Adient

Designs, manufactures, and delivers automotive seating

Controls Engineer

Controls & Automation EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeWarren, MI, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Engineering or an Electrical field is preferred, or equivalent additional experience.
Five to seven years of related Controls Engineering manufacturing experience is required; automotive experience is preferred.
Experience with Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers is required.

Responsibilities

Support the maintenance department by assisting with troubleshooting equipment issues, including troubleshooting programmable logic controller ladder logic and data-handling functions in ControlLogix processors.
Maintain programmable logic controller documentation received from equipment suppliers and archive programmable logic controller programs and machine control drawings in electronic and/or paper formats throughout the facility.
Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and improve automated equipment, including devices, input/output, instruments, and other components associated with automated processes, to meet production and safety goals.
Support various input/output devices connected to programmable logic controllers, including human-machine interfaces, scanners, remote input/output, sensors, relays, solenoids, and servo drives, and support or assist maintenance personnel in troubleshooting pneumatic circuits.
Improve equipment uptime and contribute to plant reliability maintenance.
Schedule and complete backups of electronic machine control and robotic programs and develop and maintain preventive maintenance programs.
Diagnose problems with hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems interfacing with electrical and electronic systems.
Apply knowledge of electronic and instrumentation principles to determine equipment malfunctions and restore equipment to operation.
Implement and maintain a data collection system from plant-floor processing equipment and identify and implement error-proofing requirements throughout the production process.
Participate as part of a multidisciplinary plant team to determine continuous improvement strategies.
Identify and plan for process impacts resulting from engineering and launch changes.
Participate in 8D or similar root-cause-based problem-solving tasks to resolve the root causes of abnormalities.
Contribute to equipment purchase specifications, including reviewing and commenting on equipment control drawings before build approval.

Desired Qualifications

Automotive experience is preferred.

JOB DESCRIPTION

At BWI we are looking for a Controls Engineer for our Warren, MI plant.

Controls Engineer Job Duties:

The Controls Engineer will Support the maintenance department by assisting in thetroubleshootingof equipment issues, which includestroubleshootingPLCladder logic and data handling functions in Control Logix processors.
MaintainPLCdocumentation upon receipt from equipment suppliers and an archive ofPLCprograms and machine controls drawings in an electronic and/or paper format and throughout facility.
Maintain,troubleshoot, repair and improve automated equipment including devices, I/O, instruments and all other components associate with automated processes to meet production and safety goals.
Support various I/O devices connected toPLC’s including HMI’s, scanners, remote I/O, sensors, relays, solenoids, servo drives, etc., and support/assist maintenance personnel introubleshootingpneumatic circuits.
Improve equipment uptime and contribute to Plant reliability maintenance.
Schedule and complete backups of all electronic machine control and robotic programs on set schedule and develop and maintain Preventive Maintenance Programs.
Ability to diagnose problems with hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems interfacing with electrical and electronic systems.
Apply knowledge of electronic and instrumentation principles to determine equipment malfunctions and apply skills in restoring equipment to operation.
Implement and maintain data collection system from Plant floor processing equipment. Identify and implement error-proofing requirements throughout the production process.
Part of multi-disciplinary Plant Team to determine continuous improvement strategies.
Identify and plan for process impact(s) as a result of engineering and launch changes.
Participate in 8D or similar root-cause based problem solving tasks to ensure that abnormalities, when observed, are acted upon to resolve root-causes.
Contribute to specifications for equipment purchases, which include review and commentary on equipment controls drawings prior to build approval.

Required Experience:

Degree in Engineering/Electrical field preferred, or equivalent additional experience
5-7 years related Controls Engineering manufacturing experience; automotive experience preferred
Allen Bradley PLC's experience is a must

This is for our B-Crew: (Tuesday-Friday 6:30pm-4:30am)

PRIMARY LOCATION

Bridgewater Interiors II

About the Company

Adient

Designs, manufactures, and delivers automotive seating

Adient is a global leader in automotive seating, designing, manufacturing, and delivering seating systems and components for various vehicles. It uses a vertically integrated process from research and design to production, with more than 200 manufacturing and assembly plants across 29 countries, ensuring consistent quality and innovation. The company sells seating solutions to major automakers to differentiate vehicles through quality, technology, and performance, and it operates AdientDX to enable controlled data exchange across its supply chain. Its goal is to maintain leadership in automotive seating by delivering high-quality, scalable seating solutions with a global footprint and data-enabled operations.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Plymouth Township, Michigan
Founded: 2015

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