Controls Engineer

About Us :

Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, USA, Afinitas is the global market leader for pipe and precast concrete equipment, forming systems and concrete accessories used to build the world's critical transportation, water and utility infrastructure systems. Afinitas is known for the innovative technologies and services it provides through its trusted HawkeyePedershaab, BFS, New Hampton Metal Fab and other well-known brands, which customers have relied upon for decades. Afinitas is a part of BW Forsyth Partners, LLC, the investment arm of Barry-Wehmiller, a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief : to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description : OVERVIEW

The Controls Engineer will be responsible for designing and maintaining control system programs for our Equipment and Automation (E&A) machinery, ensuring all developments are fully documented and in a standard format. This position will require frequent interaction with our customers and service technicians.

The Controls Engineer will be involved in the servicing of existing machinery both remotely via telephone and onsite at our Customers facilities, including troubleshooting hydraulic and electrical control systems.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop and implement control systems for our new equipment and upgrades to installed equipment.
• Troubleshoot and debug new and existing software to ensure optimal performance and improve efficiency or quality of operations.
• Use engineering skills and knowledge to assist customer with control systems problems for both remote and on-site technical support to customer and service technicians.
• Build and maintain a technical knowledge base by creating, maintaining and updating technical documents / procedures.
• Logging development processes, code changes, and technical specifications for future reference.
• Anticipate potential problems and provide solutions; detect unusual problems and promptly report to supervisor.
• Collaborate with other departments to resolve technical / logistical issues. Gather relevant information to ensure smooth transitions to other departments.
• Participate on team to analyze control system malfunctions; make recommendations that will improve efficiency or quality of operations.
• Participate in the set-up and commissioning of new facilities or upgrading of existing facilities.
• Provide guidance in the production of system operation manuals and diagnostic aids.
• Work closely with the engineering and product development teams to communicate client feedback and contribute to product improvement.
• Stay up to date on latest developments in system architectures, that could be implemented as parts of machine control systems.

QUALIFICATIONS & ABILITIES

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This is an office position associated with a manufacturing facility, with travel to customer plants. The employee must be able to correctly wear and use any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required by the employer when in manufacturing areas.

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Company : Afinitas

About Us

Throughout Barry-Wehmiller, we hold ourselves to a unique measure of success : by the way we touch the lives of people. It's that vision that drives us in creating world-class experiences and solutions for our customers and unites us around our common goal—to use the power of our business to build a better world.

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