Automation Engineer
Job in
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, 99254, USA
Listed on 2026-07-24
Listing for:
Energy Jobline ZR
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-24
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Automation & Mechatronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description
This role is a CONTRACT-TO HIRE position.
Responsible for completing automation and controls efforts across multiple projects, from initial design through commissioning.
This role combines PLC/HMI programming, system design, project coordination, and field support.
Core Responsibilities Project Leadership- Develop automation scope across multiple concurrent projects
- Serve as primary controls contact for internal teams and customers
- Interpret P&IDs, specifications, and cause & effect documents
- Coordinate with panel shop, design, fabrication, and field teams
- Program PLCs (AB, Emerson, and Various Other Systems)
- Develop HMIs (Redlion and Various Systems)
- Implement control sequences, interlocks, alarms, and analog control
- Build reusable logic (AOIs, scaling structures, modular routines)
- Integrate devices via Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, and serial comms
- Understand control narratives and functional descriptions
- Design lead/lag systems (compressors, pumps)
- Define I/O requirements and support electrical design reviews
- Perform system startup and commissioning
- Troubleshoot PLC logic, networks, instrumentation, and drives
- Support FAT and SAT activities
- Verify system performance against design intent
- Review panel designs and BOMs for functionality and compliance
- Coordinate between automation and panel build teams
- Develop and maintain I/O lists, alarm lists, and control narratives
- Create standardized templates for repeatable systems
- Provide clear documentation for handoff and future support
- Assist with estimating automation scope for proposals
- Identify opportunities for system standardization
- Support training of team members
- Interface with vendors and evaluate technologies
- Instrument air compressor systems (lead/lag control, monitoring)
- Water transfer and truck loading facilities
- Thermal monitoring systems (FLIR-based)
- Packaged industrial control panels and systems
- Rockwell Automation (Studio 5000, Compact Logix)
- Red Lion HMI (Crimson 3.x)
- Emerson FB3000
- Industrial networking (Ethernet/IP, Modbus, Hirschmann switches)
- VFD integration (analog speed control, feedback monitoring)
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