Description

Overview

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Controls and Facilities Engineering Manager to lead our controls and engineering team in optimizing plant processes, ensuring equipment reliability, and driving productivity in a dynamic manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in electrical, mechanical, and process engineering, with proven leadership skills to manage the controls and engineering team while collaborating with the maintenance team to provide technical expertise.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership: Manage the controls and engineering team, overseeing their activities, setting goals, and fostering professional development to support plant objectives. Allocate resources effectively to enhance system performance and productivity.
Equipment and Systems Support: Collaborate with the maintenance team to troubleshoot and resolve complex equipment issues, including servo drives, Siemens/Allen Bradley PLCs, HMIs, hydraulic, pneumatic, and process controls, to minimize downtime.
Controls Systems Design and Optimization: Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of control systems (e.g., Siemens TIA Portal, WinCC, Allen Bradley, Wonderware) to maximize machine productivity, product quality, and process efficiency.
Capital Project Management: Oversee multiple capital projects from concept to completion, developing project scopes, schedules, estimates, and engineering specifications. Coordinate with internal teams and external contractors to ensure cost-effective and timely execution.
Process Improvement and Reliability: Conduct root cause analysis and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) to address equipment failures and implement reliability programs to improve plant availability.
Data and Documentation Management: Utilize tools like SAP, Oracle Databases, and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to track parts, work orders, and project spending. Ensure the controls and engineering team maintains accurate drawings, specifications, and compliance records.
Maintenance Team Collaboration: Interface with the maintenance team to provide technical guidance, develop training modules for troubleshooting process equipment, and assist with preventive and predictive maintenance planning.
Safety and Compliance: Ensure adherence to local, state, federal, and corporate regulations, including OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM), API/ASME standards, and ISO system requirements. Promote a culture of safety within the controls and engineering team and across collaborative efforts.
Data Collection and Reporting: Oversee the use of WinCC and other SCADA systems to collect data and report productivity metrics, ensuring alignment with operational goals.
After-Hours Support: Provide on-call technical assistance to the maintenance team to resolve complex issues as needed and ensure the controls and engineering team is prepared to support critical operations.

Teamwork is essential for TSE’s continued success, so Teamwork is an essential function of every employee’s job. Teamwork drives positive results every day. Teamwork promotes positive customer relations and results in exceeding the expectations of our customers. Teamwork benefits every employee since it grows our business and increases our sales. With Teamwork, we all succeed. Without it, we all suffer. Teamwork with co-workers in the same department is just the beginning. Teamwork with every other employee, department and division is the Teamwork that is required to succeed. WE ARE TSE.

Requirements

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Process Engineering (preferred). A two-year technical degree in manufacturing controls may be substituted with 5+ years of relevant experience.
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years in manufacturing maintenance, with expertise in PLC programming (Siemens, Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc), servo drives, and process controls.
- Minimum 3 years of experience leading a technical team, preferably in controls or engineering, with a focus on project management and team development.
- Experience managing capital projects, including budgeting and contractor coordination.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in PLC programming (Ladder Logic, Siemens Sematic Manager, TIA Portal, Allen Bradley), HMI configuration (Wonderware, Rockwell Software), and SCADA systems (WinCC).
- Working knowledge of industrial instrumentation, motors, drives, and field devices.
- Familiarity with SAP, Oracle Databases, Microsoft Office, and CMMS for parts and work order management.
- Ability to read and red-line P&ID drawings, electrical schematics, and mechanical drawings.
- Experience with Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or higher preferred) and OSHA PSM programs.
Certifications: Knowledge of API 510, 570, ASME B31.3, and ISO standards preferred.

Key Competencies

Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop a controls and engineering team.
Excellent technical problem-solving and communication skills (written and verbal).
Ability to multitask in a challenging environment, make decisions independently, and provide clear, consistent direction.
Detail-oriented with a commitment to documentation, process improvement, and collaboration with diverse teams.

Environment and Physical Requirements

Work Environment: Manufacturing facility with exposure to loud noise (>87 dB), extreme temperatures (up to 110°F), confined spaces, and other environmental elements.
Physical Demands: Requires standing, walking, climbing stairs, squatting, kneeling, and occasional lifting of components up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
Mobility: Minimal travel for training may be required.
Shift: Full-time, day shift (Monday through Friday), with occasional after-hours call-ins.

Key Relationships

Internal: Lead the controls and engineering team; interface with Maintenance, Production, Shipping, IT, and Administrative teams.
External: Collaborate with vendors, engineering consultants, service contractors, and other company plants.