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Engineer - Controls
Job description
At Sierra Pacific Industries, we understand our greatest strength is the people who choose to build a career with us. We are a fourth-generation family-owned company that has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the United States. Our more than 6,000 employees are proud to work at our state-of-the-art sawmills and other facilities, including: manufacturing, custom wood-framed windows, fabrication, millwork, veneer, cogeneration, trucking, forestry, and other operations.
Currently, we are seeking a qualified Controls Engineer to work collaboratively with our fabrication shop in Shelton, Washington.About the Position
- Program and tune multiple axis of motion control
- Program and debug PLCs and HMIs
- Design control systems used in high-performance machinery
- Plan and coordinate new equipment installations
- Supervise installation and optimization of machinery
- Identify and implement process improvements
- Administer modifications of existing PLC programs in conjunction with mill personnel
- Efficiently manage multiple projects and processes across a large scope of work, simultaneously gauging task priority
- Train personnel in maintenance and operation of equipment
- Some overnight travel to divisions within California and Washington
- Provide phone support for division technicians for troubleshooting
Qualifications
- Related Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience
- Strong working knowledge of motion controllers, PLCs, servo systems, and HMIs
- Experience with servo and hydraulic motion control and tuning preferred
- Experience with Allen Bradley Control Logix and Kinetix systems preferred
- Machine vision experience a plus
- Ability to manage time and priorities under demanding circumstances
- Excellent communication, listening, and reasoning skills
- AutoCAD proficiency a plus
- Strong math skills
Why Join Our Team?
Because this is more than an invitation, it's a commitment to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth to everyone! We ask people to grow with us and make the company even better.We provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance.
About the company
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Our Story
GROW WITH US Sierra Pacific Industries started in 1949 with one sawmill in Humboldt, CA. Today - with over 6000 crew members - we are one of the largest U.S. lumber and millwork producers, manufacture windows, and generate renewable biomass energy. SPI owns and sustainably manages over 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon and Washington. We are growing forests for our future, planting over 10 million new trees every year. Our forests are sustainably managed by a team of foresters, wildlife biologists, botanists & other professionals. Our advanced manufacturing processes allow us to utilize nearly 100% of every piece of wood we bring to our mills. We produce lumber, millwork, and landscaping material. Any leftover woody material is converted into electricity in our eight biomass-fueled power plants. Our Sierra Pacific Windows division crafts windows and doors from select wood species grown and harvested in our own forests. We are the only window company that oversees our products from the moment the tree seedlings are planted until our beautiful wood windows are produced and delivered. We’re one of the largest window companies in the world. with more than 600 dealers and distributors with sales in 30 countries around the world. Sierra Pacific is a company where our crew members are proud to work at state-of-the-art facilities and others strive to become part of the team. WHY JOIN OUR TEAM? In addition to paid vacation and 10 paid holidays, we provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance. Every year since 1979, the Sierra Pacific Foundation has provided an average of $500,000 in scholarships to help the children of our crew members with education expenses.