Controls Engineer

Join an established automation and controls solutions provider that partners with industrial clients on complex electrical, automation, and process control projects. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys designing control systems, programming PLCs/HMIs, troubleshooting equipment, supporting field installations, and working across a variety of industries including water/wastewater, energy, mining, environmental services, and manufacturing.

About the role

This opportunity is ideal for an engineer who wants a highly technical, visible role where they can work on everything from control panel design and power distribution to PLC programming, SCADA integration, equipment troubleshooting, and process improvement. The role involves a blend of electrical engineering, PLC/HMI programming, control system design, field support, troubleshooting, and customer-facing project work.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and troubleshoot electrical and control systems for automated industrial equipment and processes.
• Create and modify wiring diagrams, panel layouts, power distribution drawings, controls wiring diagrams, and engineering specifications for system upgrades, expansions, and new installations.
• Program, troubleshoot, and support PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and related automation platforms, including Allen Bradley, ControlLogix, and FactoryTalk View.
• Assemble, test, troubleshoot, and modify motor control devices, switch panels, transformers, drives, instrumentation, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, and other electrical equipment.
• Diagnose electrical and mechanical equipment issues and perform preventative and corrective maintenance as needed.
• Support control system upgrades, conversions, data acquisition systems, instrumentation, motion control, process control, robotics, retrofit systems, and wireless communications projects.
• Collaborate with project engineers and maintenance technicians to resolve production issues and implement error-proofing solutions.
• Oversee or support new production installations, field service work, system testing, and customer-facing project support.
• Identify opportunities to improve product quality, equipment performance, automation processes, and system reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical engineering, PLC/HMI programming, and control system design.
• Proficiency with Allen Bradley, ControlLogix, FactoryTalk View, and other automation/control platforms.
• Hands-on experience with motor control devices, switch panels, transformers, drives, instrumentation, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot and maintain industrial electrical and mechanical equipment.

Pay

$110,000 - $125,000 per year