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Relocation assistance will be provided.\nThe expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 a year.\nPlease note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.\nWhat you’ll do:\nThe Senior Controls Engineer is responsible for supporting plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining robust testing and assembly processes. The Senior Controls Engineer will actively participate and support the design, development, fabrication, validation, installation, and troubleshooting of production equipment and programs.\nIn this role you will:\nProvide guidelines for the design and selection of test equipment, Developing testing protocols, test data collection programs and best practices.\nSupport, service, and trouble shoot controls for production equipment, test equipment, and electrical systems within the plant.\nDevelop test equipment specifications ensuring compliance with electrical safe work practices and OSHA requirements. Identify and remediate potential safety hazards.\nDeveloping interfaces between SQL databases and production systems.\nEnforce safety expectations, document, and communicate hazards and unsafe conditions to ensure a zero-incident culture and product conformance to electrical safety and quality standards.\nCollaborate with manufacturing, MESH, manufacturing engineering, quality, product design engineering, suppliers, and customers as needed.\nPerforms root cause and failure analysis, applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\nGuide the capital equipment selection process and develop Capital Appropriation Requests (CARS) for new products or process initiatives.\nActively participate in assessment processes within the manufacturing environment, potentially as a category lead or champion.\nLead/co-lead cost-out initiatives and promotes culture of continuous improvement. Collaborates cross functionally using Lean and Six Sigma tools to solve manufacturing problems.\nLeverages advanced technology to improve the effectiveness of information systems for controls.\nSeeks opportunities to eliminate waste associated with the flow of factory floor test information. Leads/co-leads projects, develop goals, budgets, and work breakdown structures.\nExecute sustained change management within manufacturing operations, utilizing change management techniques such as ADKAR to drive and sustain improvements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field from an accredited institution.\nFive (5) years of Controls/Test engineering experience.\nThree (3) years of experience with PLC and HMI programming, and an understanding of safety systems design.\nRelocation assistance will be provided for candidates that reside outside a 50-mile radius of Jonesville, SC\nPreferred Qualifications:\nThree (3) years of experience with programming software such as Visual Basic/Studio, SQL, and other Microsoft applications.\nOne (1) year of experience with problem-solving methodologies such as thought maps, 8D, root cause analysis, PFMEA, control charts, Pareto charts, and A3s.\nExperience with Rockwell Software (RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5000, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk SE).\nExperience with NI LabVIEW and NI TestStand.\nExperience with Ignition (SCADA).\nBasic knowledge of project management principles, possibly through coursework or internships.\nExperience in electrical testing procedures and protocols.\nFundamental knowledge of electrical equipment at component and integrated system levels.\nDemonstrated ability to interpret regulation and standards, and implementing Electrical Safe Work practices such NFPA 70E.\nDemonstrated ability to interpret and trouble shoot electrical control, protection, instrumentation, and metering schematics and wiring diagrams.\nExperience supporting Engineered to Order (ETO) manufacturing plant.\nProject management experience (PROLaunch).\nGB (green belt) or BB (black belt) certified.\nDemonstrated ability to work with little direction and effectively operate in a team-oriented environment.\nAbility to assist manufacturing operations and product designers/engineering personnel to resolve electrical design and build production issues.\nAbility to interpret, suggest and resolve equipment or installation issues with multiple and varied electrical contractors.\nWe are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.\nEaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.\nYou do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.\nTo request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.\nWe know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. 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