Senior PLC & Drives Engineer: Controls & Commissioning Lead

Kellow Recruiting; Canada; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health

Paramedical

Vision insurance

Dental coverage

Life insurance

Long-term disability

RRSP contribution up to 2.5% of wages

Four half-day Fridays

Mileage covered

Hotels covered

Relocation support (discussed)

Job summary

Kellow Recruiting is assisting an established industrial automation and drive systems company in Canada. The role involves owning controls and drives work on projects, developing and testing PLC/HMI programs, commissioning at customer sites, and providing post-launch support.

You will collaborate with the Engineering Manager and automation team, progressing from active commissioning to project ownership while traveling for site work as needed.

Qualifications

• Substantial hands-on PLC programming, startup and commissioning experience.
• Strong Allen-Bradley/Rockwell skills; Siemens experience is valuable.
• Practical industrial drives and motor control expertise.
• Electrical and mechanical understanding that helps you troubleshoot the complete system.
• Independent judgment, clear customer communication and prompt escalation when needed.

Responsibilities

• Write, debug and document PLC and HMI programs; prepare functional descriptions and test plans.
• Configure and troubleshoot industrial drives, motor control and coordinated motion applications.
• Commission industrial networks and resolve communication issues between controllers and connected equipment.
• Use electrical schematics and process diagrams to understand the system and diagnose faults.
• Support electrical design reviews and related calculations where your controls expertise is needed.
• Work with customers and project managers on progress, technical issues and changes to project scope.
• Provide field support, document work and share your knowledge with developing teammates.

Skills

PLC programming

Startup & commissioning

Customer communication

Electrical troubleshooting

Independent judgement

Mechanical intuition

Education

Technical education or equivalent

Tools

Allen-Bradley/Rockwell

Siemens

Industrial drives

Job description

Kellow Recruiting is assisting an established industrial automation and drive systems company in Canada. The role involves owning controls and drives work on projects, developing and testing PLC/HMI programs, commissioning at customer sites, and providing post-launch support.

You will collaborate with the Engineering Manager and automation team, progressing from active commissioning to project ownership while traveling for site work as needed.