Sr. Staff Facilities Controls Engineer

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Facilities Controls Engineer

Family Description:

Responsible for sustaining, design, installation, and project management for controls, life safety and electronic access systems to support a solar factory in New Mexico. The team operates a variety of controls systems. These systems are designed to run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year without interruption, creating a state-of-the-art manufacturing environment. Plans facilities changes for plant, office, and production equipment layouts, working toward economy of operation, maximum use of facilities and equipment, and compliance with laws and regulations. Coordinates with architecture/engineering firms in developing design criteria and preparing layout and detail drawings. Prepares bid sheets and contracts for construction and facilities acquisition. Reviews and estimates design costs including equipment, installation, labor, materials, preparation and other related costs. Inspects construction and installation progress for conformance to established drawings, specifications, and schedules. Develops criteria and performance specifications required to meet unique operating requirements and building and safety codes.

Responsibilities Include

• Controls responsibilities:
  • Controls systems include:
    • Industrial controls and instrumentation
    • Fire alarm systems
    • Public address systems
    • Life safety systems (gas/chemical detection)
    • Electrical power monitoring and controls
    • SCADA and interconnected industrial LAN network
  • Controls system management including PLC (programmable logic controller), SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), Facilities network, SCADA servers and process related temperature/humidity/pressure transmitters and flow meters etc.
  • PLC and SCADA programming and trouble shooting.
  • Collaborate with IT to maintain the servers and network.
  • Collaborate with related engineers and operations to optimize alarm descriptions, priority and etc
  • Execute projects in support of safety, reliability, quality, environmental and cost objectives.
  • Provide and support Technician and Operator training
  • Manage all Life Safety System gas sensor maintenance to include installation, repair, periodic checks, and required documentation.
  • Respond quickly to system alarms and potentially critical situations, perform rapid and accurate situational assessments and troubleshoot system components
  • Ensure all work complies with applicable codes and standards
  • Write a scope of work for bidding by a controls contractor and manage contractors
  • Develop and maintain SOP’s and SOO’s for systems

Project Management responsibilities:

• • Coordinate with contractors, suppliers, and Maxeon team(s) to complete controls scope for large capital projects to meet safety, cost and schedule goals
  • Oversee design of large-scale controls systems. Supervise third party design team to ensure design is comprehensive and completed within schedule requirements.
  • Provide construction administration and management including responding to submittals and request for information
  • Supervise third party controls programming resources to ensure code is developed and tested within schedule requirements.
  • Manage controls scope budget and financial records. This will include ownership of change notices, procurement, purchase orders and purchase order maintenance, invoice tracking and capital forecasting and capitalization
  • Provide construction administration and management within operating manufacturing facilities
  • Complete projects safely and reliably with zero impact to manufacturing operations
  • Strong communication and coordination skills to plan and execute projects seamlessly through completion
  • Direct and execute project commissioning to ensure all controls and life safety software, systems, equipment, components and infrastructure perform as designed

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree engineering, construction management, or equivalent degree
• 5 years of related experience
• Thorough understanding of PID loop tuning, Ladder/block programming, Trend Charts, Hardware Communication Concepts
• Basic knowledge of mechanical systems operations and able to learn system operations and SCADA
• Strong understanding of instruments, such as temperature, humidity, pressure, flow, RTD, transmitters; solenoid, modulating, electronic, pneumatic
• Familiarity with Life Safety Systems, gas detection technologies, and fire alarm systems
• Experience managing projects in design and construction

Preferred Qualifications

• Commitment to complete projects in support of safety, reliability, and quality objectives
• Excellent time management and priority-setting skills; ability to effectively advance multiple activities concurrently
• Should have excellent facilitation and communication skills necessary to interface with business partners, external suppliers, team members, technologists, peers, and management. Must be able to build and maintain strong, positive and lasting relationships through collaboration.
• Applicant should also have the following skills: leadership, effective communications, organizational, presentation and problem solving
• Excellent people skills including leadership and influencing others
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Independent, self-motivated and ambitious of unquestionable personal professional integrity
• Self-starter with the ability to take the initiative and drive for results

Preferred Job Skills And Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, industrial controls, automation, or equivalent engineering field
• 5 years or more experience with Solar or Semiconductor Facilities Controls Systems including PLC hardware, PLC programming and monitoring systems
• Proficient to Microsoft office software include Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and AutoCAD.
• Candidate must demonstrate strong safety leadership

Safety Compliance

Your safety is our number one priority at Maxeon. All our employees must complete regular workplace safety training and comply with our mandatory safety standards.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is Maxeon’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. Maxeon will not tolerate unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, color, national origin or ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, age, religion, disability, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by national, local, state or federal laws or regulations.