Controls Engineer

3 months ago


Colonial Heights, United States Blueprint Automation Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Company Overview:

At Blueprint Automation, we design, develop and manufacture case packers and tray packing solutions for flexible and other tough-to-handle packages such as doypacks, pillow bags, and four-sided sealed bags. Built for around-the-clock operation, these solutions have a worldwide reputation for their quick change-over, flexibility, speed, and comprehensive design. Our Integrated state-of-the-art technologies include gravity, pick and place, wrap-around, and vision-guided robotics.

We are absolutely passionate about innovation. It adds the fun and inspiration to our work that people need to excel. Our customers stimulate innovation by developing new needs, and we are on a never-ending quest to find a better, simpler way. BPA has no innovation budget. Innovation is what we are.

Position:

The Controls Engineer programs, initializes and tests packaging machines. Additional tasks include providing technical support to our customers when needed.



Essential Duties & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

  • Develop design, specifications, and control schemes for automation equipment and the integration between automation and information systems.
  • Author, write, and program automation logic to control packaging machines, and communicate information between systems over networks.
  • Approve the design of electrical/control-wiring schematics for our packaging systems.
  • Develop Human Machine Interface (HMI) to meet the functional requirements.
  • Mentor junior-level engineers in areas of your expertise.
  • Assure high quality in the testing phase.
  • Makes customer site visits as necessary to help solve in-field issues.
  • High awareness of client satisfaction level and client needs.
  • Participate in lessons-learned meetings with team members after completion of programs/projects.
  • Periodic travel up to 15% may be required.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

(Knowledge, Skills & Abilities, Education & Experience)

  • Experience in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, Computer Science, or a related field and 5 years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment that involves motion controls in the packaging automation industry. However, a combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration. Robotics experience is a plus.
  • Demonstrated ability in programming motion control systems and robotic machines.
  • Demonstrated competence with robotic and PLC programming (Ladder and structured text).
  • Demonstrated competence with current application platforms: Allen Bradley
  • Strong knowledge of ControlLogix PLC.
  • Strong knowledge of complex PLC based motion control.
  • Demonstrated competence with mechanical robotic setups and upstream and downstream equipment.
  • Demonstrated competence with code standardization and modularization.
  • Ability to interact with clients from project initiation through the entire development and manufacturing process.
  • Ability to read electrical schematics.

At this time, BPA will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

BPA prides itself on the quality of its employees and as such, candidates who receive an employment offer will be required to pass a drug screen and background check successfully.

BPA offers an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. In addition, we offer a robust benefits package including a majority employer-paid employee health, dental, vision, life, and disability; 12 days’ vacation and 3 days' sick during the first year of employment, as well as 401(k) with a 6% match.

BPA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.


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