Associate Controls Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering has an Associate Controls Engineer opportunity available in Boise, ID. This person will deliver process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc.

Please Note: This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization, including H-1B sponsorship. The Company does not participate in the STEM OPT training program for this position.

Technical

- Deliver process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc.

- Learn, follow, and seek to streamline/improve project execution tools, standards and techniques

- Follows guidance from lead engineer to provide process Control System software/hardware design, development and startup.

- Prepare supporting project documenting (examples include user requirements, architecture, control narratives, cause & effect diagrams, test plans, user training, etc.

- Routinely test your work to ensure quality, accuracy, safety and alignment to project requirements

Project Management

- Provide status reporting to your project manager regarding activities/deliverables progress-to-date, hours estimate-to-complete, needs/obstacles to meeting project schedule, etc.

- Identifies potential roadblocks to completing tasks efficiently and on schedule

- Provide input to project risks, best practice, lessons learned, etc. related to your project activities

- Address customer requests and evaluate them versus the defined scope of assigned projects

- Actively participate in internal and customer meetings

Sales and Business Development

- Identify opportunities to build relationships with client members of their assigned projects

- Provide input to proposals and estimates

- Seek to understand customer needs such that WM may offer additional scope and/or services

Business Operations

- Create personal goals that support the goals of your assigned projects as well as the goals our Business Unit

- Demonstrate ability in engineering economics, entrepreneurialism, risk management, and financial accountability

- Willing to collaborate and share knowledge with coworkers

- Communicate (verbally and in writing) with clarity and professionalism

- Focus on efficiency and continuous improvement

- Personal accountability and integrity

Minimum Requirements

Education BS Degree in Engineering (preference for Electrical/Controls, Chemical or Mechanical).

General

- Strong leadership and client relation skills

- Exceptional verbal and written ability with the aptitude to communicate professionally with clients and project leadership

- Good engineering and good documentation practice. Experience (or willingness) using collaboration tools (such as SharePoint) to work effectively within remote teams

Required Experience

- 2 - 5+ years of hands-on Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 experience

- Proficiency with CFC and SFC engineering in the PCS 7 environment

- Experience with AS 410/S7-400H high-availability (redundant) controllers

- Working knowledge of PROFIBUS PA/DP, PROFINET, and redundant industrial networks

- Experience with PCS 7 OS/WinCC operator systems

- Solid grasp of process instrumentation, control loops, and P&ID/loop-diagram interpretation

- Strong, methodical troubleshooting under live-process conditions

- Computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word

Additional Experience (preferred but not required)

- Network design, troubleshooting and ability to maintain/modify a virtualized environment

- SIMATIC PDM, SIMATIC BATCH, or SIMATIC Route Control experience

- Functional safety with S7 F-Systems/Safety Matrix

- Controller migration experience (e.g., legacy AS 400 to AS 410-5H)

- Industry-specific experience — chemical, pharmaceutical (GMP/21 CFR Part 11), oil & gas, power, water/wastewater , semi-conductor

- Siemens PCS 7 training or certifications

Physical Demands of Position Ability to travel up to 25%. Seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving (valid drivers license required), lifting, climbing, ability to mount and dismount equipment, pushing and pulling.

Working Environment Standard office environment, On-site office environment, and diverse industrial environments including chemical and biological manufacturing environments. Frequent PC usage including collaboration tools for project execution.

*Job Descriptions are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.

Wunderlich-Malec is proud to offer a comprehensive employee-owner benefit package. Full-time employees may be eligible for the following benefits: Medical Dental Vision Basic and Supplemental Life and AD&D Long Term Disability Voluntary Short Term Disability Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Health Savings Account Paid Time Off (PTO) Paid Holidays Tuition Reimbursement Referral Bonus Program 401(k)/Profit Sharing 100% ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Employee Assistance Program Will Preparation Resources Worldwide Travel Assistance

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