Controls and Automation Engineer

Experience : This position requires a minimum 10 years of relevant industrial experience in controls and automation engineering

The right people in the right place at the right time® starts with you. As a leading system integrator, Hargrove Controls + Automation has built a solid reputation by providing clients with solutions to the challenges they face.

We recognize the success of our client relationships is directly connected to the quality and satisfaction of our Teammates.

As such, we foster a company culture that emphasizes safety, personal integrity, trust, and a "team mentality". We work to ensure each person understands the value of their contributions both on a project and company-wide level.

Projects with our diverse client base present exciting, challenging, innovative, and meaningful work where our teammates can reach their goals and find fulfillment in their achievements.

We provide multiple modes of service to our clients through onsite support arrangements, plant-level small projects and consulting roles, and larger capital projects.

Multiple career development paths are offered, and we encourage teammates to pursue the path that is right for them. If you are looking for a rewarding career in an employee-owned company, you will find it with Hargrove.

We are looking for an ambitious, positive, high-energy automation technical consultant to join our team. This is a hands-on technical role that specializes in Honeywell Experion networking, configuration and development for the Pulp and Paper industry.

Key Responsibilities and Duties :

• Producing estimate level designs and material take-offs suitable for the level of the estimate being performed on a project.
• Producing detail design calculations and sketches for equipment associated with the project. Calculations produced will be expertly prepared and organized for efficient checking by others and efficient use by drafters / designers for preparing drawings and as deliverable when required.
• Producing estimate level preliminary designs and equipment lists suitable for the level of the estimate being performed on a
• Configure and develop Honeywell Experion system applications per project specifications.
• Develop Honeywell Experion programming that will allow plant operations to control process manufacturing equipment
• Work in a team environment with engineers and specialists from Hargrove and our clients
• Lead multiple controls + automation project teams simultaneously, with focus on project execution, quality, budget, and schedule

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Ability to plan and execute all tasks safely and with a high level of professional integrity
• Strong teamwork skills
• Commitment to deliver superior quality work products with innovative solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with familiarity in developing technical reports and documents with a high attention to detail
• Willingness to accept new opportunities for growth and development
• Computer programming and debugging skills with specific emphasis on Function Block Diagrams (FBD) and Sequential Control Modules (SCM)
• Extensive knowledge of Honeywell Experion networking, system architectural requirements, design, and configuration
• Extensive knowledge of Honeywell Experion platform, to include both virtualized and physical environments
• Ability to build / install and configure Honeywell Experion control system including servers, flex stations, console stations, Control Builder and HMI Web Display Builder.

Requirements :

• BS Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology (Significant experience can replace degree requirement)
• 10+ years of developing and implementing Honeywell Experion including networking, HMIWeb graphics, control modules, sequential control modules, serial interfaces, and various bus IO
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% to a variety of industrial locations

Preferred :

• 15+ years of developing and implementing Honeywell Experion including networking, HMIWeb graphics, control modules, sequential control modules, serial interfaces, and various bus IO
• Pulp and Paper process knowledge including recovery boilers, evaporators, lime kilns, continuous and batch digesters, brown stock washers, bleach plants and paper machines

Hargrove Controls + Automation is an ESOP company with a market competitive benefits package to include potential comp time flexibility.

We also work with teammates on a case-by-case basis to address flexible work hour needs.

Hargrove Controls + Automation is an EEO / Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.