Process Controls Engineer

Seeking an experienced process controls engineering team leader to guide a process controls group serving the water and wastewater sector. This role involves applying deep hands-on expertise across the full control systems lifecycle—design, engineering, startup, testing, and implementation—within water, wastewater, and related process industries. Ideal candidates will grow into a management role after a few months to one year.

About the role

This is a hybrid position based in Lansing, MI, with remote work allowed outside of 25% travel to the Lansing/Detroit area (typically day trips).

Responsibilities

• Lead the process controls engineering team, providing direction, mentorship, and support across projects
• Own the full control systems lifecycle from cradle to grave
• Design and develop PLC controls systems for pumps, valves, pressure, and flow control, including PID loop configuration and optimization
• Program, configure, and troubleshoot PLCs and HMI/SCADA systems for process controls systems
• Create and review electrical designs for control panels, ensuring safe, reliable, and compliant configurations for process automation systems
• Participate in system startup, commissioning, and testing, resolving technical issues and validating that control systems perform as specified in municipal and industrial water/wastewater environments

Requirements

• 10+ years in process automation and controls
• PLC Programming: Allen Bradley or Siemens
• Customer service and communication skills
• HMI/SCADA experience
• Electrical design experience (control panels)
• Project management experience

Qualifications

• Leadership experience or desire to lead the process controls team
• Ignition, VTScada, Wonderware, or iFIX experience
• Opto22 experience
• UL508A design experience
• OT cybersecurity experience
• Power distribution and motor controls experience
• Estimating and proposal development experience
• Municipal water/wastewater experience
• Rockwell, Siemens, Ignition, or Cisco certifications

Schedule

Typical hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with flexibility to start earlier or later based on personal preference and project requirements. This is a 45-hour work week.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $55.00/hr. Individual compensation offered within this range will depend on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Benefits

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)