Controls Engineer
United States of America, Texas, Garland, Chemical Industry, Production / Operations
| Work location: | United States of America, Texas, Garland |
|---|---|
| Sector: | Chemical Industry |
| Role: | Production / Operations |
| Date of last update: | 02/10/2026 Expiry date: 31/10/2026 |
Job description
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Our site in Garland - Texas (US), is currently looking for a
CONTROLS ENGINEER - INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
Reporting to the plant Preventive Maintenance Superintendent, our Controls Engineer manages high speed making and packaging lines with a focus on automation; PLC and HMI Programming and troubleshooting.
Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot current process PLC program and HMI on 4 existing lines; collaborate with other Controls Engineers and Process Engineers to accomplish improvements to the existing lines
- Provide instruction and guidance to less experienced technical employees
- Assist in the design of control systems (I/O and Motor Lists, P&ID's etc.)
- Create functional requirements specification documents with the corresponding FAT and SAT plans
- Perform on-site startup, commissioning, validate and support
- Provide technical competence during project execution
- Identify changes in scope and notify Project/Engineering Manager in a timely manner
- Develop approaches to solve problems, handle customer demands, changes and complaints
- Contribute a broad technical competence to the team, along with superior communication, correspondence, and mediation skills
- Assist in managing project's resources, schedule, budget and scope
- Provides input and resolves issues during the Estimating and Fabrication processes
- Manage and develop project deliverables independently or within a team.
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| Will manage other people: | No |
| Type of contract: | Permanent job |
| Career level: | Employee |
Skills required
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent automation experience
- 5 + years of experience with Industrial Automation
- OSHA
- PLC/HMI (RS Studio 5000/ControlLogix; Wonderware Intouch and ArchestrA System Platform; Inductive Automation Ignition; Factory Talk ME/PanelView and SE)
- Drives/VFDs (Power Flex and Kinetix Servo Drives)
- Networks (Ethernet, DLR, CISCO Switches)
- Software/Database (C++; C#, NET, Java, SQL and Oracle)
- Good analytical skills
- Excellent Communication
- Team player
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Zobele by kdc/one is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and qualifications.