Senior Process Controls Engineer

DISHER

  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • 30+ days ago
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    Skills

    • Acceptance Testingunmatched
    • Alternative Energyunmatched
    • Bill of Materials (BOM)unmatched
    • Brewingunmatched
    • Commissioningunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Control Engineeringunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Electrical Componentsunmatched
    • Electrical Engineeringunmatched
    • Electrical Wiringunmatched
    • Electricityunmatched
    • Engineeringunmatched
    • Field Trialsunmatched
    • Flow Meterunmatched
    • Food and Beverage Industryunmatched
    • Human Machine Interface (HMI)unmatched
    • Industry Standardsunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Physicsunmatched
    • Process Control Engineeringunmatched
    • Process Engineeringunmatched
    • Process Flowunmatched
    • Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)unmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • Safety Complianceunmatched
    • Schematicsunmatched
    • Small Companyunmatched
    • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Thermal Sensorunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched
    • Wire Harnessunmatched

    Description

    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

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationGrand Rapids, MI

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