Senior Process Controls Engineer bei DISHER
DISHER · Grand Rapids, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · On-site
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Senior Process Controls Engineer – Grand Rapids, Michigan
DISHER is currently partnering with a leader in food stabilization in Grand Rapids, MI to fill their Senior Process Controls Engineer position. This role is ideal for someone who understands complex, continuous-flow process environments and can translate system behavior into stable, reliable, and scalable control solutions.
What it's like to work here:
This small machine design company is committed to reducing waste and improving the planet through transforming underused resources into nutritious, profitable materials. They have a strong commitment to their company values: Selflessly Serve, Trail-Blaze, Direct Honesty, Never Settle, Work Hard Play Hard. All team members are driven by their desire to serve others and create a more sustainable way of living.
What you will get to do:
- Design, develop, and maintain PLC/HMI programs for continuous-process systems
- Integrate flow meters, pressure sensors, temperature probes, valves, VFDs, and proportional control devices into stable control architectures
- Configure and tune PID and advanced feedback loops for optimal performance under varying load, pressure, and temperature conditions
- Design and create full electrical schematics, panel layouts, field wiring diagrams, and bills of material using standard drafting tools
- Provide guidance through panel builds, electrical assembly, device checkout, and field wiring verification
- Collaborate with mechanical, process, and electrical engineering to ensure controls logic aligns with physical system behavior
- Participate in system commissioning, field testing, troubleshooting, and optimization across customer sites
- Generate documentation including control narratives, functional specifications, IO lists, and safety logic
- Support root-cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives
- Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and industry standards
What will make you successful:
- Minimum 10 years of professional controls engineering experience
- Strong background with PLC/HMI development, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting
- Background in process-driven environments such as brewing, food & beverage, chemicals, wastewater, renewable energy, or similar (strongly preferred, but not strictly required)
- Experience designing or tuning control loops, PID strategies, flow/pressure control, proportional actuation, thermal or mass-transfer systems
- Ability to work through open-ended problems with incomplete requirements and build robust control logic that reflects real-world physics
- Ability to travel to customer sites as needed
- Being a strong communicator who can simplify technical concepts across disciplines
- Must have the current and continuing right to work in the United States of America
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