Intermediate & Senior Control Specialists

Industrial Controls Integration Ltd. (ICI) has been growing successfully for over 22 years.

Positions Available:

Intermediate & Senior Controls Specialists, Industrial Controls Programmer, Electrical Technologists, Engineers and a Industrial Automation Technical Sales Representative.

General Purpose of Job:

To program and develop software for the purpose of controlling specialized automated equipment across various industries such as pharmaceutical, food & beverage, and automotive, agricultural, packaging and more.

This is a demanding position that requires commitment and continuous learning. Technology is constantly changing and as a Programmer, you need to be able to adapt to these changes and embrace new challenges. Efficient, logical thought processes need to be continuously developed to succeed at providing solutions for our customers and the team.

Skills and Competencies:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Equivalent Specialized Experience (Technologist)
• Work cooperatively with others and contribute to a positive workplace.
• Ability to manage tasks and use technology, resources, and time efficiently.
• Minimum 3+ Years’ Experience within the Industrial Automation Industry
• Maintain a positive outlook and continuously work on personal development.
• Skills are required to perform multiple, technical tasks with a need to periodically upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions.

Junior Programmer Duties and Responsibilities:

• Familiar with using computer VMs in order to run software unavailable on modern operating systems.
• Be familiar with the following components; PLC, HMI, digital IO, analog IO, machine safety (hardwired, programmed).
• Good at troubleshooting problems and using PPE when working around live panels.
• Participate in the wiring of electrical panel and the power-up process of panels PLC/HMI.
• Experience in the process of electrical design is a plus.
• Demonstrate an understanding of electrical drawings and proper wiring practices.

Programming at this level will require the following skills:

• Configure HMI to interface with PLC.
• Focusing on Rockwell software products (RSLogix 5000, FactoryTalk Studio).
• GMP documentation and how it relates to the pharmaceutical industry.
• Be aware of VFD functionality and setup procedure & how to use PID loops.
• Download HMI and PLC programs.
• Program basic code for manual and automatic control of digital signals.
• Understand and modify existing code, write programs based on existing code standards and structures (PLC and HMI).
• Understand and configure analog IO (raw counts, scaling, and units).
• Work with more senior staff to configure typical safety circuits including EStops and motor enables.
• Get online with a PLC, HMI, and other devices using ethernet.
• Program and test alarming, messaging, indication-specific to project.
• Understand and configure digital IO (proximity switches, dry contact monitoring).

Other Duties Include:

• Travel as required around Simcoe County and GTA (sometimes internationally).
• Communicate effectively with management, fellow staff, and customers the status of current projects, project concerns, and possible solutions.
• Backup and storage of programs as per ICI standards.
• Understand ICI scheduling and budget requirements.

Intermediate Programmer Duties and Responsibilities:

• Good knowledge of the principles of electrical design and ability to implement them.
• Experience writing and executing SAT or FT documents.
• Be familiar with 21 CFR Part 11 regulations.
• All the skills of a Junior Programmer.
• Knowledge with VFD and Servo programming & with basic SQL database functionality.
• Familiar with SCADA packages, focusing on Ignition and WonderWare.
• Participate in testing and developing PLC/HMI code for new equipment.
• Understand GMP and how it relates to the pharmaceutical industry.

PLC/HMI Programming at this level will require the following skills:

• Participate with writing and developing code for new devices and cross platforms.
• Set up PLC from “out of the box” state.
• Configure remote IO with other PLCs or devices.
• Part transfer and status tracking.
• Create, configure, and tune PID loops.

Data Collection Programming at this level will require the following skills:

• Ability to work with more senior staff/IT to specify server requirements for data collection and storage in SQL databases.
• Ability to understand the flow of data from creation and querying to storage and backup

Senior Programmer Duties and Responsibilities:

• Can successfully manage an industrial automation project from beginning to end.
• All the skills of a Junior and Intermediate Programmer.
• Ability to assist sales during the quote and build phase.
• Identify issues during the course of a project and provide solutions.

PLC/HMI Programming at this level will require the following skills:

• Developing project-specific PLC/HMI templates for new customers or new platforms.
• Program and develop specialized application-specific content, ie. Unique and specific PLC algorithms, implementation of VB Script or Python coding where appropriate.

Data Collection Programming at this level will require the following skills:

• Query the database for results display and validation for running in a station.
• Teamwork with sales to assist with quoting, feasibility, and trials.
• Work with sales, customer, design to ensure the overall process is feasible and identify data validity risks (Where in the process does the part receive a unique identifier? Where do we need access to the database?)
• Work with customer requirements to ensure we have appropriate storage capacity and redundancy, clearly communicate as designed/built system capabilities and limitations.
• Ability to specify server requirements for data collection and storage.
• Develop solutions for acquiring, storing, and querying data from third-party devices or systems.

Relationships:

• You will work with all levels of staff (junior, intermediate and senior).
• Working with electricians, mechanical developers, and other (non-ICI) programmers as per project demands.

Occupational Health and Safety Act Responsibilities:

Workers have a general duty to protect their own health and safety and that of others around them.

Workers must:

• Always report any known violation of the Act or regulations to the employer or supervisor
• Report to the employer or supervisor any known hazards or missing or defective equipment or protective devices.
• Not move or make ineffective any protective devices or clothing required by the employer.
• Work in compliance to the Act and Regulations.
• Use or wear any equipment, protective devices, or clothing required by the employer.

Workers should be proactive about health and safety. That means that workers must not only comply with the law, the employer’s policies, and workplace procedures, but they should also make suggestions to improve health and safety.

Physical Demands:

This position may require frequent sitting, standing, walking, twisting, or rotating. It may require the occasional crouching, squatting, kneeling, bending, climbing, and crawling. Working in the controls department also requires constant cervical flexion, the chin to chest movement. Maximum lifting weight can reach about 75lbs, maximum carrying weight is about 40lbs, and the maximum pushing and pulling weights can reach 100-150lbs. Constant forward reach with both arms as well as constant handling and use of the fingers/pinching are both necessary. This position also requires frequent grasping.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Casual dress

Dental care

Disability insurance

Extended health care

Life insurance

On-site parking

Vision care

Company Events

Schedule:

8 hour shift

Day shift

Monday to Friday

Overtime

Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

Overtime pay

Profit Sharing

ICI Team Events

Send resumes to: [email protected]

https://www.industrialcontrolsintegration.com/