Associate Controls Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:

• 100% employee-owned with 40+ years of industry history


• A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant


• ENR Top 500 Firm 

We have 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.

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 driver’s 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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