Description
As a PICS Engineer at 3M, you will play a critical role in designing, maintaining, improving, and supporting process, instrumentation, control, and systems-related activities in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Designing, implementing, and improving control systems for manufacturing processes
- Supporting process automation, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, or related control platforms
- Troubleshooting equipment, control logic, sensors, and system integration issues
- Collaborating with manufacturing, maintenance, quality, EHS, and operations teams to resolve technical problems
- Leading or supporting capital projects, equipment upgrades, and system migrations
- Developing and maintaining engineering documentation, control narratives, specifications, and standard operating procedures
- Analyzing process performance and identifying opportunities to improve uptime, yield, quality, and cost
- Supporting root cause investigations and corrective actions for process or equipment failures
- Ensuring compliance with safety, quality, cybersecurity, and regulatory requirements
- Providing technical training and guidance to operators, technicians, and other engineers
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- 3-5 years of PI&CS related hands-on working experience
- Experience in manufacturing, process engineering, automation, instrumentation, or controls systems
- Technical skills in PLC programming, process controls, instrumentation, data analysis, troubleshooting, automation systems, and engineering documentation
- Familiarity with DCS, SCADA, HMI, MES, historian systems, and industrial networks
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, quality, and leadership
- Experience managing small to medium capital or improvement projects
- Understanding of EHS, quality systems, change management, and regulated manufacturing environments
At 3M, safety is a core value, and all employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.