Job ID:  524272

Oldcastle, a CRH company, is reinventing what's possible in building solutions. We are the leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, retailers, and homeowners alike as the manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, and plastic infrastructure products. Our portfolio of brands includes Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Belgard® hardscape, Echelon® Masonry, RDI® railing, Catalyst™ Fence Solutions, Sakrete® packaged concrete, Amerimix® mortar, Pebble Technology International® pool finishes, and Techniseal® sands and sealant technologies.    

Job Summary

The Controls Engineer will work on projects to improve plant safety, capacity, efficiency, reliability, and work environment for operational employees, and provide Controls System support to operations. The Plant Controls Engineer will work closely with operations, maintenance, and other engineering disciplines at the sites in DE, NJ, NY and possibly others, as well as corporate engineering and management.

This role will provide support for four plants.

Job Location

This is an onsite role based at our Dover, DE plant.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage Capital Projects.
• Design, develop, improve and maintain control systems that can automate processes, including safety systems.
• Participate in gathering and documenting plant requirements for Controls and Automation systems through interviews, documentation analysis and Workflow Process Mapping.
• Selection and installation of hardware and development of software for control equipment and support of existing controls.
• Create input/output (I/O) count and assignments, instrument loop diagrams, instrument datasheets and sizing, instrument uninterruptible power source (UPS) load requirements lists.
• Develop, program anything that needs to be programmed for controls, optimize PLC and HMI programming, include all logic and control requirements to match all mechanical system features and specifications requirements.
• Ensuring that the control system process works safely and efficiently in accordance with specifications.
• Perform sizing calculations for inline instruments.
• Prepare electrical & line drawings. Using CAD software (EPLAN).
• Overseeing installation of equipment.
• Troubleshoot problems with processes and hardware.
• Provides technical assistance testing, maintaining and modifying existing systems as needed by the plant.
• Train and support operational and technical staff and provide documentation.
• Analyze control & electrical data and present findings.
• Understanding and ensuring compliance with relevant code & regulations and quality standards.
• Assist Manufacturing and Maintenance in the use and support of Electrical, Controls and other systems.
• Ensure project completion on-time and within budget by tracking all project activities and providing management reports showing task status on requests.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance and engineering teams.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• 3 plus years of controls experience.
• Allen Bradley Contrologix PLC Programming: Ladder, SFC, UDT, PID, AOI.
• HMI Development, OPC, Alarms and Events, Datalogging, historical data.
• VFD (Variable Frequency Device), Servo experience. 
• Manufacturing Execution System experience.
• Electrical standards and NEC/NFPA.
• Networks, and industrial networking: Ethernet/IP, Controlnet, Devicenet.
• Machine, Control panel wiring, schematics, panel layouts.
• Excellent project management and planning skills.
• Occasional after-hours call answering and holiday coverage.
• Travel approximately up to 50% of the time, depending on requirements.
• B+R PLC experience is a bonus.
• EPLAN experience is a bonus.

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

If you’re up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

Oldcastle APG, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

EOE/Vet/Disability 

CRH is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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