Process Controls Design Engineer

Company: Rheo Engineering LLC
Location: Peoria
Posted on: April 9, 2025

Job Description:

Join a World-Class Engineering Team Building the Future of Pharma Manufacturing

At Rheo, we're not your average team. We're a tight-knit group of 70 innovators, builders, and problem-solvers creating custom automated powder handling equipment for the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. Our solutions help produce life-saving medications across the globe-how's that for impact?

We combine cutting-edge engineering with a collaborative spirit that works together to solve problems. If you're passionate about designing high-performance systems and want to be part of something truly meaningful, we'd love to meet you.

Role Summary: As a Process Controls Design Engineer, you'll play a hands-on role in designing and building advanced control systems for material handling and process equipment in the life sciences and chemical industries. You'll work on custom projects from the ground up, from selecting precision instrumentation to designing electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems that power the pharma industry.

Objectives:
- Collaborate with project managers to review and interpret user requirements
- Create detailed Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
- Select and specify instrumentation tailored to each unique system
- Design controls panels for electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems
- Design electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic schematics
- Design equipment network architecture
- Perform other tasks as assigned by your supervisor from time to time

Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related engineering field

Experience:
- 5+ years of relevant work experience designing controls systems
- Familiarity with Allen Bradley Products
- Direct and proven experience in designing electrical/pneumatic/hydraulic systems
- Direct and proven experience in designing VFD and Motor control

Software:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, Visio)
- Proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical
- Familiarity with Autodesk Inventor

Traits:
- High standard of integrity - You are a person of your word and hold yourself to a high standard
- Team-focused - You care more about the success of the team than your own success
- Customer-service focused - You are driven to satisfy the customer
- Self-motivated - You don't need someone else to tell you to get things done
- Superb Communication - Understandably and naturally get your ideas/instructions/points across
- Detail Orientation - High attention to detail and highly organized
- Extreme Ownership - Ability to see a project through from beginning to end, no matter the obstacle
- Excellent mechanical aptitude

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience and understanding of Hazardous Location requirements and protection methods
- Experience and understanding of Electrical Standards (UL, NEC)

Working Conditions:
- Prolonged periods sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times
- Willingness to travel (5%-10%)

Benefits:
- Leading Medical Insurance - consistently the leading medical rates for small businesses in the area
- Health Savings Account with Employer contributions (depends on plan selected)
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Identity Theft Insurance
- 401k with 4% employer match
- Generous PTO
- Paid Paternity & Maternity leave
- Paid cell phone plan with stipend for new phone every 2 years
- Referral program

Pay Range: $80,000 - $130,000

Compensation details: 80000-130000 Yearly Salary



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