Industrial Controls Specialist

Armstrong World Industries

Macon, GA

Pay: $90,000-$137,260/yr

Shift: Full time

**Primary location:** Macon, Georgia

**Relocation offered:** Yes

**Employment status:** Full-Time

**Travel:** <10%

**Non-compete:** No

The estimated base salary range for this role is “$90,000 to $110,000” per year.

Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors

**What does it mean to work at Armstrong?**

It means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and your colleagues across the company.

By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to make the most of your potential. Alongside a competitive remuneration package, you will receive:

A benefits package including: medical, dental, prescription drug, life insurance, 401k match, long-term disability coverage, vacation and sick time, and many more.

Personal development to grow your career with us based on your strengths and interests.

A working culture that balances individual achievement with teamwork and collaboration. We draw on each other's strengths and allow for different work styles to build engagement and satisfaction to deliver results.

The Industrial Controls Specialist supports the plant by providing hands-on technical support and owning the control systems for the plant.

**What’s in it for you?**

• Lead cutting-edge PLC, HMI, and SCADA upgrades to modernize plant control systems.
• Own full-cycle automation projects with the ability to directly impact manufacturing efficiency and reliability.
• Collaborate closely with production teams while enjoying low travel demands and strong technical autonomy.

**What does an Industrial Controls Specialist do?**

• Software programming and hardware upgrades to all site control systems including PLC, instrumentation, drives, Scada & HMI systems to replace obsolete equipment, improve performance and drive down total cost of ownership.
• Proactively provide control & instrumentation assistance to the manufacturing team in terms of equipment, maintenance, and production processes and systems.
• Proactively identify and resolve common cause and special cause issues that impact plant reliability and performance.
• Investigate manufacturing problems and recommend corrective actions. This includes consulting with production personnel, analyzing the supporting data, recommending corrective actions, and following through on recommendations to evaluate their effectiveness.
• Develop detailed designs, specifications, and budgetary capital estimates for control system projects. Participate in any acceptance testing and commissioning activities.
• Execute capital projects, ensuring cost, schedule, and performance goals are met or exceeded. This may vary from owning portions of a project to sole ownership of a project.
• Responsible for ensuring local craftsmen are trained on new and existing control systems throughout the plant by either delivering training personally or coordinating the requirements.
• Participating in Lean efforts, such as kaizen events, where an emphasis is placed on creativity before capital investment.
• Provide leadership and technical support regarding machinery safety systems, in particular the safety related parts of the control system. (Design, Verification, Modification, Fault fining on Interlocked guarding, safe torque off, safe speed etc.)

**Required Qualifications**

• Degree in Controls related field (Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics etc.) or relevant experience
• Minimum of 5 - 10 years controls experience in a manufacturing environment.
• PLC and HMI programming experience with Rockwell suite of products.
• Experience with Wonderware application programming and support.
• Rockwell RSLogix 5, 500, 5000 Logix designer PLC software
• Rockwell FactoryTalk Studio software
• AB PLC 5, Micrologix, Compactlogix and ControlLogix PLCs
• Panelview and Panelview Plus series HMI's
• Motor control including variable speed drives and soft starts
• Servo Drives
• DH+, DeviceNet, and Ethernet communications
• Mixing and Batching operations
• Vision Systems
• Wonderware suite of programs (Data Historian, InTouch, Archestra, system platform)
• Robotic control systems

**What will make you successful?**

• Demonstrated Project Management skills.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation)

**What will make you stand out?**

Knowledge of the below systems/ software:

• Database systems, i.e. SQL Server 2012
• Networked system design and configuration
• 480 VAC power distribution
• 4160V motors and controls
• AutoCad experience

**Physical and Mental Demands**

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing