Controls Engineering Supervisor

Position Description:
Responsible for leading and managing Controls Engineers and Technicians, with indirect leadership of Process Engineering and Maintenance. The objective is to deliver continuous improvement for safety, cost, capability, and systems through the application of innovative technologies and rigorous engineering principles. Initiate and drive improvement projects for existing and new processes to achieve desired manufacturing performance relative to safety, quality and cost.

Key Responsibilities:

•    Manage the controls team to ensure projects, deliverables, and metrics are completed on time and in accordance with business needs.
•    Work with Process Engineering and Maintenance to ensure common objectives and timelines
•    Manage capital forecasting for projects including capacity expansion, capability improvements, and obsolescence. 
•    Drive the standardization of PLC coding, electrical schematics, and sharing of best practices.
•    Establish standards for components such as motors, drives, and sensors.
•    Create and modify Allen Bradley PLC programs for our fiber optic cable production plant.
•    Design and implement new control systems projects.
•    Lead projects as required by the business to ensure direct leadership oversight.
•    Implement robust, cost-effective automation, and process machine control systems.
•    Interface with external system integrators to successfully deliver fully integrated process equipment systems to Corning’s facility. 
•    Mentor people who are learning controls fundamentals in Maintenance.

Work Hours and Schedule:

•    Nominal working hours are M – F, 8 AM – 5 PM.
•    Informal 24/7 coverage for ad-hoc call-in support (3rd Level Subject Matter Expert).

Travel:  less than 1%

Educations and Experience:
•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 5+ years manufacturing experience working with PLCs / HMIs / VFDs controlling process and automation equipment 
•    Experience guiding and influencing others. This can be direct supervision or indirect situations.

Required Skills:
•    Leadership of people and ability to influence others.
•    Must have experience in programming of Allen Bradley ControlLogix v26 systems or higher and the ability to generate, debug and modify PLC code – ladder logic, structured text and function block diagram. 
•    Must be able to generate and interpret electrical drawings using AutoCAD Electrical 2025 for systems design including control panel layouts, component documentation, and schematics. Prepare initial CAD design layouts of both complete electrical controls systems and control sub-sections. Review electrical drawing packages for conformance to Corning standards.
•    Must have the ability to reach fundamental understanding of process issues utilizing sound troubleshooting skills.
•    Must have experience in programming of HMI / SCADA systems programming in a plant environment including higher level communications protocols. 
•    Strong fundamental understanding of electrical design practices, machine/motion control systems, electro-mechanical systems, VFD and Servo programming, communication protocols, and practical application.
•    Ensure proactive safety measures for all equipment and processes.  Seeks to identify and correct potential safety or environmental issues using NEC, NFPA, and other pertinent safety codes. Ensure safety procedures, such as Lock-Out Tag-Out, are always followed .
•    Capable of executing project assignments, in a team-based environment, with minimal supervision.
•    Thoroughly carry out assignments to completion. 

 Desired Skills: 
•    Entrepreneurial (able to conceive and design a control system never demonstrated).
•    Visionary (understands the big picture and can project this view).
•    Knowledge of legacy controls equipment, networks, and software.
•    Experience with the OSI PI (historian) interface. 
•    Beckhoff PLC experience.
•    Strong written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.