Sr. Automation Controls Specialist, Operations Team

Twelve is a next-generation industrial company advancing how everyday products are made from the molecule up. Air Plant™ is our Power-to-X hydrocarbon platform that harnesses CO2, water, and electricity to make essential fuels and chemicals that underpin the global economy. We are on a mission to advance industry for the next century and lead a new era of innovation where everyday products are made from air.

Twelve is pioneering a new industrial era with carbon transformation. Using electrochemistry, we convert CO₂ into essential products—fuels, chemicals, and materials that traditionally rely on fossil resources. Our mission is to transform CO₂ from a liability into a valuable resource, build resilient fossil‑free supply chains, and accelerate the next generation of sustainable industry. Currently Twelve has constructed the Air Plant One facility in Moses Lake and has plans to expand the technology experience to the next Air Plant 2 facility.

The Senior Automation PLC Controls Specialist is a Senior experienced hands‑on PLC Controls Specialist with Rockwell, PlantPAx and Factory Talk PLC/HMI experience. The candidate will execute configuration activities with the control system as well as system updates and system maintenance activities as part of the Moses Lake Operations and Maintenance team. The candidate will provide troubleshooting of developed control applications to align expected responses to actual responses and provide corrective configuration support to correct the system.

The Automation PLC Controls Specialist shall have experience with OT (Operational Technologies) systems related to Rockwell systems and Third-Party Interface communication protocols that communicate in those systems. In addition, familiarity with field sensors and control elements would be an asset.

As a Sr. Automation PLC Controls Specialist, you will be part of a dynamic operations team that has responsibilities to produce a variety of energy‑related products to market and help the pilot plants different operational scenarios. The candidate will develop repour with suppliers of the control system elements to understand the Automation system’s technical growth direction and evaluate whether the opportunity is a fit for Moses Lake Operations.

The Air Plant One facility at Moses lake WA is a proving ground for this type of process and the candidate will be expected to participate in the learnings from this experience into the next Air Plant 2 facility. Experience with other control systems would be an asset here.

This position can be either as a permanent employee or a direct contract position.

This is an onsite role in Moses Lake, WA with periodic travel to Twelve HQ in Berkeley, CA. Twelve will offer relocation support for your move. The ideal candidate will also be open to future colocation with the EPC in Calgary, and to a third relocation to TX or ND after that.

• Be a member of the Operations and Maintenance team at site and provide support as requested.
• Develop understanding of the Safety aspects of the Integrated Control and Safety System, (ICSS) and act as owner of that system as part of the operations team to ensure its inherent safety concepts are maintained and supported thru Technology developments.
• Lead all Automation and Control activities including hands on configuration and documentation updates related to the Air Plant One facility.
• Partner with Engineering, Construction, Project Management, Finance, and Legal to align Control System activities with capital project execution.
• Serve as the OT interface to IT teams by translating plant control‑system requirements into secure network, identity/access, patching, remote‑access, asset‑inventory, and cybersecurity practices that protect…