Sr Controls Engineer - Altavista, VA

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

• Provide technical leadership on design, development, implementation, optimization, validation, and troubleshooting of packaging and wet processing equipment

• PLC programming in Delta-V, Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and CompactLogix platforms
• HMI/SCADA programming in FactoryTalk View SE/ME, Ignition, iFix
• Temperature / pressure / level / conductivity / PH / vibration instrumentation, sensors, and other field I/O devices
• Manufacturing networks and electrical MCCs and PDUs

• Preparing cost estimates, bid packages and outlining equipment specifications
• Participating in the design of P&ID diagrams and electrical schematics
• Developing validation and commissioning protocols and executing factory and site acceptance tests for constructed equipment or systems
• Provide post-startup support for constructed equipment and systems
• Review equipment and instrument specifications, construction drawings, plant layout, vendor proposals and provide feedback on needed changes

• A Bachelors Degree in Engineering or closely related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience, applying engineering knowledge, problem solving, and ingenuity to complete assignments related to process/manufacturing systems.
• Experience in validated processes and systems
• Systems troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis experience

• Experience working in an FDA/USDA regulated facility
• Demonstrated technical experience preferably with fillers, seamers, cappers, primary equipment (depalletizers, unscramblers, air rinsers), secondary equipment (labelers, conveyors, coders, vision systems, rejection systems, casepackers), wet processing equipment (mixers, homogenizers, heat exchangers, CIP systems) and tertiary equipment (palletizers, stretch wrappers
• Experience in project management including budget and scope management
• Strong communication skills including managing internal/external stakeholders
• Experience in managing engineering firms, suppliers, and contractors

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