Control System Engineer

$50,000 - $100,000/Yr

TATA Consulting Services - Anasco, PR

Full-time - Mid Level

Anasco, PR

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The position focuses on Controls and Automation projects, supporting the installation of new control systems components and upgrading existing control systems. The role involves designing and developing control system solutions, understanding requirements, and providing site support for various PLCs and automation tools. The candidate will be responsible for onsite support, debugging, testing, and project execution, ensuring effective communication with the offshore team and project documentation.

Responsibilities

• Focus on Controls and Automation projects to support installation of new Controls systems components and upgrade of existing Control systems.
• Design & development of control system solution.
• Requirement Understanding, Design & development of control systems, plant engineering, Control & Automation site support.
• Onsite support for Allen Bradly, APT, ELAU PLC and online debugging, FAT, SAT, controls and automation related troubleshooting, code modifications in PLCs & HMIs, Onshore coordination with engineering team during validation cycle.
• Testing support & Project execution on shop floor and project documentation, project status reporting.
• Review offshore work of a team of 4-5 at offshore.

Requirements

• Extensive understanding of industrial automation and control systems.
• Experience in operating and setting up VMCs (a type of milling machine), Lathe Machines.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications.
• Knowledge of routine maintenance practices for VMCs and Lathe Machines.
• Ability to diagnose and fix mechanical, electrical, or software issues.
• Understanding of workplace safety protocols and machine operation safety.
• Write and debug control software using programming languages such as Allen Bradly, APT, ELAU PLC, SCADA, HMI, or other automation tools.
• Configure and program controllers and associated devices for specific applications.
• Experience with integration of HMI application with Control systems like PLCs, Historian products and integration with MES and Business layer applications using edge technologies like MQTT protocol, web services etc.
• Worked on different communication protocols and OPC DA drivers, OPC UA for plant floor connectivity.
• Experience of application set up, installation & configuration.
• Experience with SAT/FAT (testing) & commissioning of control system.
• Experience with control system application Upgrades & Migrations.
• Experience of control system project execution in pharma domain.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of Ignition SCADA, KPI dashboards/reporting.
• Web based data integration.
• Microsoft .NET, Database (SQL Server)