Plant Automation & Controls Engineer
Job in
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, 45416, USA
Listed on 2026-06-02
Listing for:
Dimensional Thinking, LLC
Full Time, Seasonal/Temporary
position Listed on 2026-06-02
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer, Automation Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Plant Automation & Controls Engineer
Location:
Dayton, OH 45414 (Onsite)
Salary: $100k $120K
Client:
Cargill
Duration:
Full time
Job Purpose and Impact
The Plant Automation & Control Engineer will apply technical knowledge to design, develop and maintain overall governance on standards, application, gaps, solutions and measurements to increase production quality, efficiency and volume for the business. In this role, you will perform day to day activities related controls and automation engineering to enable projects and improve our capabilities by providing engineering support for the organization.
Primary technology is Delta
V DCS and PI historian in day-to-day use. This role will primarily focus on automation/programming for site support.
Key Accountabilities
- Apply general knowledge of principles, terms, and practices of instrumentation and automation engineering to support the design and build of safe and reliable operations.
- Coordinate and provide direct support and delivery of services for an operation.
- Execute and support instrumentation and automation engineering standards and deliverables in capital projects.
- Monitor and support progress for projects with low to medium levels of complexity and ensure appropriate resource allocations and portfolio prioritization.
- Implement, monitor and track audit control mechanisms within area of scope to track performance and provide actionable solutions that contribute to improvements.
- Support more senior team members to assess instrumentation and automation engineering development and application opportunities and further dissemination across common practice areas.
- Support, analyze and develop conclusions regarding areas of improvement and identify opportunities to improve performance and determine acceptable risk tolerance.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- On-Call:
Rotation with fellow team members every 3-weeks for a week remotely after business hours. - Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of two years of related work experience
- Intermediate project management skills
- Strong technical and mathematical skills
- Demonstrated working knowledge of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques
- Delta
V DCS experience - Strong Controls and Automation knowledge
- This position is located in Dayton, OH.
- Relocation support may be provided.
- The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position
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