Job Description

Senior Controls & Process Automation Engineers – Corporate Technology Development

Are you a self-motivated innovator with a passion for technology improvement, process automation, machine vision, data-driven process management and maintenance, and AI applications for efficiency, training and troubleshooting?  Can you envision, inspire and motivate others to share that vision?  Can you manage projects and teams to implement your vision and equally hands-on enough to create and protype your own systems that demonstrate beneficial leading-edge technologies?   If so, you may be the right candidate to join Evapco’s Corporate Technology Development team.   We are looking for a Senior Lead Engineer with 10+ years’ experience in technical leadership, strategy, project management, and group management responsibilities.  We are also looking for a Senior Engineer with 7+ years’ experience with strong architecture development, hardware selection, system design, and code experience. 
 
The Corporate Technology Development Department’s primary objective is to evaluate and develop new technologies that offer significant positive impact and process improvement to Evapco’s global business.  Many of these efforts will involve technologies and software previously unknown to or untried by Evapco.  The department’s focus and direction will often be in response to new and changing market dynamics where innovative solutions are required in a timely manner. The team complements and collaborates with the Manufacturing Engineering, Product Development Engineering, Operations, Quality, and IT departments.

Core Competencies:

The positions require a broad bench of controls tools and software experience, an innovative and critically thinking mind to challenge and elevate the status quo, and a positive, solutions-minded, quick-acting approach to problem solving.  The candidates should be able to assess current products and operations and annually generate top targets for productivity improvements, quality improvements, personnel development, and sustainable corporate growth using technology solutions & automation tools in a manufacturing environment.  The candidates must create a concept vision, justify payback, generate milestones, and manage timely completion of corporate targets.    The candidates must have strong communication and interpersonal collaboration skills with Corporate Technology Development team members, other engineering departments, maintenance technicians, and factory workers.  

The ideal candidates should have experience selecting and programming logic controllers, servos, drives, HMIs, as well as performing OT network communications, performing safety risk assessments, designing controls to NEC, UL, and international electrical codes and integrated safety standards.  The ideal candidates should also have experience with selecting and programming pick & place robotics, welding robotics, collaborative robots, and machine-vision systems.   

Successful candidates for this position will become team members on global interdisciplinary teams responsible for the control system & automation aspects of manufacturing projects.  

Detailed responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Designing and implementing Automation & Control systems for production machinery, test cells, and production test equipment.
• Participating in machine design and productivity improvement teams to lead automation and controls development needs of these teams.
• Recommending best strategies for machine control applications to include AC drives, DC servo drives, microcontrollers, robotics, vision systems, sensors, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
• Specifying, purchasing, and managing both internally fabricated and outsourced control & automation packages.
• Interacting and programming various Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), Robotics Platforms, and Building Automation Systems (BAS).   Preference is Rockwell (Allen-Bradley controls) and familiarity or proficiency with Siemens & Schneider PLCs & Drives controls.   
• Creating necessary project documentation for archiving work to include certified drawings, project specific production drawings, electrical schematics, and bill of materials.
• Supporting, and as necessary traveling, to Evapco’s worldwide facilities to conduct start-up, commissioning, training, and continuous maintenance on installed equipment.
• Training factory technicians on the proper procedures of building and testing control systems, wiring machinery, and documenting compliance with applicable safety codes.
• Coordinating and supporting field technicians when they are conducting start-up, commissioning, and troubleshooting of installed equipment.
• Developing unique solutions to R&D requests for product modifications.
• Developing risk assessment studies and appropriate safeguarding methodologies for compliance with local regulations
• Learning and applying US and International safety codes on mechanical and electrical systems.
• Maintaining knowledge base of drive, microcontroller, and sensor technologies as well as relevant codes and standards through continuous education and experiential learning.

Candidates should have a degree in ME/Mechatronics/EE, good mechanical aptitude, enjoy hands-on field work, be able and willing to travel internationally, and have (or be able to obtain) a valid passport.  Good verbal and written English communication, project management, and organizational skills are necessary to succeed.   AutoCAD and Solid Edge proficiency strongly desired.

Location:   

Position will be based in Taneytown, MD

Compensation:   

Competitive base salary and profit sharing.  Excellent benefits, and ESOP program.  

Salary ranges below consists of base pay and most recent profit sharing bonus amounts:

Senior Engineer Range $100k-$130k

Senior Lead Engineer Range $125-175K

Additional Information: 

EVAPCO, Inc., is a privately held, employee-owned manufacturing company.   Employees share the ownership of the company in an Employee Stock Ownership Program (E.S.O.P.) and share in company profits through a profit-sharing plan combined with an excellent benefits package.  Evapco’s compensation and ownership plan fosters a high degree of motivation in company results and mutual teamwork.

Since its founding in 1976, EVAPCO has dedicated itself to designing, engineering, and manufacturing the highest quality heat transfer products for dry cooling, evaporative cooling, industrial refrigeration, and power generation markets around the globe, rising from a modest small shop to an industry leader. EVAPCO’s mission is to provide first-class customer service and quality products.  Backed by a powerful combination of financial strength and technical expertise through research and development, the company is recognized as a manufacturer of market-leading products with superior technology and environmentally friendly product innovations in energy efficiency, sound reduction, and water management.