Control Engineer

Apply your electrical engineering expertise where it directly impacts production efficiency and safety standards.

We are seeking a Caster Controls Engineer to provide technical leadership and hands‑on troubleshooting support within a continuous casting operation. This role is critical to improving reliability, automation performance, and technical capability on the caster, while developing and mentoring a young electrical team.

You will serve as the technical authority for caster controls and automation
, working directly with equipment, Siemens PLC‑based systems, and oscillation control logic. In addition to technical ownership, this role carries strong people leadership responsibility
, guiding and training a group of electricians with varying experience levels.

This is not a desk‑only engineering role. Success requires curiosity, urgency, and comfort being in the middle of problems until they are solved.

• Serve as the primary controls and automation lead for the caster operation
• Troubleshoot and optimize PLC‑based control systems (Siemens environment)
• Modify and improve existing control programs to address process and reliability issues
• Provide technical leadership for oscillator controls and caster automation systems
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 8 shift electricians
  , many early in their careers
• Elevate troubleshooting skills and technical confidence across the electrical team
• Drive problems to resolution through structured troubleshooting and hands‑on involvement
• Collaborate closely with engineering, maintenance, and operations teams
• Interface with contractors and vendors as needed to support upgrades and improvements
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at increasing throughput and uptime

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5–10+ years of relevant experience in a heavy industrial environment (steel, milling, paper, metals, etc.)
• Automation or controls experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Strong troubleshooting skills with PLC‑controlled systems

• Competitive compensation.
• 401(k) and profit‑sharing plan.
• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge projects in a collaborative environment.