipment upgrades.

• Develop interface systems for internal operations.

• Support knowledge base systems and information sharing.

• Backup old and new equipment to a central server.

• Vision system programming.

• Robot troubleshooting and programming.

• Assist in automating processes to save time and project cost.

• Review and update operational processes.

• Plan, advise, and implement effective systems to boost manufacturing.

• Interface with equipment vendors and specify equipment through writing Statement of Requirements documents.

• Prepare capital equipment requests.

• Prepare estimates for proposal responses.

• Travel can be up to 10%.

• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 0-2 years of prior relevant experience.  In lieu of a degree, minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering.

• Experience in the defense or aerospace industry.

• 7+ years of work experience related to support and implementation of equipment and control systems in a manufacturing environment.

• Hands on experience with Allen Bradley hardware, Rockwell software, and Keyence vision systems.

• Prior experience integrating, maintaining, and troubleshooting control systems in a production environment.

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