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JOIN THE TEAM THAT’S POWERING PROGRESS

Building cities. Driving commerce. Saving lives. For over 100 years, Allison Transmission has powered the vehicles and technology that move our world forward.What powers us? Our employees. From the first person hired by James Allison in 1915 to the thousands across the globe who work for Allison today, we’re driving progress everywhere because we employ top talent worldwide.

Learn more about this role and how you can begin driving your career forward!

Benefits:

The below list features some of the benefits currently available. Eligibility may be subject to the terms and conditions of governing documents and available benefits may be subject to change at the company’s discretion.

+ Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage

+ Employer HSA contribution

+ Dental & Vision Insurance

+ Paid Parental Leave

+ Short & Long-Term Disability

+ Other voluntary benefits including: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance

+ 401K with generous Company match & contribution

+ Accrued Paid Time Off

+ 12 Paid Holidays

+ 8 hours paid volunteer time per year

+ Robust employee wellness program

+ Tuition assistance program & Dependent scholarship program

+ On-site blood drives

+ Voluntary employee groups open to all who wish to participate, including: Global Women’s Network, Emerging Professionals ERG, Multicultural ERG, Veterans ERG, Toastmasters Club, and more.

Job Description:

Primary Purpose of Role:

The Senior Factory Controls Engineer oversees the production readiness of in-use equipment to ensure the business unit’s requirements are met for production use. The Engineer will support operations’ maintenance, quality, and production personnel in the troubleshooting of functional problems and guide maintenance activities to eliminate functionality issues of equipment and systems throughout the entire Indianapolis campus.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Provides support to 5 plants at the Indianapolis campus for all Engineering related matters that cannot be solved at the plant-level

+ Use extensive knowledge and experience in a variety of Engineering disciplines to provide guidance to hourly job setters, skilled trades, and Engineers on managing machine performance breakdowns

+ Support continuous improvement activities within all production processes.

Key Performance Measures:

+ Safety

+ Cost

+ Productivity

+ Responsiveness

Competencies and Behaviors:

+ Ability to work multi-functionally across Plant operations.

+ Strong understanding of Allen-Bradley, Fanuc, & Siemens control systems.

+ Ability to organize and balance multiple priorities.

+ Ability to diagnose/troubleshoot any controls system when required, regardless of having prior knowledge or experience.

+ Strong background in Siemens and/or Fanuc Control Systems (or others) with working knowledge of old and new CNC systems.

+ Ability to power up and solve a wide variety of machine tool control problems.

+ Advanced level of machine tool control programming ability and knowledge.

+ Advanced level electrical/mechanical troubleshooting knowledge.

+ Working knowledge of machine tool applications.

+ Strong working knowledge of analog and digital servo systems.

+ Strong PLC troubleshooting abilities for Allen-Bradley family of PLCs PLC 5 Studio 5000 series of control systems.

+ Strong skills with Allen-Bradley FactoryTalk View Studio Programming for HMIs.

+ Familiar with lean manufacturing principles for machining and assembly operations.

+ Willingness to work occasional weekends and holidays as business units work requires.

+ Willingness to be on call on a rotational basis.

+ Must be able to work 2nd shift or split shift schedules.

Qualifications:

+ Bachelor or associate’s degree in electrical engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or equivalent experience required.

+ Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now and in the future

Experience:

Required:

+ 5+ years' experience as a Controls Engineer in a manufacturing environment.

+ Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, both in troubleshooting and design.

+ Experience with the development, implementation, and support of industrial control systems that perform control, monitoring, data acquisition, logging, and alarming functions.

+ Experience with Allen-Bradley PAC/PLC control systems.

+ Experience with Siemens PAC, PLC/CNC controls systems.

+ Experience with Fanuc CNC controls systems.

+ Experience with programming of Allen-Bradley HMIs.

+ Experience with device communication networks including Allen-Bradley DH+, Device Net, RIO, Ethernet IP, etc.

Preferred:

+ 7+ years of experience as a Controls Engineer in a manufacturing environment.

+ Basic experience with leak testing methodologies and systems.

+ Experience with large drive systems, specifically Allen-Bradley and Unico.

+ Experience with Allen-Bradley/Cisco industrial networking.

+ Experience with Fanuc and Siemens CNC Control Systems.

+ Experience with Fanuc robotics programming.

+ Experience with vision systems used in manufacturing processes.

+ RFID system experience, specifically Balluff.

+ Knowledge of best practices in automotive and equipment manufacturing.

Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at [email protected] .

Please note that Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at 317-242-5000.

Please note that Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.