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Purvis Industries · 9 hours ago

Sr. Controls Engineer

Fort Worth, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Foresight Automation, a division of Purvis Industries, is looking to hire a Sr. Controls / Automation Engineer for their Fort Worth location. The role involves designing custom automated industrial machinery and control systems while working closely with sales teams and customers to meet project specifications and requirements.

Industrial EngineeringMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingMechanical EngineeringSales

Responsibilities

Participate in the pre-sales effort by working directly with sales team and customers to identify scope of work, technical requirements, technical and commercial risks, schedule expectations, resource requirements, etc. This may include phone calls, emails, video conferences and spending time at customer sites for job walks, in-person meetings, presentations, equipment/process reviews, etc

Study detailed specification documents and drawings to understand project requirements

Use your knowledge of commercially available hardware and software to research, evaluate, select and apply a wide variety of industrial control system components

Develop initial control system design concepts

Design control systems according to customer requirements while taking into consideration multiple competing constraints such as cost, time, component availability, physical space, labor availability and skill, uptime and reliability requirements, performance requirements, etc

Design control system safety circuits according to application need and current standards

Create bills of material for your designs including engineering and assembly labor time estimates

Use AutoCAD Electrical to create enclosure and Backpanel layouts, schematics, wiring diagrams, network diagrams, conduit schedules, etc

Provide guidance to panel shop assemblers as they construct your project. Promptly address and resolve any issues that arise. Keep drawing changes up to date

Perform in-house final testing before delivery. Participate in factory acceptance testing when needed

Occasionally provide installation, start-up, and technical support at a customer site

Be a leader within our electrical design team by mentoring other employees, providing solid engineering advice and guidance based on your experience, helping to set work standards, etc

Qualification

PLC programmingAutoCAD ElectricalHMI programmingElectrical control systems designElectrical systems troubleshootingSafety systemsCommunication skillsMultitaskingWindows applicationsWork ethicAttention to detailTime managementTeam leadership