Senior Controls Engineer

🕒 June 24

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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FORTNA

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1001 - 5000 employees

📦 Logistics

🚗 Transport

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Private Equity Round on 2019-03

Logistics • Transport • eCommerce

FORTNA is a company that specializes in warehouse optimization, design, and automation services. They leverage proprietary processes, tools, and algorithms to design and deliver solutions that incorporate the best-fit automation technologies and intelligent software for supply chain operations. By focusing on unique industry challenges, FORTNA provides comprehensive and data-driven solutions aimed at improving operational efficiency and profitability across various sectors.

📋 Description

• The Sr. Controls Engineer will be responsible for driving design, functionality and testing of upper-level automated sortation systems. • Lead and assist in the design and programming of new projects. • Demonstrate skillsets for diagnosing and solving controls related issues involving I/O, hardware (Controller setup, VFDs, Comms devices) and software (PLC and HMI) feedback along with best practices electrical troubleshooting techniques. • Provide leadership, guidance and mentoring to junior level engineers and contractors. • Responsible for supporting other members of the FORTNA controls group to ensure accurate documentation, proper system functionality, adherence to approved design and customer specifications. • Write and implement modular and reusable PLC code and assist in all on-site controls engineering tasks. • Design and develop “Human Machine Interface” (HMI) using commercially available products such as Ignition. • Implement PLC and HMI programs to satisfy current design and customer specifications. • Work with FORTNA employees, customer representatives and third-party vendors to ensure all aspects of a project are considered during both the design and execution phases. • Review electrical designs and provide accurate as-built drawings for approval. • Individually or as a team, commission and troubleshoot complex automated systems, provide site engineering support, and complete system acceptance testing. • Provide support of system commissioning efforts as required.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or comparable. • 4-7 years of experience within an industrial controls environment which includes: • PLC programming (Siemens TIA Portal, Beckhoff TwinCAT, LD, ST, SCL) • HMI Programming (Ignition SCADA, Siemens Unified Comfort) • Input and output device design, implementation, and troubleshooting. • Industrial communication networks (EtherNet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.) • Low voltage electrical design and drawing understanding and creation. • Equivalent work experience will also be considered as a substitute for education. • Experience with VFDs preferred (networked a plus). • Experience with Microsoft 365 - Office Apps.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services.