Controls Design Engineer - Kele Companies
Charlotte, NC 28202
About the Job
AC Controls (a Kele Company)has been providing superior products and services since 1960 for process and combustion applications, offering systems integration services, combustion & process control systems, and distribution of industrial instrumentation, controls, and valves to the process and power industries in the southeast.
We are in search of a Controls Design Engineer with demonstrated experience designing process control systems. This position will be part of our Controls Engineering teamand will coordinate closely with our other Controls Engineers and Project Managers to generate process control system designs to meet our project and sales goals. The Controls Design Engineer will also be responsible for periodically generating detailed mechanical fabrication drawings for small, machined parts to support the AC Controls valve assembly department.
This position will be based in our Concord, NC office, but we will consider applicants for remote work if currently located in the Carolinas and able to occasionally travel to our Concord, NC office.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Creating designs for process control systems including boilers, industrial furnaces, kilns, and other combustion related systems.
- Review project specifications and documents to develop design criteria including:
- System power requirements
- System PLC IO (input and output) lists
- System hardware (PLC hardware, DC power supplies, network switches, miscellaneous control panel hardware)
- Translating design specifications and documents into AutoCAD drawings, to include:
- Creating electrical ladder diagrams
- Creating PLC input and output module wiring diagrams
- Creating enclosure and enclosure subpanel layouts with sufficient detail to facilitate fabrication and assembly of the control panel
- Selecting and recommending instrumentation for process controls, including:
- Pressure Transmitters
- Temperature Transmitter
- Flowmeters
- Control Valves
- Performing process system reviews and occasionally traveling for site assessments and project support
- Supporting project cost estimation and quoting to the sales team
- Providing technical support to the UL508A panel shop
- Providing technical support to the valve assembly shop
- Assisting in completing Factory Acceptance Tests of finished control panels prior to shipment
- Other duties as assigned
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum of five years of related work experience
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering preferred. Two-year technical degree or associate's degree with additional experience will be considered.
- Demonstrated experience with process control systems. Combustion experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience with generating electrical ladder diagrams, PLC wiring diagrams, and control panel layout diagrams
- Demonstrated experience generating detailed mechanical fabrication drawings
- Demonstrated knowledge of AutoCAD software
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, and Outlook; ability to learn and use company software
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to include the ability to listen effectively, discuss technical requirements with the Controls Engineering Group, Sales, and Customers, and solicit input from others
- Ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast paced, hyper-growth environment.
Kele Companies offers all full-time associates the following benefits and perks:
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- HSA
- FSA (medical and dependent care)
- 401(k) with employer match up to 4% with immediate vesting
- Employer-paid short- and long-term disability coverage
- Employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance; supplemental life for employees and dependents available
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
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