About this role
CBTS is seeking a Controls Engineer to support Material Handling Equipment operations within a distribution center. The role requires programming PLCs and developing software for complex machines, as well as troubleshooting and commissioning systems.
Responsibilities:
- 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
Requirements:
- Experience programming PLCs to support Material Handling Equipment operations within a distribution center
- Understanding equipment requirements, business and customer requirements that drive the design of the technical solutions
- Ladder Logic Programming skills to develop PLC software for complex machines and systems
- Experience with communications interface to external systems such as servers, scanners, scales, etc
- Ability to program from scratch
- Experience with Allen Bradley (Rockwell) PLC's and Studio 5000 software