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PLC Controls Engineer

Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter

Other Engineering
Timonium, Lutherville-Timonium, MD, USA
Posted on Oct 30, 2024

Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world.

Pall is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

Are you looking to use your knowledge and experience to ensure continuous, sustained improvement across the enterprise through the implementation of Danaher Business System tools and methodologies with a high level of customer focus?

The PLC controls engineer is responsible for the setup, programming, testing, and implementation of computer control systems used for production automation and industrial equipment design. The duties are to implement programs on programmable logic controllers and test whether industrial computers process information and function correctly. Debug issues and troubleshoot problems that have non-standard solutions. Assess the functionality of electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems in a manufacturing environment.

This position is part of the Danaher Business System Organization and will be based in Timonium, Maryland.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Provide Electrical design, programming, testing, installation, and maintenance of large-scale electronically controlled equipment or machinery for use in manufacturing.
  • Use of computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to perform assignments.
  • Work with R&D and Manufacturing Engineering Group to transition new equipment into Production.
  • Provide technical support to manufacturing in areas of electrical process trouble shooting to find the root cause and implementing corrective actions (example: yield improvement) and provide electrical programming support for CI and cost reduction projects throughout the plant
  • Provide ongoing technical support of existing equipment and processes

The essential requirements of the job include:

  • University Degree in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of experience
  • Working Knowledge of coding in ControlLogix, PLC5, SLC500’s, PanelView, and other controls.
  • Working knowledge of mechanical drawings and experience using a computer aided design system. Along with proficiency with Windows based software and packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
  • Working Experience with equipment related to injection molding, Melt blown Processes or Plastic Extrusion parts design.
  • Experience identifying and implementing improvements to processes, tools and tooling.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

  • Ability to effectively communicate with people at different levels of the organization ranging from Manufacturing Associates to the Plant Manager.
  • Project Management skills.
  • Strong conceptual thinking, analytical problem-solving and interpretation of internal/external challenges.

Pall Corporation, a Danaher company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at danaherbenefitsinfo.com.

The salary range for this role is $110,000-$125,000 annually. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.