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Clopay Corporation · 18 hours ago

Controls Engineer

Troy, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Clopay Corporation is North America's largest residential garage door manufacturer, seeking a Controls Engineer to join their project engineering team in Troy, Ohio. The role involves managing capital equipment projects from conception to completion, including defining project scope, developing detailed timing plans, and managing vendors and contractors.

Consumer GoodsManufacturingReal Estate

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define project scope, budget, and objectives

Develop detailed timing plans with functional milestones to support project objectives; execute plan within established timing

Manage Project from startup to completion, for new capital equipment

Project management and tracking for content/schedule/budget/plant safety

Writing of justifications and proposals

Develop specification of capital equipment

Develop Specifications for shop floor data used to drive capital equipment

Writing purchase contracts for capital equipment

Manage vendors and contractors

Reviewing/providing feedback/approving equipment drawings

Finalize all as-built drawings and documentation

Research and analyze best practices in manufacturing concepts and trends for applicability; stay abreast of the latest manufacturing technology and leverage technology

Research and develop plant improvement projects, safety, machine efficiency, modernization, increase capacity, etc

Interfacing with plant personnel

Start up new equipment, including debug

Concept and develop solutions to assembly, material handling, and process opportunities for labor and cost reduction as well as quality improvement

Develop and lead machine control systems

Develop and modify Visual Studio .NET and Python applications

Work directly with new capital equipment vendors in the creation of systems and programming

Integration of separate pieces of equipment constituting a manufacturing process or line

Provide plant-level support for equipment

Qualification

Capital equipment designAllen-Bradley Control SystemsProject managementAutoCADPower distributionTroubleshootingVisual Studio .NETPythonFacility UtilitiesSafety codes knowledge

Required

Experience managing capital projects from start to finish

Experience concepting, laying out, and capital equipment design for capital projects, including BOM's, layout drawings, and detail drawings

Experience in project management and process equipment design for projects ranging in magnitude to multi-millions of dollars

Experience in organizing and leading matrix teams to complete successful projects on time and within budget constraints

Ability to troubleshoot problems with capital equipment and implement solutions

Experience with Facility Utilities

Experience with Power distribution/Arc Flash Studies

Experience with Allen-Bradley Control Systems

Experience using AutoCAD

Have understanding and experience with - NFPA, OSHA, ANSI, and NEC codes

BSEE

At least 7 years business experience, including engineering, project management, and hands-on plant/equipment level work in capital equipment

Company

Clopay Corporation

Founded in 1964, Clopay Corporation (“Clopay”) is the largest manufacturer and marketer of garage doors and rolling steel doors in North America.

Founded in 1986

Mason, Ohio, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.clopaydoor.com

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