MAPLETON, IL

The Mapleton Foundry is one of the largest in the United States and home to the largest core making machine in the world! Working at the foundry is hard work that demands focus and safety, quality, and commitment to helping our customers build a better world. We are looking for an Automation Controls Engineer who will be the lead on the technical side of multiple Fanuc robot and automated system implementations in a foundry environment and give strong input on instrumentation that is required for each project. Assists in the design, development and troubleshooting of automated industrial systems, control systems and HMI upgrades from Modicon to Allen-Bradley PLCs, identify gaps in current programming with strong focus in safety, update existing wiring diagrams, and assist in IIoT/SCADA implementations.

What you will do:

• Lead engineer on projects that aim to deploy automated systems; Consults the team for programming, debugging and troubleshooting of robotic and automated system.
• Partner with support teams for root cause corrective actions for application software troubleshooting
• Deploy automated system applications; assist in maintaining the standards and documentation for automated system applications.
• Excel at creating cutting edge solutions to tackle challenging problems

SKILLS YOU WILL HAVE:

• Problem Solving: Extensive knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Extensive knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application, or operation.
• Knowledge of Fanuc Robotics : Working knowledge of designing, programming, and operating robots for various applications; ability to utilize programming languages and robotics knowledge to automate the necessary operations of the organization.
• Industrial Automation/Automatic Control: Working knowledge of various industrial automatic control systems, processes and methodologies in a manufacturing environment; ability to design, implement and maintain automatic production systems/processes to improve productivity and efficiency, as well as minimize human intervention.

FINAL DETAILS

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.
This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.
This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

LI

SUMMARY PAY RANGE:

$95,640.00 - $143,520.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

• Lead engineer on projects that aim to deploy automated systems; Consults the team for programming, debugging and troubleshooting of robotic and automated system.
• Partner with support teams for root cause corrective actions for application software troubleshooting
• Deploy automated system applications; assist in maintaining the standards and documentation for automated system applications.
• Excel at creating cutting edge solutions to tackle challenging problem