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Plant Controls Engineer

Oldcastle Apg

The Role

Overview

Design, develop, maintain plant control systems for automation and safety.

Key Responsibilities

  • control systems
  • plc programming
  • cad drawings
  • hardware selection
  • data analysis
  • project tracking

Tasks

This role will provide support for two plants: Orem and Nephi As a Plant Controls Engineer you work on projects to improve plant safety, capacity, efficiency, reliability, and work environment for operational employees, and provide Controls System support to operations. The Plant Controls Engineer will work closely with operations, maintenance, and other engineering disciplines at the sites in Utah, as well as corporate engineering and management. -Design, develop, improve and maintain control systems that can automate processes, including safety systems. -Participate in gathering and documenting plant requirements for Controls and Automation systems through interviews, documentation analysis and Workflow Process Mapping. -Develop, program anything that needs to be programmed for controls, optimize PLC and HMI programming, include all logic and control requirements to match all mechanical system features and specifications requirements. -Provides technical assistance testing, maintaining and modifying existing systems as needed by the plant. -Prepare electrical & line drawings. Using CAD software (EPLAN). -Understanding and ensuring compliance with relevant code & regulations and quality standards. -Ensuring that the control system process works safely and efficiently in accordance with specifications. -Create input/output (I/O) count and assignments, instrument loop diagrams, instrument datasheets and sizing, instrument uninterruptible power source (UPS) load requirements lists. -Overseeing installation of equipment. -Perform sizing calculations for inline instruments. -Troubleshoot problems with processes and hardware. -Assist Manufacturing and Maintenance in the use and support of Electrical, Controls and other systems. -Analyze control & electrical data and present findings. -Selection and installation of hardware and development of software for control equipment and support of existing controls. -Train and support operational and technical staff and provide documentation. -Manufacturing Execution System expereince. -Ensure project completion on-time and within budget by tracking all project activities and providing management reports showing task status on requests. -Occasional after-hours call answering and holiday coverage. -Collaborate with operations, maintenance and engineering teams.

Requirements

  • contrologix plc
  • nec/nfpa
  • vfd
  • industrial networking
  • hmi
  • electrical bsc

What You Bring

-Electrical standards and NEC/NFPA. -Allen Bradley Contrologix PLC Programming: Ladder, SFC, UDT, PID, AOI. -3 plus years of controls experience. -VFD (Variable Frequency Device), Servo expereince. -Networks, and industrial networking: Ethernet/IP, Controlnet, Devicenet. -HMI Development, OPC, Alarms and Events, Datalogging, historical data. -Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent work experience. -Excellent project management and planning skills. -Travel approximately up to 25% of the time, depending on requirements. -Machine, Control panel wiring, schematics, panel layouts.

Benefits

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization. -Highly competitive base pay -Health and wellness programs -Group retirement savings program -Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs

The Company

About Oldcastle Apg

-Its brands—Belgard, Echelon, Sakrete, MoistureShield and more—pave patios, build walls and finish pools. -Financial backing from CRH gives it scale: hundreds of plants, strategic acquisitions and steady investment. -Flagship projects range from bespoke residential patios to commercial plazas and large-scale masonry builds. -Specialisms span hardscapes, fencing/decking, packaged concrete mixes, masonry and pool finishes. -Its expansion appetite shows: recent buys include Lowe, Master Block and Calstone to deepen market reach. -Uniquely, its composite decking line can be submerged underwater—rare in the industry.

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