Controls Engineer

Great opportunity for a Controls Engineer to work for a world leader in Fiber (Pulp) manufacturing located just outside of McDonough, GA.
Our client is a leading building products manufacturer looking for a Controls Engineer to support the implementation of new capital deployment, reliability engineering and capital improvements to existing assets.
Responsibilities Review, analyze, and improve existing operations and maintenance processes to improve capital reliability and lifespan, while decreasing downtime, maintenance, and parts replacement costs, through the development of capital projectsResearch, evaluate, and propose capital improvements, modifications and upgrades, and replacements where appropriate.Evaluate and procure new and used equipment and systems upgrades as necessary, sourcing outside vendors as necessary.Lead development of new process equipment design, working with 3rd party suppliers, to achieve business growth objectives.Drive business results, manufacturing improvements, throughput increase, scrap reduction, overall COGS reduction, and enhanced safety.Responsible for evaluating and recommending new technologies to support new and existing product lines. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering OR equivalent combination work experience including machinery development, procurement, production process engineering, and/or project engineeringExperience in controls engineering for manufacturing.Hands-on controls and electrical Software (AutoCAD, PLC software/hardware) experienceHand-on experience with Robots, Drives(VFD, Servo), PLC, I/O, Instrumentation (Cameras, Scales, Sensors, Transducers, etc.)