Controls Engineer III - The Fountain Group : Job Details

Pay: $48-52/hour. Our company offers our consultants a suite of benefits after a qualification period including health, vision, dental, life and disability insurance. Onsite role in Wilmington, NC W2 Candidates only Scope of Position:

• This position will be responsible for owning the IT-related software associated with at least one manufacturing process step in the Optical Fiber manufacturing plant. In this capacity, he/she will work closely with engineering and operations teams in the plant to implement improvements in this process area.
• The person will become the expert for the process controls system in their area of responsibility along with ancillary data feeds to a manufacturing execution system and reporting systems.
• The person will also be responsible for developing or modifying other software systems that support manufacturing in the plant such as web-based or stand-alone applications.
• When the person leads a project, he/she will be responsible for managing the activities required to meet the project's objectives within the constraints of an allowed budget and a desired timeline.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Assist team of engineers to provide production support and troubleshooting for 24/7 manufacturing operation. Work with production associates, technicians, and engineers to ensure reliable equipment operation via automated control systems and user interfaces.
• Support process and product optimization/improvement efforts. Develop plans for innovative solutions to technical problems and follow through to implementation.
• Provide training for engineers and/or production associates as needed for new processes, equipment, or control systems.
• Lead or participate in capital projects.
• Serve on weekend production support team approximately every 5-6 weeks.

MUST HAVES:

• Required Education: Bachelor's in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
• Years of Experience: 5-10 years of experience
• Strong computer programming skills - C
• Experience with Real Time Operating Systems, PLC programming, or industrial automation systems
• Experience with C#, VB.Net
• Experience with iFIX or equivalent SCADA package
• Knowledge/experience with Visual Basic 6, C++
• Knowledge and/or Experience working on MES (Camstar or any Manufacturing Execution System)

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge to configure and troubleshoot OPC UA, classic OPC, EtherNet/IP devices, and similar industrial protocols
• Ability/Experience integrating computers into manufacturing processes to increase efficiencies and lower cost.
• Problem-solving and debugging skills; ability to understand real needs behind operations and engineering requests
• Ability/experience troubleshooting simple low voltage electrical circuitry.
• Knowledge/experience with REST API and web applications.
• Knowledge/experience of relational databases (Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server), MSMQ and XML

Who We Are:The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.Browse our website below for additional information on our company.The Fountain Group4505 Woodland Corporate Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614 We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people.