Location: US, Sandy run
Package: Competitive with benefits
Employment Requirements: Due to local restrictions, applications will only be considered from candidates who already hold a permanent right to work in the location stated above

Controls Engineer

As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of collagen products for the food industry supplying high quality edible films and coatings​ to over 1,000 customers in more than 100 countries, our teams are the most important driver of our continued success.

You will be familiar with our product ranges which are primarily used by customers in the production of sausage and meat products, however, our aspirations reach way beyond our current products and services, and appeal to our natural curiosity to improve what we do.

About the role: 

• Manage Facility Control Systems (DCS) including networking and infrastructure.  
• Design Manufacturing Automation and Process Control Systems, including software and graphical (HMI) solutions. 
• Maintain all manufacturing controls infrastructure, including networks, hardware software and improvements / changes. 
• Solve day to day production and maintenance issues, as necessary. Typical examples can be control system issues that maintenance cannot resolve or operations requiring a process change that moves our process controls outside the current boundaries.  
• Improve the security of our currently installed base system and plan for future upgrades to keep our systems as current as practically possible. 

About you: 

• Experience: 10+ Years of Factory Automation systems design, including networking, software design and creation, HMI systems implementation and support. 10+ years in a continuous manufacturing environment, preferably food or drink manufacturing, supporting and leading manufacturing and maintenance activities. Experienced in Hardened Industrial Ethernet networking on large scale implementations (1,000+ devices). Experienced in managing and dealing with specialist consultants, technicians and contractors. 
• Skills: Minimum BSEE, preferably Master’s level education. Needs to be extremely creative, flexible self-motivated. 
• Knowledge: Rockwell Automation Plant PAX system. Emerson DeltaV DCS system. Knowledgeable of all applicable local and International Electrical Codes. (NFPA, IEEE etc.) 

We are committed to the pursuit of better. The constant pursuit of what’s next, what’s needed, what’s possible now, and in the future.  And we want you to grow with us – ignite your curiosity and your commitment to your career with us.

We are searching for Controls Engineer within our engineering team.  We know you share our Purpose and Values, so if you feel that you have experience and skills we need, please see below for more details.

What next?

If this sounds like a role that you would be interested in, then we would love to hear from you.  To apply, please e-mail a copy of your CV, along with a cover letter explaining the key attributes that you could bring to the role. We would also recommend you speak with your manager to discuss your interest in this role.

Email address for applications: susan.laukat@devro.com

*Please note, closing dates are subject to change and, at times of high volume of applications, this may be brought forward.

Important to us:

We believe it takes diversity of thought, culture, background, and perspective to create a truly innovative company. If you require any adjustments to be able to pursue an application with us, please let our Recruitment team know.  

Information Security is paramount at Devro, so your application will be processed and stored in line with our data protection policies.