Process Engineer at Condair Operations, LLC – Richmond, Virginia

We’re on the search for our newest Process Engineer! As a Process Engineer, you will be responsible for the application, evaluation, development, project management, commissioning, and system management of manufacturing industrial automation and control systems. The Process Engineer will make lasting improvements with fact-based decision making and is proven to be vital to the success of our company

This position requires a results-oriented, high-energy, dynamic individual in a fast-paced, high-growth delivery network.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty to a competent level. 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 essential functions.

• Evaluate and troubleshoot facility and manufacturing control systems consisting of PLCs, AC and DC drives, computer controls, and HMI interfaces as well as traditional contactor type controls and process instrumentation.
• Design and implement improvements to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve reliability of existing plant and manufacturing control systems and equipment.
• Design control systems and prepare drawings, specifications, and scopes of work.
• Write new, or modify existing, PLC programs, and make system hardware recommendations to resolve operation problems, improve processes, and implement new project designs to support factory initiatives and continuous improvement.
• Document and maintain revisions to existing automated systems and maintain appropriate PLC and computer software/hardware information.
• Interface with the IT Department and upper-level computer system personnel to ensure proper application of computer controls and database instructions.
• Provide electrical engineering, hardware design, systems integration, PLC programming, motion programming, HMI configuration, component specification, project management, and start-up and commissioning of capital projects.
• Support and assist Maintenance personnel in troubleshooting, testing, modifying, and installing electrical equipment and control systems.
• Support and participate in implementation of and improvements to Manufacturing Execution System
• Adhere to Condair’s Quality Assurance System and Health and Safety policies.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science or similar technical field of study or certifications.
• Minimum of 5 years’ control and similar project-related experience
• Advanced knowledge and skill in programming with Rockwell Automation Software including ControlLogix/RS Logix 5000, SLC 500/RS Logix 500, EtherNet/IP Design and Configuration, RS-View and PanelView, and Panel Builder 32
• Advanced knowledge of automated material conveyance systems utilizing VFD’s, PLC’s, and motion control components.
• Familiarity and skill in utilizing Allen Bradley, Siemens and other similar hardware and electronic components.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is required to:

• Sitting & standing for extended periods of time at a computer workstation or at equipment controls cabinet.
• Occasionally lift and carry small loads, less than 25lbs, to organize in-house meetings and events.
• Regularly stand, bend, twist for the purpose of obtaining, reviewing paper documents, equipment wiring and cabinet design when in a field environment.
• Walking facility grounds and construction sites where the surfaces may be uneven.

While performing the job duties, the employee is regularly exposed to:

• A regulated indoor climate office.
• Manufacturing floor environment may not be controlled.
• Construction Environment with Dust and Noise when working in the field.
• Travel on Airplanes primarily