Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, is looking for a Process Controls Engineer with a strong background in automation and DCS operations. This position is located at our Clearing, ILmanufacturing facility. Clearing is the flagship manufacturing plant for Nalco Water, leading efforts in quality, water sustainability, and production. The successful Process Controls Engineer will be the primary leader in these areas, driving automation at the plant, increasing our digital and IoT capabilities, supporting and troubleshooting the current SCADA systems, and broadening our SPC capabilities. This unique position is a perfect opportunity to lead a growing team at a World Class Facility.
What You Will Do:
Oversee and maintain all plant DCS/PLC networks, including the architecture, PLC logic programming, and HMI operator interface for production
Provideengineering/technicalsupport to manufacturing and maintenance operations in the troubleshooting, rebuilding and repair of electrical equipment and automated systems
Streamline and maintain cybersecurity of internal process control networks with Corporate IT.
Identify and implement new control instrumentation and equipment
Lead and facilitate automation projects for continuous improvement of manufacturing operations through the design, selection, and installation of new equipment/systems as well as improvement of existing systems
Create and maintain documentation of controls equipment and systems
Facilitate implementation of process visualization software and integration with current control systems
Implement DCS/PLC upgrades as needed
Interface and troubleshoot various PLC instrumentation with new and legacy control systems
Familiar with multiple Control Systems' hardware & software (i.e. Delta-V, Rockwell, Siemens, Wonderware, etc.)
Installation of various system monitoring capabilities
Build out IoT capabilities across the plant
Support efforts to develop SPC capabilities
Aid in driving best practices for automation across the plant network
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
5 years of experience in a commercial manufacturing environment
Experience with MS Office suite
No immigration sponsorship available for this role
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related field
5 years of experience in complex manufacturing environment
1 year DCS or industrial process control experience including PLC and HMI programming
Strong communicator and collaborator with experience working across multiple functions
Experienced with legacy control systems migration
Successfully managed multifunctional project teams
Familiarity and expertise with TPM a plus
Expertise with multiple PLC programming languages & HMI interfaces
Benefits
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