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Electrical Controls Engineer
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Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, 36624, USA
Listed on 2026-10-29
Listing for:
Software Placement Group
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-29
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Automation & Mechatronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer, Instrumentation Tech
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Mobile, AL |
Schedule: Full-time, on-site
A highly automated manufacturing facility is seeking an experienced Electrical Controls Engineer to support and improve its electrical, controls, automation, and process-control systems. This hands-on role combines day-to-day troubleshooting with leading automation, electrical, and capital improvement projects from concept through startup, making it central to plant reliability and performance.
What you'll do- Program, troubleshoot, modify, and optimize PLC-based control systems, including Allen-Bradley Control Logix and Siemens S7/TIA Portal
- Support and maintain DCS, SCADA and HMI systems used to control and monitor manufacturing processes
- Troubleshoot complex electrical, controls, instrumentation, and automation problems and perform root-cause analysis
- Support industrial instrumentation, control valves, process loops, interlocks, permissives, alarms, and sequence controls
- Configure and troubleshoot industrial networks and communications, including Ether Net/IP, Modbus, Profibus, Profinet, OPC and related protocols
- Support PLC-to-PLC, PLC-to-DCS, remote I/O, gateways and third-party equipment integration
- Work with MCCs, VFDs, transformers, switch gear, substations and facility electrical distribution systems
- Support electrical safety and compliance requirements, including NEC, NFPA 70E and NFPA 70B
- Lead capital projects from initial concept and cost estimates through design, equipment selection, installation, commissioning and startup
- Develop and maintain P&IDs, electrical one-lines, schematics, control documentation and other engineering drawings
- Coordinate equipment vendors, contractors and outside technical resources
- Partner closely with Operations and Maintenance to improve equipment reliability, process performance and plant uptime
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- 5–10+ years of industrial electrical, controls, automation, instrumentation or process-control experience
- Strong hands-on PLC programming and troubleshooting experience
- Experience with Allen-Bradley Control Logix and/or Siemens S7/TIA Portal
- Experience with DCS, SCADA/HMI and industrial instrumentation
- Working knowledge of industrial electrical distribution, MCCs, VFDs, transformers and switch gear
- Ability to read and develop electrical schematics, one-line drawings and P&IDs
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
- Ability to work effectively with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, vendors and contractors
- AutoCAD experience preferred
- Experience with Yokogawa DCS, Mitsubishi PLCs, Aspen Historian, Easy Power, medium-voltage systems, protective relaying and arc-flash/short-circuit studies is a plus
This is a hands-on engineering position with the opportunity to lead capital projects from concept through startup while directly improving equipment reliability, process performance, and plant uptime.
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