Senior Controls Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Controls Engineer for a top‑tier industrial automation company in Addison, TX! This leadership role is perfect for someone with excellent problem‑solving and interpersonal skills, a passion for enhancing business efficiency, and a drive to foster valuable partnerships.

Our ideal candidate should possess a diverse engineering skill set, work independently, and act as the technical lead on projects while guiding junior engineers and technicians.

This is an onsite role open to local candidates.

• Deliver innovative automation solutions and design standards either self‑directed or as a leader of a team.
• Conceptualize, detail, and implement control systems for industrial processes and machinery that meet our customers requirements.
• Development of a control system architecture, selecting the components to be used, detailing schematic diagrams and system documentation, programming controllers (PLC, DCS/Delta V), programming the process visualization (HMI/SCADA).
• Develop databases for archiving/displaying historical system data and implementing/commissioning the control system at the client’s facility.
• Design, detail, and implement a variety of fiber, wired and wireless systems using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.).
• Develop project execution plans, work breakdown structures and associated budgets, task prioritization and scheduling, task ordering, time tracking and reporting, financial tracking and reporting, early problem identification, conflict management/resolution, leading and supporting a team, and attending project status meetings.
• Oversee daily operations and activities of a project(s) up to $10M. This position is often responsible for ensuring the overall profitability of the project.
• Could also act as Project Manager on smaller projects.

• BS Degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science or equal experience.

• 8+ years of experience in Semiconductor, Life Sciences, Building Automation, Food and Beverage, Water Treatment, or General Manufacturing.
• 2-3 years of recent in‑depth experience in Emerson Delta
  
  V.
• Proficient in PLC programming.
• Experience with PLC‑5 to Control Logix conversions.
• Familiarity with PLC hardware/software platforms such as Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and Modicon.
• Experience with HMI/SCADA hardware/software platforms, including servers, virtual machines, networks, Rockwell Automation Factory Talk and Plant
  
  PAX, Aveva System Platform and Edge, Inductive Automation Ignition, GE iFIX, Siemens WinCC, and TIA Portal.
• Knowledge of DCS hardware/software platforms, such as Emerson Delta
  
  V or similar systems.
• Solid understanding of instrumentation.
• Proficient in networking, particularly Ethernet.
• Ability to lead projects in a hands‑on project engineering role, though not necessarily as a full‑blown Project Manager.
• Experience in client interaction.
• Familiarity with Batch/Recipes, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, primarily local to the Dallas area.

• Knowledge of AutoCAD.
• PMP certification.
• Experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Ability to design electrical schematics and control panels, including power distribution, while adhering to associated NEC references.
• Background in the Life Sciences industry.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic and Supplemental Life and AD&D Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Short Term Disability
• Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• 401(k)/Profit Sharing
• And more

An equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. All aspects of employment are based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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