Automation And Control Specialist

Looking to start an exciting new career? City Electric Supply offers excellent career opportunities for people who are friendly, motivated, and passionate about providing incredible customer service.

CES is a family-owned electrical wholesaler with the benefits of a worldwide service network and the personal service of a neighborhood store. Our "customer service first" core value has allowed us to grow continually for over 75 years while keeping our founding principle of empowering people to make local business decisions. CES now employs more than 7,400 people at over 1,100 branches worldwide, of which there are over 700 branches across North America.

Our vision is to add 30-35 branches a year, while staying true to our Company values.

The Inside Automation and Control Specialist supports the design, programming, installation, and maintenance of industrial control and automation systems, including PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, and industrial networks. This role partners closely with automation specialists, field sales teams, and customers to support technical solution development, troubleshooting, project coordination, and system implementation.

This position serves as a technical resource for automation products and applications, assisting with documentation, training, and customer support while helping drive automation sales growth and customer success. The role plays a key part in ensuring automation solutions are configured, supported, and delivered effectively across CES teams and customer environments.

• Helps to develop and configure PLC/HMI/SCADA systems while integrating VFDs, servo drives, and industrial networks (Ethernet/IP, Device Net).
• Helps to install, test, and start up new control systems and modifications, ensuring quality and adherence to standards.
• Helps to diagnose and resolve complex electrical/control issues while minimizing downtime for PLCs, instruments, and networks.
• Help provide technical training, support, and expertise to operators and technicians, acting as a liaison for customers.
• Acts as a center of excellence for the industrial automation sales and support teams.
• Satisfactorily maintains all fixed assets and equipment, keeping them in a positive working condition.
• Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relations with customers, coworkers and supervisors.