Associate Controls Engineer Job Boise area,Idaho USA,Engineering

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering has an Associate Controls Engineer opportunity available in Boise, person will deliver process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc.

Please Note:

This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization, including H-1B sponsorship. The Company does not participate in the STEM OPT training program for this position.

Technical

Deliver process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc.
Learn, follow, and seek to streamline/improve project execution tools, standards and techniques
Follows guidance from lead engineer to provide process Control System software/hardware design, development and startup.
Prepare supporting project documenting (examples include user requirements, architecture, control narratives, cause & effect diagrams, test plans, user training, etc.
Routinely test your work to ensure quality, accuracy, safety and alignment to project requirements

Project Management

Provide status reporting to your project manager regarding activities/deliverables progress-to-date, hours estimate-to-complete, needs/obstacles to meeting project schedule, etc.
Identifies potential roadblocks to completing tasks efficiently and on schedule
Provide input to project risks, best practice, lessons learned, etc. related to your project activities
Address customer requests and evaluate them versus the defined scope of assigned projects
Actively participate in internal and customer meetings

Sales and Business Development

Identify opportunities to build relationships with client members of their assigned projects
Provide input to proposals and estimates
Seek to understand customer needs such that WM may offer additional scope and/or services

Business Operations

Create personal goals that support the goals of your assigned projects as well as the goals our Business Unit
Demonstrate ability in engineering economics, entrepreneurialism, risk management, and financial accountability
Willing to collaborate and share knowledge with coworkers
Communicate (verbally and in writing) with clarity and professionalism
Focus on efficiency and continuous improvement
Personal accountability and integrity

Minimum Requirements Education

BS Degree in Engineering (preference for Electrical/Controls, Chemical or Mechanical).

General

Strong leadership and client relation skills
Exceptional verbal and written ability with the aptitude to communicate professionally with clients and project leadership
Good engineering and good documentation practice. Experience (or willingness) using collaboration tools (such as SharePoint) to work effectively within remote teams

Required Experience

2 - 5+ years of hands‑on Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 experience
Proficiency with CFC and SFC engineering in the PCS 7 environment
Experience with AS 410/S7-400H high-availability (redundant) controllers
Working knowledge of PROFIBUS PA/DP, PROFINET, and redundant industrial networks
Experience with PCS 7 OS/WinCC operator systems
Solid grasp of process instrumentation, control loops, and P&/loop-diagram interpretation
Strong, methodical troubleshooting under live-process conditions
Computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word

Additional Experience (preferred But Not Required)

Network design, troubleshooting and ability to maintain/modify a virtualized environment
SIMATIC PDM, SIMATIC BATCH, or SIMATIC Route Control experience
Functional safety with S7 F-Systems/Safety Matrix
Controller migration experience (e.g., legacy AS 400 to AS 410-5H)
Industry-specific experience —…