Plant Engineer

The Plant Engineer will lead automation upgrades at NMBS Lake City. This position is instrumental for implementation of the NMBS automation strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Design, install and maintain automated equipment for joist manufacturing.
• Work with NMBS Lake City employees to design new equipment.
• Create design, budget, financial justification, and schedule for capital projects.
• Work with the maintenance group on equipment reliability improvements.
• Work with equipment suppliers on equipment design.
• Create ELC procedures, technical manuals, drawings, training documentation, preventative maintenance plans and troubleshooting guides.
• Collaborate with the automation group and other NMBS plants.

Required qualifications include a strong safety attitude, teamwork, high energy and organization, excellent communication skills, extensive experience in equipment design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance, and a BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Preferred qualifications include supervisory or team-leader experience, PLC and HMI development experience, and experience with Allen-Bradley and Fanuc systems.