Senior Controls Engineer

About Us:

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.

 

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

 

Job Description:

Who You'll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Controls Engineer, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. Design Group is widely known as an industry leader, recognized as a top system integrator, ranking #7 in the 2023 System Integrator Giants; as a Rockwell Platinum Integrator, the highest designation given to Rockwell partners; and as an Ignition Enterprise Premier Integrator. As a part of this team, you will learn from industry leading experts and may even have the chance to be an active participant in industry events like the Ignition Build-A-Thon which Design Group won in 2023!

In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world's leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Control System Integration Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

What You'll Bring

• A minimum of seven years of automation experience with HMI, SCADA, PLCs, and control system design
• A willingness and ability to travel for project requirements, including installation and start-up activities, client meetings, and industry events. This role may require up to 50% travel.
• Advanced proficiency with Allen-Bradley systems (ControlLogix, CompactLogix, PLC5, SLC500 PLCs, PanelView/PanelviewPlus HMIs, and FactoryTalk suite).
• Demonstrated ability to design, program, and troubleshoot complex control systems.
• Experience in packaging and/or process controls within the life sciences industry (preferred) or consumer products, beverage/brewery/food industries.
• Understanding of GxP principles, validation and change control processes, and Computer System Validation (CSV) in regulated environments.
• Familiarity with some or all of the following technologies: AVEVA PI, Emerson Delta V, Wonderware and/or iFIX Suites, Systech Vision and Serialization, and VisualBasic/C#/Java
• Engineering consulting experience (strongly preferred)
• The ability to successfully interact with clients
• Solid skills at troubleshooting and performing in high intensity environments
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
• A bachelor of science in electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering, or a related degree (preferred)

What You'll Do

You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

• Design automation control systems; develop project specifications, documentation, and drawings for a variety of high speed and other automated manufacturing processes
• Participate in various automation project phases including software configuration and testing, commissioning, insta