Controls Engineer

  • Full-time
  • Department: Manufacturing

Company Description

At Fortune Brands Innovations, we believe that our innovation and success are fueled by the passion of our people and the strength of our teams. Together, we work to fulfill dreams of home by aligning around common goals, being agile in the face of change, holding ourselves accountable, and acting with integrity and transparency. We succeed when everyone belongs and strive to build a Home for All where all associates can be their true, authentic selves at work. Learn more about our culture here. 

Job Description

Fiberon Decking is considered an innovative leader in the composite decking, railing, and fencing industry. This position will manage the engineering development of projects needed to support operational goals.  In our entrepreneurial culture, this role will be charged with ensuring the quality, cost, repeatability, and on time delivery of projects, processes and occasionally products.

YOUR ROLE:

  • Provide instruction in operation, set-up, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of plant electrical and control systems.
  • Identify, plan and implement electrical and control systems process improvement opportunities.
  • Optimize new systems and upgrades to existing processes and facilities.
  • Serve as primary contact for all electrical and control systems.
  • Troubleshoot and program Programmable Logic Controllers (ControlLogix and PLC5).
  • Design, maintain, and optimize Human Machine Interfaces.
  • Design, maintain, and optimize plant electrical power distribution system (includes, 4160V, 575V, and 480V)
  • Design, maintain, and optimize controls networks (DeviceNet, ControlNet, Ethernet, etc.)
  • Maintain and update documentation for the plant electrical and control systems.
  • Manage control system servers, logic controllers, software and backups.
  • System administration of the automation control system hardware, network and software.

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related degree preferred
  • 3+ years Instrumentation, Electrical, and Controls Maintenance experience in a continuous process manufacturing environment.
  • 3+ years programming experience with Allen Bradley ControlLogix and PLC 5 Platforms.
  • Knowledge and demonstrated previous use of industrial communication systems (Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Modbus, Back Net).
  • Knowledge and demonstrated previous use of the Rockwell Applications Software suite (RSLogix, RSLinx, RSNetworx, etc.)
  • Knowledge and demonstrated proficient use of AutoCad.
  • Must be able to work both independently and as a team member.

Additional Information

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN.

Equal Employment Opportunity

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. To support our efforts, we invite you to voluntarily share your gender, ethnicity, and veteran status. This information is confidential and helps us ensure an inclusive hiring process and improve our diversity initiatives.

Reasonable Accommodations

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