Position: Controls Engineer
Work Location: Dalton, GA 30721
Duration: Full-Time/Direct hire
Shift: 8am - 5pm
Job Description
Responsible for designing, developing, programming, and maintaining advanced automated control configurations to reinforce manufacturing operations. Ensures automated floor systems operate safely, efficiently, and reliably by programming and upgrading PLCs, HMIs, robotics, and industrial networks.
Essential Job Functions & Duties:
Design, program, test, and troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, robotics, frequency drives, and industrial communication protocols.
Deliver immediate high-level technical field support for production assets to minimize operational downtime.
Partner with engineering and maintenance teams to install, commission, and validate new automated lines.
Draft and update complete electrical schematics, engineering control documents, and automation logic maps.
Investigate equipment faults via root-cause tracking and establish robust preventative maintenance guidelines.
Maintain complete compliance with national and state codes, including strict OSHA and NFPA benchmarks.
Skills & Qualifications Required:
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Automation, Mechatronics, or equivalent technical expertise.
3+ years of automated systems programming and engineering experience in a high-volume manufacturing site.
Strong capability programming major PLC architectures (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Omron, etc.) and HMI screens.
Experience setting up and troubleshooting multi-axis robotics, servo drives, and vision sensors.
Ability to read, draft, and modify industrial electrical schematics via electrical design software.