Controls Engineer

About the role

We have a Controls Engineer position available in our Albuquerque, NM office. This person will provide team leadership in delivering automation systems for a wide variety of industries.

Responsibilities

• This position requires the ability to deliver innovative automation solutions and design standards either self-directedly or as a leader of a team.
• The candidate must have the ability to conceptualize, detail, and implement control systems for industrial processes and machinery that meet our customer's requirements.
• This involves the development of a control system architecture, selecting the components to be used, detailing schematic diagrams and system documentation, programming controllers (PLC, DCS, RTU), programming the process visualization (HMI/SCADA), developing databases for archiving/displaying historical system data and implementing/commissioning the control system at the client's facility.
• Knowledge of controller programming languages such as Ladder, Sequential Function Chart, Structured Text, and others to achieve the desired results is required.
• Also having knowledge of standard programming languages such as VBA, .NET, and SQL for the development of HMI/SCADA systems is preferred.
• For larger systems, experience with industrial networking used to connect control system components and instrumentation is preferred.
• The Controls Engineer would design, detail, and implement a variety of fiber, wired, and wireless systems using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.).
• This position oftentimes requires the following project management responsibilities: developing project execution plans, work breakdown structures and associated budgets, task prioritization and scheduling, task ordering, time tracking and reporting, financial tracking and reporting, early problem identification, conflict management/resolution, leading and supporting a team, and attending project status meetings.
• Also includes overseeing daily operations and activities of a project(s) up to $1M.
• This position is often responsible for ensuring the overall profitability of the project
• The ideal candidate must have a diverse engineering skillset with the ability to work independently. Will act as technical lead on projects and guide lower-level engineers and technicians. Could also act as Project Manager on smaller projects.

Qualifications

• Education – Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science is required.
• Experience – 10+ years of Controls Engineer experience with capabilities in below areas:
• Candidates with Rockwell and Cimplicity experience will be given preference
• Variety of 3rd party web-based data integrations for monitoring and troubleshooting aid
• Develop work processes to automate template and instance development within the System Platform
• Provide technical leadership on design standards around graphics, alarming, and scale-up SQL, .NET, Power BI, Grafana, and APIs
• In-depth understanding of PLC hardware/software platforms such as Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and Modicon
• In-depth understanding of HMI/SCADA hardware/software platforms such as ICONICS Genesis64, Wonderware Arkestra System Platform, Client CIMPLICITY, Client iFIX, Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View, Schneider, and Siemens
• In-depth understanding of DCS hardware/software platforms such as Emerson DeltaV or similar
• Experience in industries such as Semiconductor chip fabrication facilities, Life Sciences, Building Automation, Food and Beverage, Oil & Gas and Mining
• Experience in the design of electrical schematics, including power distribution under 480VAC, control panels, and associated NEC references desired
• Experience with AutoCAD is desired
• Experience leading a team of engineers/technicians to provide control system solutions
• Experience mentoring less experienced engineers
• Professional references, preferably one from each of the following: a subordinate, a peer, and a manager
• Field device/equipment troubleshooting
• Job estimating

Physical Demands of Position

Seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving, lifting, ability to mount/dismount equipment, pushing and pulling.

Working Environment

Standard office environment, on-site office environment, diverse industrial environments, frequent use of personal computer, facsimile/copy machines, phones.

Mandatory

• Education – Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science is required.
• Experience – 10+ years of Controls Engineer experience
• Controls Engineer would design, detail, and implement a variety of fiber, wired, and wireless systems using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.)
• Controller programming languages such as Ladder, Sequential Function Chart, Structured Text, and others to achieve the desired results.
• Standard programming languages such as VBA, .NET, and SQL for the development of HMI/SCADA systems.
• Provide technical leadership on design standards around graphics, alarming, and scale-up SQL, .NET, Power BI, Grafana, and APIs.
• PLC hardware/software platforms such as Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and Modicon.
• HMI/SCADA hardware/software platforms such as ICONICS Genesis64, Wonderware Arkestra System Platform, Client CIMPLICITY, Client iFIX, Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View, Schneider, and Siemens.
• DCS hardware/software platforms such as Emerson DeltaV or similar.
• Experience in industries such as Semiconductor chip fabrication facilities, Life Sciences, Building Automation, Food and Beverage, Oil & Gas and Mining.
• Experience in the design of electrical schematics, including power distribution under 480VAC, control panels, and associated NEC references.
• Field device/equipment troubleshooting.
• Job estimating.

Nice to Have

• AutoCAD.
• For larger systems, experience with industrial networking used to connect control system components and instrumentation.