Controls Engineer

Health Safety and Environmental

Therma Tru Corporation is committed to providing a safe workplace and promoting the health and safety of its associates.  Workplace safety and managing the operation of our company in an environmentally responsible manner is the responsibility of each associate.  Associates are responsible for participating in our Companys incident and injury prevention programs as well as our Companys environmental programs.  All associates must comply with our environmental health and safety policies and procedures as well as federal state and local regulations.

The Controls Engineer must act as a safety champion in the Butler Manufacturing Operations and drive safety improvements daily through the following actions:

• Actively participate in the VBS (Values Based Safety) Program.
• Participate in incident investigations and resolutions.
• Develop process improvements with a safety first attitude.
• Immediately address any potential safety issues with the appropriate personnel.
• Review and evaluate ergonomic and safety concerns and risks for all activities and projects.

Focus on safety and ergonomics are a required and essential part of this role. The Controls Engineer must act as a change agent and strive to continuously improve and develop a safety focused culture.

In this position youll have the opportunity to: Provide technical support and leadership to the operations.  Responsibilities include upkeep and improvement of control systems for vital equipment in both the fiberglass molding plant and the door assembly plant.  In this role the control engineer will be required to lead projects from concept through completion.  The control engineer will need to have good teamwork and communication skills to smoothly implement key projects. 

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Provide leadership through technical expertise to maintenance associates.
• Assist plant associates with technical questions and potential solutions

Equipment Protection and Safety

• Make changes to equipment controls to improve reliability and safety
• Good understanding of OSHA safety requirements
• Review new equipment controls for safety effectiveness.

Equipment and facilities

• Assist in troubleshooting equipment problems.
• Lead process improvement and cost savings initiatives.
• Create control specifications for new equipment.
• Aid in the installation and startup of new equipment.
• Standardize control equipment.
• Setup and maintain necessary networks software tools for effective controls work.
• Manage outside resources when necessary.
• Strong programming skills predominately Allen Bradley PLC control systems.
• Ability to integrate typical production I/O drive systems including all electrical panel components.
• Ability to generate electrical drawings for new projects and equipment changes.

Qualifications :

Successful candidates will have:

• Preferably have BSEE or equivalent degree
• Minimum of 5 years of Controls Experience                                  
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment

Nice to have:

• Previous experience working for an equipment builder or integrator 
• Rockwell Automation software 
• Fanuc Robotics experience    

Qualification Requirements - To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the essential functions of the job.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and / or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the principal accountabilities.

Physical Demands:  Physical demands of performing the duties of this job include but are not limited to occasionally lifting/handling up to <50 frequently lifting/handling up to <15 lbs and constantly lifting/handling up to <5 lbs. 

Non-Physical Demands:  Include but are not limited to time pressures frequent change of tasks irregular work schedule/overtime multi-tasking working closely with others as a team and tedious or exacting work.

Work Environment:  While performing the duties of this job the associate works around mechanical hazards noise and or vibration on a daily basis.  Extreme temperatures wetness / humidity and being outdoors are seasonally in nature.

Education and Experience:  BSEE or equivalent and at least 5 years of controls experience

Mathematical Skills:  Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals.

Computer Skills:  Computer literate.

Language Skills:  Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions short correspondence and memos.  Ability to write correspondence.

Additional Information :

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $71000 USD - $108000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and location. In addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy) inclusive fertility / adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand innovation and channel leader focused on exciting supercharged categories in the home products security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen House of Rohl Aqualisa SpringWell Therma-Tru Larson Fiberon Master Lock SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Equal Employment Opportunity:

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.

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