Controls Engineer Senior

As a Senior Controls Engineer at ENGIE, you will serve as a senior technical resource for the industrial control systems, control networks, infrastructure, and applications supporting utility operations across the University of Iowa campus.

This is a hands‑on engineering role within a complex utility environment that includes multiple operating plants, campus buildings, electrical distribution infrastructure, metering systems, and critical services supporting healthcare, research, and campus operations.

You will help ensure the reliability, security, maintainability, and long‑term performance of the site’s industrial control systems. This includes supporting day‑to‑day operations, resolving complex technical issues, improving system documentation and maintenance practices, and contributing to the long‑term controls and operational technology strategy.

This opportunity is well suited for an experienced controls professional who enjoys solving complex technical problems in live industrial environments while establishing standards, improving system performance, and developing technical capability across an evolving engineering function.

• Serve as the senior technical resource for industrial control systems (ICS), control networks, metering systems, and supporting infrastructure across the University of Iowa utility system
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize control system hardware, software, networks, servers, and applications to ensure reliable, secure, and uninterrupted utility operations
• Support SCADA, PLC, HMI, data historian, and metering platforms through system upgrades, cybersecurity patching, backups, recovery planning, and performance improvements
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, maintenance plans, work instructions, and engineering standards that support safe and consistent operations
• Partner with ENGIE IT, cybersecurity teams, University stakeholders, operations, and maintenance personnel to ensure system reliability, compliance, and operational readiness
• Provide senior‑level troubleshooting, root cause analysis, technical mentoring, and training support for controls engineers, technicians, and maintenance teams
• Evaluate and support capital projects, system modernization initiatives, and long‑term controls strategies, identifying opportunities to improve reliability, standardization, and future system performance

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, or a related technical field with a minimum of five (5) years of industrial controls, automation, or ICS experience; or an associate degree in a related technical field with a minimum of seven (7) years of industrial controls, automation, or ICS experience
• Strong knowledge of industrial control systems, automation platforms, industrial networks, and supporting infrastructure within live operating environments
• Hands‑on experience with PLC programming, HMI development, SCADA systems, data historians, instrumentation, control system configuration, troubleshooting, commissioning, and field support
• Experience supporting Windows Server environments, Active Directory, virtualization platforms, industrial networking equipment, system patching, backups, and endpoint security within an ICS or OT environment
• Working knowledge of ICS cybersecurity principles, secure change management, vulnerability management, system hardening, and access control practices
• Ability to interpret and develop technical documentation, network architecture, control diagrams, maintenance procedures, and engineering standards
• Strong communication, organization, and prioritization skills with the ability to work independently and manage multiple operational and project priorities
• Experience gained through military service in controls, automation, instrumentation, industrial maintenance, power generation, operational technology (OT), cybersecurity, communications systems, utilities, or other mission‑critical technical environments is highly valued. Veterans often bring transferable technical expertise, leadership, problem‑solving, and operational discipline that align well with the…