Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer | Hybrid Opportunity

Kickstart your controls engineering career with a hands-on automation role where you'll work alongside experienced engineers, support real manufacturing operations, and build expertise with industry-leading PLC, SCADA, and control systems.

Location:

Arbuckle, CA

Hybrid

Schedule:

3 days onsite / 2 days remote after training and ramp-up period

We're seeking a motivated Controls Engineer to join a collaborative automation team supporting manufacturing operations across multiple facilities. This is a growth-focused opportunity for an engineer with 2-5 years of industrial automation experience who enjoys troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and working directly with production systems.

In this role, you'll partner closely with senior engineering staff to support automation projects from design through commissioning, while also helping maintain and optimize critical plant control systems. You'll gain exposure to the full project lifecycle, modern industrial technologies, and highly visible initiatives that directly impact production efficiency, quality, and uptime.

• Contract-to-hire opportunity with long-term career potential.
• Work alongside experienced controls and automation professionals.
• Gain hands-on experience with PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, instrumentation, and industrial networks.
• Contribute to projects that have a direct impact on manufacturing performance.
• Develop in-demand automation and controls engineering skills.
• Join a team that values mentorship, learning, and professional growth.

This role is designed for engineers looking to deepen their technical expertise within an industrial manufacturing environment. You'll gain experience supporting real-world automation projects, troubleshooting complex systems, commissioning new equipment, and implementing process improvements while learning directly from supervising controls professionals.

• Pay Rate: $43.27 - $45.67 per hour
• Contract-to-Hire Opportunity
• Duration: 12 Months

• Support the design, build, testing, and commissioning of industrial control systems.
• Assist with automation initiatives across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Partner with operations and maintenance teams to resolve production issues.
• Support implementation of new control and instrumentation technologies.

• Develop and maintain Ignition Vision and Perspective applications.
• Create and troubleshoot screens, templates, reports, transaction groups, and user interfaces.
• Configure and maintain alarming systems, event notifications, and historical data collection.
• Manage user security roles and permissions within SCADA systems.
• Integrate new equipment and instrumentation into existing SCADA environments.
• Support production reporting, historian systems, SQL-backed data collection, and data management initiatives.
• Participate in SCADA standardization efforts including tag structures, naming conventions, templates, and unified namespace development.

• Diagnose and resolve PLC, SCADA, instrumentation, and control system issues.
• Support wiring modifications and electrical troubleshooting activities.
• Utilize structured root-cause analysis techniques to identify and resolve equipment faults.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, control drawings, and PLC logic.
• Troubleshoot field devices, electrical panels, motor control centers, and production equipment.

• Collaborate with engineering, quality, maintenance, and operations teams to improve plant performance.
• Analyze production data and implement controls improvements that enhance yield, efficiency, quality, and uptime.
• Tune PID loops, sequencing controls, and equipment interlocks.
• Support migration of legacy control systems to newer Rockwell platforms.
• Configure and calibrate instrumentation including flowmeters, level transmitters, pressure transmitters, temperature devices, and scales.
• Create and maintain SOP documentation.
• Support training efforts for maintenance and operations personnel.

We're seeking a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving technical problems, working directly with equipment, and taking ownership of projects. The ideal candidate is comfortable working independently, has strong troubleshooting skills, and is eager to continue growing within industrial automation and manufacturing controls.

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation, Mechatronics, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 2-5 years of hands-on experience in industrial automation and controls engineering.
• Experience with Rockwell automation platforms including:
  Studio 5000, RSLogix 500, Factory Talk View ME, PlantPAx Process Library Version 4 or higher.
• Experience with Ignition SCADA Vision and Perspective.
• Knowledge of SQL Server, SSMS, T-SQL, and Jython scripting.
• Ability to read and interpret…