Controls Engineer

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

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Job Description

Fiberon Decking is considered an innovative leader in the composite decking, railing, and fencing industry. This position will manage the engineering development of projects needed to support operational goals. In our entrepreneurial culture, this role will be charged with ensuring the quality, cost, repeatability, and on time delivery of projects, processes and occasionally products.

YOUR ROLE:

• Provide instruction in operation, set-up, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of plant electrical and control systems.
• Identify, plan and implement electrical and control systems process improvement opportunities.
• Optimize new systems and upgrades to existing processes and facilities.
• Serve as primary contact for all electrical and control systems.
• Troubleshoot and program Programmable Logic Controllers (ControlLogix and PLC5).
• Design, maintain, and optimize Human Machine Interfaces.
• Design, maintain, and optimize plant electrical power distribution system (includes, 4160V, 575V, and 480V)
• Design, maintain, and optimize controls networks (DeviceNet, ControlNet, Ethernet, etc.)
• Maintain and update documentation for the plant electrical and control systems.
• Manage control system servers, logic controllers, software and backups.
• System administration of the automation control system hardware, network and software.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related degree preferred
• 3+ years Instrumentation, Electrical, and Controls Maintenance experience in a continuous process manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years programming experience with Allen Bradley ControlLogix and PLC 5 Platforms.
• Knowledge and demonstrated previous use of industrial communication systems (Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Modbus, Back Net).
• Knowledge and demonstrated previous use of the Rockwell Applications Software suite (RSLogix, RSLinx, RSNetworx, etc.)
• Knowledge and demonstrated proficient use of AutoCad.
• Must be able to work both independently and as a team member.

Additional Information

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $71,000 USD - $107,800 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN.

Equal Employment Opportunity

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. To support our efforts, we invite you to voluntarily share your gender, ethnicity, and veteran status. This information is confidential and helps us ensure an inclusive hiring process and improve our diversity initiatives.

Reasonable Accommodations

FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.