Controls Engineer - Forest, VA

With over $2B in revenue, 80+ manufacturing facilities across 6 continents and over 9,000 employees worldwide, Signode is a leading manufacturer of a broad spectrum of transit packaging consumables, tools, software, and equipment that optimize end-of-line packaging operations and protect products in transit. Signode brings this extensive product portfolio together under hundreds of trusted brands to offer complete transit packaging solutions to its customers.

We produce strap, stretch and protective packaging. We also manufacture packaging tools and equipment used to apply the bulk packaging materials. These commercial packaging products are used to pack, bundle, unitize, protect, and secure goods during warehousing and transit. Our company is a pioneer in the industrial packaging sector with a long history of customer-focused innovations in materials, processes and automation technology that have revolutionized the sector.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transit Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to go to market as Signode and to share the portfolio of products, services and capabilities that make us the world's premier end-of-line packaging company.

Benefits:

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

Salary:

$85,000 - $100,500

Summary:

The Controls Engineer will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining control systems for robotics, conveyors, material handling systems, and other automation technologies. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and create custom machines that support our customers by ensuring their production processes run at peak efficiency.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards in all designs.
• Design and develop PLC-based control systems, including ladder logic, structured text, or function block programming, utilizing software such as Rockwell and Siemens platforms.
• Design and develop HMI screens to interface with main and remote-control systems seamlessly.
• Design, plan, and implement electrical and control systems for new and existing equipment to enhance performance and efficiency.
• Collaborate with customers to understand market needs and translate them into detailed product requirements, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Design, testing, and implementation of automation systems, ensuring they meet project specifications and performance standards.
• Integrate automation systems, including troubleshooting programs at customer sites.
• Participate in technical design reviews to ensure electrical design integrity is achieved.
• Submit engineering change orders and assist with technical documentation.
• Select electrical, pneumatic, and electro-mechanical components.
• Evaluate new technologies in the electrical and electronic field to incorporate these technologies in these manufacturing processes. Utilize these technologies to improve production processes, part quality, and safety.
• Design software architecture and interfaces, specifying programming tasks to meet objectives.
• Prepare engineering and supporting documentation, wiring schematics, assembly drawings, bills of material, and panel machining drawings.
• Troubleshoot and resolve control system issues to minimize downtime.
• Communicate with suppliers, assemblers, service personnel, management, and other engineers to help transition new products from prototype into full production.
• Assure system and product functionality by assuring proper operation, error recovery, and compliance with DFMEA.
• 20%-30% travel annually, including internationally.
• Occasional travel outside of normal business hours in urgent situations

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Automation, Computer Science, or related field.
• An associate degree in the automation field with suitable work experience will be considered.

Experience:

• 2- 5 years of automation experience.
• Ability to explain programming concepts and solicit feedback from colleagues and customers.
• Ability to independently identify and resolve safety and reliability risks.
• Mechanical aptitude required to program systems that move and manipulate.
• Familiarity and aptitude for troubleshooting electromechanical and pneumatic systems.
• Comfortable wearing multiple hats and performing different types of tasks at different project stages.
• Thorough knowledge of HMI, PLC, motion controls, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with AutoCAD Electrical.
• Prior robotics implementation a plus.

Functional Success Drivers: These competencies are what we require for an individual to be successful in this role.

• Analysis Skills
• Detailed Oriented
• Communication (Oral & Verbal)
• Results Oriented
• Team Player
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Creativity

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

Signode Industrial Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.