Automation Engineer

At Tesco Controls (a UFT company), our culture is grounded in the idea that the way we achieve results is just as important as the results themselves. Our winning behaviors guide the way we work, collaborate, and grow—both as individual employees and as a team. Our core winning behaviors are:
Build Relationships, Relentless Drive for Results, Communicate with Integrity and Focus, and Be a Mentor, Teacher, Learner. These behaviors are more than words—they form the foundation of our success and continued growth.

Here, you’ll join a stable, growing company where your work directly supports cleaner water, stronger communities, and critical infrastructure across the country. If you want meaningful work, real growth opportunities, and a team that takes pride in doing the right thing—you’ll find it here.

Tesco Controls is seeking an Automation Engineer to support the development and implementation of control systems for water and wastewater treatment processes. This role involves designing and programming PLC, OIT, and SCADA applications based on engineering drawings and specifications, ensuring accurate and efficient system functionality. The position includes responsibilities for bench and panel testing to validate performance against project requirements, as well as assisting with on‑site startup and troubleshooting.

It is an excellent opportunity to apply technical expertise in a hands‑on, collaborative environment while contributing to critical infrastructure projects.

• Write PLC and SCADA operating programs based on control specifications and Tesco standards to assure safe, reliable, and optimal equipment operation.
• Write concise operating instructions detailing control parameters and their effects under normal and failure conditions.
• Provide technical assistance (phone or on‑site) to verify and/or modify PLC/SCADA programs.
• Work with various departments internally, along with consulting engineers, customers and end‑users to assure proper programming for the system layouts and designs.
• Analyze and interpret existing programs and documentation for project modifications.
• Ensure assignments and work schedules follow policy and procedures.
• Communicate effectively to a wide range of internal and external contacts.
• Support multiple smaller‑scaled projects.
• Provide weekly content and job status reports used with scheduling tools.
• Execute successful unassisted start‑ups of complex sites.
• Demonstrate ability to perform technical leadership role on projects.
• Perform quality checks for projects engineered by peers.
• Conduct customer‑facing workshops and trainings.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• High level of organizational and time‑management skills.
• Familiarity with industrial automation programming best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computer Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Basic knowledge of ladder logic and structured text programming.
• Basic knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, Java.
• Basic understanding of computer operations and Microsoft Office.
• Working knowledge of instruments and electro‑mechanical devices used for process control.

• Preferred: 2 years of experience.

• Daily travel required.

Join our team to innovate the future of water and wastewater. You’ll collaborate with coworkers who are the best and brightest, challenge yourself on exciting work, and help build the best water and wastewater platform company in the U.S.

Tesco Controls is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Tesco provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

Pay offered will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and geographic location. We may pay more or less than the stated range based on the candidate’s qualifications. In good faith we believe the range is what we will pay for this role at the time of the posting and may change in the future.