Senior Process Controls Engineer

Senior Process Controls Engineer – Grand Rapids, Michigan DISHER is currently partnering with a leader in food stabilization in Grand Rapids, MI to fill their Senior Process Controls Engineer position. This role is ideal for someone who understands complex, continuous-flow process environments and can translate system behavior into stable, reliable, and scalable control solutions. What it's like to work here: This small machine design company is committed to reducing waste and improving the planet through transforming underused resources into nutritious, profitable materials. They have a strong commitment to their company values: Selflessly Serve, Trail-Blaze, Direct Honesty, Never Settle, Work Hard Play Hard. All team members are driven by their desire to serve others and create a more sustainable way of living. What you will get to do:

Design, develop, and maintain PLC/HMI programs for continuous-process systems

Integrate flow meters, pressure sensors, temperature probes, valves, VFDs, and proportional control devices into stable control architectures

Configure and tune PID and advanced feedback loops for optimal performance under varying load, pressure, and temperature conditions

Design and create full electrical schematics, panel layouts, field wiring diagrams, and bills of material using standard drafting tools

Provide guidance through panel builds, electrical assembly, device checkout, and field wiring verification

Collaborate with mechanical, process, and electrical engineering to ensure controls logic aligns with physical system behavior

Participate in system commissioning, field testing, troubleshooting, and optimization across customer sites

Generate documentation including control narratives, functional specifications, IO lists, and safety logic

Support root-cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives

Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and industry standards

What will make you successful:

Minimum 10 years of professional controls engineering experience

Strong background with PLC/HMI development, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting

Background in process-driven environments such as brewing, food & beverage, chemicals, wastewater, renewable energy, or similar (strongly preferred, but not strictly required)

Experience designing or tuning control loops, PID strategies, flow/pressure control, proportional actuation, thermal or mass-transfer systems

Ability to work through open-ended problems with incomplete requirements and build robust control logic that reflects real-world physics

Ability to travel to customer sites as needed

Being a strong communicator who can simplify technical concepts across disciplines

Must have the current and continuing right to work in the United States of America