Position: Senior Controls Engineer
Trisian-Global Consulting LLC is seeking a highly skilled Senior Controls Engineer to work on-site in Albuquerque NM. As the Senior Controls Engineer you will be responsible for providing team leadership in delivering automation systems for a wide variety of industries.
Key Responsibilities:
- Demonstrated technical proficiency in implementing automation solutions with PLC DCS HMI and SCADA platforms.
- Interact directly with the customer and lead a team engineers in identifying requirements developing specifications and implementing/testing/commissioning/qualifying automation solutions.
- Leadership role requiring strong problem-solving ability well-balanced people skills an aptitude for business efficiency and an interest in creating partnerships.
- Deliver innovative automation solutions and design standards either self-directedly or as a leader of a team.
- Conceptualize detail and implement control systems for industrial processes and machinery that meet our customers requirements. This involves the development of a control system architecture selecting the components to be used detailing schematic diagrams and system documentation programming controllers (PLC DCS RTU) programming the process visualization (HMI/SCADA) developing databases for archiving/displaying historical system data and implementing/commissioning the control system at the clients facility.
- Knowledge of controller programming languages such as Ladder Sequential Function Chart Structured Text and others to achieve the desired results is required. Also having knowledge of standard programming languages such as and SQL for the development of HMI/SCADA systems is preferred.
- For larger systems experience with industrial networking used to connect control system components and instrumentation is preferred. The Controls Engineer would design detail and implement a variety of fiber wired and wireless systems using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP Profinet Modbus etc.)
- Project Management responsibilities: developing 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.
- Overseeing daily operations and activities of a project(s) up to $1M. This position is often responsible for ensuring the overall profitability of the project
- The ideal candidate must have a diverse engineering skillset with the ability to work independently.
- Act as technical lead on projects and guide lower-level engineers and technicians. Could also act as Project Manager on smaller projects.
Qualifications
- Education Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering or Computer Science is required.
- Experience 10 years of Controls Engineer experience with capabilities in below areas:
- Candidates with Rockwell and Cimplicity experience will be given preference
- Various 3rd party web-based data integrations for monitoring and troubleshooting aid
- Develop work processes to automate template and instance development within the System Platform
- Provide technical leadership on design standards around graphics alarming and scale-up
- Power BI Grafana and APIs
- In-depth understanding of PLC hardware/software platforms such as Rockwell Automation Siemens and Modicon
- In-depth understanding of HMI/SCADA hardware/software platforms such as ICONICS Genesis64 Wonderware ArchestrA System Platform GE CIMPLICITY GE iFIX Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Schneider and Siemens
- In-depth understanding of DCS hardware/software platforms such as Emerson DeltaV or similar
- Experience in industries such as Semiconductor chip fabrication facilities Life Sciences Building Automation Food and Beverage Oil & Gas and Mining
- Experience in the design of electrical schematics including power distribution under 480VAC control panels and associated NEC references desired
- Experience with AutoCAD is desired
- Experience leading a team of engineers/technicians to provide control system solutions
- Experience mentoring less experienced engineers
- Professional references preferably one from each of the following: a subordinate a peer and a manager
- Field device/equipment troubleshooting
- Job estimating
If you are a highly motivated and skilled Senior Controls Engineer with Leadership experience we encourage you to apply for this position directly and then send your resume to for immediate review.
Account manager information:
Name: Jeff Meinen
Email:
Phone: ext 204
Header: This position requires demonstrated technical proficiency in implementing automation solutions with PLC DCS HMI and SCADA platforms. The Senior Controls Engineer will interact directly with the customer and lead a team of Wunderlich-Malec engineers in identifying requirements developing specifications and implementing/testing/commissioning/qualifying automation solutions.
**Must be local or have ties to Albuquerque**
Must have:
Education Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering or Computer Science is required.
Experience 10 years of Controls Engineer experience
Controls Engineer would design detail and implement a variety of fiber wired and wireless systems using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP Profinet Modbus etc.)
Controller programming languages such as Ladder Sequential Function Chart Structured Text and others to achieve the desired results
Standard programming languages such as and SQL for the development of HMI/SCADA systems
Provide technical leadership on design standards around graphics alarming and scale-up
Power BI Grafana and APIs
PLC hardware/software platforms such as Rockwell Automation Siemens and Modicon
HMI/SCADA hardware/software platforms such as ICONICS Genesis64 Wonderware ArchestrA System Platform GE CIMPLICITY GE iFIX Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Schneider and Siemens
DCS hardware/software platforms such as Emerson DeltaV or similar would be a big plus
Experience in industries such as Semiconductor chip fabrication facilities Life Sciences Building Automation Food and Beverage Oil & Gas and Mining Water/Wastewater
Experience in the design of electrical schematics including power distribution under 480VAC control panels and associated NEC references
Field device/equipment troubleshooting
Job estimating
Must either be local or have ties to the area
Nice to have:
AutoCAD
For larger systems experience with industrial networking used to connect control system components and instrumentation
Additional information:
Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:
100% employee-owned with 40 years of industry history
A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant
ENR Top 500 Firm at #197