Controls Engineer, Sustaining

Weirton, WVfull timeOn Site

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Formenergy Sustaining Controls Engineer responsible for maintaining and improving manufacturing equipment for Form Energy’s Iron-Air battery production. Acts as primary escalation point for automation technicians and executes PLC, HMI, and MES software improvements.

Responsibilities

Production Escalation & Support: Serve as the primary engineering escalation point for Sustaining Automation Technicians to resolve complex electrical, controls, and OT network issues.
Continuous Improvement: Independently identify, design, and execute PLC, HMI, and SCADA software changes to optimize existing equipment, improve throughput, and eliminate recurring downtime events.
Systems Integration & Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot and optimize MES data transactions within PLC programs, ensuring accurate product tracking and data handshakes.
Mentorship: Provide technical guidance, training, and mentorship to Automation Technicians on the factory floor.
On-Call Rotation: Participate in rotating on-call responsibilities for off-hour escalations from the Automation Technicians at the factory.
Vendor & Project Management: Work directly with equipment vendors and internal teams on equipment retrofits, upgrades, and resolving long-term technical debt.
Safety & Compliance: Ensure all plant automated equipment functions safely and correctly, strictly following Safety and Environmental policies.
What you'll bring:
Experience: 6+ years of hands-on experience as an engineer working on industrial control systems in a manufacturing environment.
Communication: Strong technical communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to translate complex engineering issues for operations teams.
PLC Programming and Troubleshooting
Siemens TIA-Portal (Required, execute independently)

Benefits

Dental
Vision
Equity/RSU

Company

Formenergy

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