Senior Controls Engineer – Automated Distribution

🕒 October 13

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $120k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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SanMar

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1971

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

🛒 Retail

Logistics • Manufacturing • Retail

SanMar is a leading supplier of wholesale apparel, offering a wide array of products such as T-shirts, outerwear, caps, activewear, and accessories. They offer products from various renowned brands like Nike, The North Face, and Carhartt. SanMar serves new and existing customers through detailed catalogs, custom apparel options, and numerous marketing tools. The company also emphasizes sustainability and offers compliance and safety solutions for its products. SanMar provides integrated services for custom apparel and uniforming solutions, catering primarily to businesses and organizations requiring branded or decorated apparel.

📋 Description

• Lead optimization, maintenance, and expansion of the automated wholesale distribution network • Serve as technical anchor for high-volume facilities and ensure Automated Material Handling Systems operate efficiently • Collaborate on and validate hardware/software control architecture strategies • Validate and provide input on electrical schematics and control-panel layouts • Write, debug, configure, and optimize PLC code, HMIs, and SCADA software • Lead technical support, logic tuning, and deployment of conveyors, high-speed sorters, and ASRS • Oversee Factory Acceptance Testing, system validation, and on-site startup troubleshooting • Integrate hardware controls with Warehouse Control Systems and Warehouse Management Systems • Act as Tier-3 escalation point for complex electrical, mechanical, and network faults • Partner on automation capital projects from concept through commissioning, including vendor management and budget oversight • Guide and train multisite maintenance technicians and junior engineers • Comply with company policies and perform other assigned duties

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation, or a related technical field (equivalent hands-on experience will be considered) • 4+ years of experience in industrial controls engineering, including at least 2 years in high-volume distribution centers, e-commerce fulfillment, or logistics hubs • Advanced proficiency with Allen-Bradley (Studio 5000/Logix) or Siemens (TIA Portal) • Proficiency with industrial networks including EtherNet/IP, Profinet, and Modbus • Hands-on experience with barcode scanners, print-and-apply labeling systems, and automated weight/dimension check zones • Experience with Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) or Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) is preferred • Knowledge of SQL databases, Python, or scripting languages used to bridge PLC data to the cloud is preferred • Experience with Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies is preferred • Willingness/ability to travel domestically 50–60% • Ability to work standard hours of 8:00–5:00 PST • Ability to perform required computer-based and occasional physical duties, with reasonable accommodations available

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus up to 10% of base salary • Paid time off accrued bi-weekly up to 112 hours per year to start • 8 paid holidays • 1 paid family day off • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits • 401k plan with $1-for-$1 matching up to 4% of earnings, matched and vested every pay cycle • Life insurance • Short/long-term disability coverage • Paid maternity/paternity leave • Pet insurance • Remote work arrangement