Senior Controls Engineer (Allen Bradley PLC’s and Studio 5000)

Role: Senior Controls Engineer

Blue Ash, OH or Remote

• Controls Engineer Skills:
• One needs experience programming PLCs to support Material Handling Equipment (i.e., conveyors, sorters, automated storage and retrieval systems, order picking technologies, and print/apply and weighing systems) operations within a distribution center. Also understanding equipment requirements, business and customer requirements that drive the design of the technical solutions.
• It’s definitely not general material handling or general warehouse distribution knowledge. One must use Ladder Logic Programming skills to develop PLC software for complex machines and systems via communications interface to external systems such as servers, scanners, scales, etc.
• The Senior Controls Engineer & Mid-Controls Engineer level program all the time. When they are in the office creating programs for a project, it is strictly all programming. When they are at the job site commissioning the system, it is a mix of troubleshooting and changing the programs as necessary. They do need to know how to program from scratch. We exclusively use Allen Bradley (Rockwell) PLC’s and Studio 5000 software.

• MAS provides server-based software and electrical controls to manage & control automated distribution systems for the warehousing industry. Utilizing conveyor systems along with other automation hardware, MAS provides solutions which optimize unloading, receipt of product, flow, storage, retrieval, picking, sorting, order processing, packaging, labeling and shipment of inventory—then properly integrate those processes to customer’s computer systems (WMS, WES, ERP, etc.).
• These solutions are utilized by numerous major retailers through the United States for their store and direct to consumer (.com) order fulfillment. Some clients include Macy’s, Ebay, Gap, GEODIS, Hot Topic, Limited Brands (Bath and Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, etc.), DSW Shoes, Skechers, Costco, Cabberras, etc.
• Engineers need experience programming PLCs to support Material Handling Equipment (i.e., conveyors, sorters, automated storage and retrieval systems, order picking technologies, and print/apply and weighing systems) operations within a distribution center. Also understanding equipment requirements, business and customer requirements that drive the design of the technical solutions.