Project Electrical and Controls Engineer - Paper Industry

Do you like to solve problems in an engaging, collaborative, team environment?  Are you excited about discovery, technical innovation, and achievement?  Does working in a flexible culture with professional growth opportunities, a family friendly vibe, and smart, caring colleagues make for a great day?  If so, consider an employment opportunity at Foth and join these members who enjoy their employment experience.
Foth Production Solutions works closely with consumer product companies to solve their toughest technical challenges. We partner with clients to help streamline their capital spending and business decision process, enable operational efficiencies, and launch new products.  We provide clients with a flexible offering of project engagement that ranges across consulting, engineering, design-build, and/or mixed execution through project start-up.
Foth Production Solutions, LLC is currently seeking a team-focused, innovative, and results-oriented Project Electrical and Controls Engineer who has a desire to contribute to our clients’ success and is looking for new learning experiences and opportunities for career growth.  This position will be working out of our Mehoopany, PA location.
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Primary Responsibilities:

• Work at an on-site manufacturing environment to support plant operations and engineering initiatives
• Hardware and software engineering for new and retrofit industrial projects and electrical systems including low voltage (600 VAC) power distribution, network communications, line control, and motion control
• Programming, design, and updating of PLC, HMI, VFD, and Servo Motion related projects from hardware design, software integration through construction support and project start-up
• Specification of components to achieve client requests
• Modifications or upgrades to existing control systems as specified by the client
• Direct designer level resources
• Provide installation and start up support, could include nights and weekends
• Work simultaneously on multiple projects and client teams
• Work directly with client to resolve conflicts and strengthen the Foth-Client relationship

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical experience
• 8+ years of recent experience with specifying, installing, and troubleshooting machine and process controls systems

Required Recent Experience with the Following:

• Rockwell Studio 5000 and FactoryTalk View HMI systems
• Low voltage (up to 600 VAC) power distribution systems with exposure to facilities electrical systems including: HVAC, lighting, power, communications, security, fire, supervisory systems, transformers, panel boards, grounding systems, capacitor banks, etc.
• Ethernet and/or ControlNet communications
• VFD and motor control
• NEC/NFPA 79 Electrical Standards

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain
• 5+ years of industry-relevant experience
• General machine safety experience

Preferred Recent Experience with the Following:

• Rockwell variable frequency and servo drives
• Distributed Controls Systems (DCS)
• Honeywell Experion configuration/programming
• Historian Product programming experience (Wonder Ware, Intellution, Proficy)
• Motor Control Center (MCC) specification and design
• Medium voltage (up to 15 kV) power distribution systems
• Robotics
• Vision Systems
• Networking
• Hazardous area classification

All Foth Companies are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. All locations are tobacco-free. About FothFoth, the largest engineering and science consulting firm headquartered in Wisconsin, employs more than 650 members and operates in 28 locations to provide our national and international clients with convenient, personal services.  Our dynamic science and engineering teams at Foth are organized into business units – Environment Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, and Production Solutions – each comprised of extraordinary talent embodying decades of knowledge and specialized expertise. We bring our 85 year history of success and interdisciplinary knowledge to every client we serve, und