Controls Engineer
🚀 Controls & Automation Engineer - Project Leadership Role
💰 Salary Range: $110,000 - $140,000 + Benefits (experience dependent)
Are you a master of PLCs and SCADA systems with a passion for leading complex industrial automation projects?
Join a dynamic, tight-knit team at a well-established engineering firm that's making waves in industrial automation across sectors like aerospace, chemical, life sciences, and industrial gas production.
🔧 What You'll Be Doing
- Lead automation projects from concept to completion scoping, scheduling, briefing, and reporting.
- Program PLCs (Rockwell RSLogix + one other major platform) and SCADA systems (Ignition + one other).
- Collaborate with customers to define requirements, resolve issues, and deliver exceptional solutions.
- Manage internal and external resources, ensuring smooth execution and timely delivery.
- Champion project flowcharts and documentation through design reviews, testing, and closeouts.
- Apply your knowledge of industrial networking and cybersecurity to build robust systems.
🧠 What You Bring
- 5-10 years of hands-on experience in signals and controls integration.
- Proven track record managing automation projects with a high degree of ownership.
- Expertise in RSLogix and Ignition, plus familiarity with platforms like Siemens, GE, Schneider Electric, or Inductive Automation.
- Bonus points for experience with Unity Pro, RemoteConnect, or GeoSCADA.
- Excellent written and verbal skills for documentation and client interaction.
- A hunger to learn new platforms and technologies.
🌟 Why You'll Love It Here
- Work with a family-owned company that values people and innovation.
- Enjoy a mix of technical challenge, leadership, and customer engagement.
- Competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and a collaborative culture.
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