Controls Commissioning Engineer

Job Title:

Controls Commissioning Engineer

Job Description

This role focuses on testing, commissioning, and startup of advanced electrical and control systems for material handling applications in parcel, warehouse distribution, manufacturing, and automated storage and retrieval environments. You collaborate closely with customers, project managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions while providing frequent status updates to both management and customers.

Responsibilities

* Implement and integrate electrical and control systems for material handling applications, including conveyance and sortation systems.

* Work cooperatively with engineering, design, production, and field service teams to ensure cohesive project execution.

* Perform functional testing of electrical and control systems to verify performance, reliability, and compliance with project requirements.

* Configure PLC and SCADA networks to support system communication, monitoring, and control.

* Execute formal test procedures and complete test documentation, forms, and reports accurately and on time.

* Collaborate with project management to provide frequent work status updates and communicate risks, issues, and progress.

* Support commissioning activities in live operating environments while maintaining safety, quality, and minimal disruption to operations.

* Assist with troubleshooting and resolving issues related to PLC, HMI, and control system performance during startup and commissioning.

* Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance system performance, reliability, and maintainability.

* Work on-site at customer facilities to support installation, startup, and upgrades of material handling equipment.

Essential Skills

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in a related field.

* 1-5 years of experience in the control system industry.

* Strong understanding of control systems, including PLC, SCADA, HMI, and related automation technologies.

* Ability to modify PLC programs within one or more platforms such as Allen-Bradley (AB) and Siemens.

* Ability to modify HMI programs to support system operation and user interaction.

* Strong field experience with conveyance systems, including sortation logic, material handling, product tracking, merging, and related functions.

* Experience commissioning systems in live operational environments.

* Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with customers, project managers, and internal teams.

* Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot control system issues in the field.

* Clear and professional communication skills for providing frequent status updates to management and customers.

Additional

Skills & Qualifications

* Experience with automating conveyance systems from design through commissioning.

* Instrumentation calibration and startup experience in industrial environments.

* Experience tuning sortation and merging systems for optimal throughput and performance.

* Prior work in the material handling industry, including parcel, warehouse distribution, manufacturing, or automated storage and retrieval systems.

* Hands-on experience with modern, state-of-the-art material handling equipment.

* Comfort working in fast-paced project environments with evolving priorities and deadlines.

Work Environment

This role supports multiple large-scale material handling facilities in Liberty, MO (greater Kansas City area), Olyphant, PA (greater Scranton area), and Pasco, WA (south central Washington area). You work primarily on-site at customer facilities, focusing on installation, commissioning, and upgrades of material handling equipment, including state-of-the-art systems in a high-volume distribution environment. The schedule typically consists of six working days per week with 10-hour shifts, with the possibility of additional hours as projects approach completion.

The environment is industrial and fast-paced, requiring comfort working around operating machinery, conveyors, and automated systems, as well as adherence to all site safety practices and appropriate work attire such as standard industrial or…