Controls Engineer
Van Grace Associates
Johnson City, TN · $95k–$110k a year · Posted October 30, 2026
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This listing pays about $102,500 a year. Across 73 open controls engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $97,500 to $137,500 and the median is $115,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 11% below the median.
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About the job
Our client is a global leader in the high-performance battery separators industry
The Controls Engineer responsibilities include all equipment, parts, manufacturing and maintenance processes of the plant site. Support all (measures, tracks and reports) the manufacturing processes critical equipment performances indicators such as: Uptime, MTBF, PMs (specifically related to Electrical, Automation, Siemens Controllers, and Instrumentations).
The Controls Engineer assists and advises manufacturing in troubleshooting and resolving manufacturing problems where Electrical Controls are “mission critical” (i.e. E-Beam / LFE systems, Tension Control systems, Winder/Rewinder, Mixing/weighing systems, etc.).
Responsibilities
Elaborate plans for maintaining the manufacturing process critical equipment up to date with the latest available technologies from the manufacturer and/or competitive sources.
Elaborate and Propose plans for CI continuous Improvement of the manufacturing process critical equipment with specific aim at improving: Uptime, MTBF and overall reliability.
Elaborate and Propose plans for annual CAPEX projects.
Assist and coach manufacturing and maintenance Supervisors and Technicians with prioritizing maintenance daily work schedule and PMs/TPM activities and troubleshooting.
Assist and coach the spare parts management system coordinator.
Write and document preventive maintenance procedures, calibration procedures and trainings especially during commissioning of new or upgraded equipment.
Liaison between IT and plant for manufacturing network issues and troubleshooting.
Flexible work schedule includes some weekend activity and on-call support for off-hours protocol