Sr. Controls Engineer

Company and Position Overview:

JB Poindexter & Co (JBPCO) is a privately held diversified manufacturing company forecasting $2.6B in annual revenue and 8,500 team members in 2025.

The nine operating subsidiaries, covering approximately 70 locations, are engaged in the production of commercial truck bodies, step-vans, utility trucks, funeral coaches, limousines, electric and alternative fuel vehicles, pickup truck bed enclosures, precision machining, and expandable foam plastic packaging.

For more information, visit www.jbpoindexter.com.

As a key member of JBPCO's Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team, the Sr.

Controls Engineer will be responsible for leading the electrical and controls activities on new equipment related projects from concept to implementation.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, identifying, justifying, writing the scope of work, supporting the selection of the preferred vendor/integrator, validation of electrical and controls design, validation of proper electrical and controls BOM, ensuring the equipment is aligned with JBPCO standards, and implementing the solution at the plant.

The Sr Controls Engineer will also be the subject matter expert, providing best practice advice to plant support engineers and maintenance technicians, providing ongoing technical support and training.

The Sr.

Controls Engineer will be executing multiple projects at one time, potentially in different facilities across North America.

Within the JBPCO portfolio, the Sr controls engineer could lead projects that range across the areas of traditional controls, SCADA, RFID and Artificial Intelligence, including developing technologies to advance JBPCO's capabilities.

Working with the various Business Units, the Sr Controls Engineer will lead the development of JBPCO Control system standards through the formation of technical councils.

The controls projects at their core are based around safety, labor dependency reduction, quality, workflow, and delivery improvements.

Essential Job Functions:



* Subject matter expert in machine control architecture, logic, and programming.


* Collaborate with Automation Engineers and champion controls portions of automation projects that will reduce risk, improve throughput, safety, quality, space efficiency, and cost effectiveness.

Performs control system design, development, and implementation of automated and semi-automated equipment.


* Working cross-functionally and collaboratively at all levels of the organization leads discussions with key stakeholders to determine capabilities, opportunities, strategies, and goals.


* Create and lead a Controls Engineering Technology Council to establish and maintain standards, commonality, code compliance, and upskill the Business Units in electrical and controls applications.

Contribute to JBPCO equipment standards.


* Pursue and evaluate technological advancements in controls including safety, Data Driven Manufacturing (DDM), SCADA, Vis...