Automation Engineer

Tesco Controls; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Controls is seeking an Automation Engineer to design and implement control systems for water and wastewater projects. You will program PLC, OIT, and SCADA applications, test bench/panels, and support on-site startups.

Collaboration with engineers, customers, and end-users is essential to ensure robust, safe system operation. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience, strong communication, and knowledge of ladder logic/structured text.

Qualifications

• Requires strong communication skills (verbal and written) and attention to detail.
• Demonstrates organizational and time management abilities; works well on multiple projects.
• Familiarity with industrial automation programming best practices and on-site startup/troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Write PLC and SCADA operating programs based on specifications to ensure safe, reliable operation.
• Publish concise operating instructions detailing control parameters and effects under normal and failure conditions.
• Provide technical assistance (phone or on-site) to verify and modify PLC/SCADA programs.
• Collaborate with internal teams, consulting engineers, customers and end-users to ensure proper system layouts and designs.
• Analyze existing programs and documentation for project modifications.
• Ensure assignments and work schedules follow policy and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external contacts.
• Support multiple smaller projects and provide weekly status reports.
• Perform unassisted startup of complex sites and lead technical aspects of projects.
• Conduct customer-facing workshops and trainings.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written English

Attention to detail

Organizational and time management

Familiarity with industrial automation

Ladder logic

Structured text programming

Microsoft Office

Instruments and electro-mechanical设备

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computer Technology, Engineering, related field

Tools

C

C++

Java

Job description

At Tesco Controls (a UFT company), our culture is grounded in the idea that the how we achieve results is just as important as the results themselves. Our winning behaviors guide the way we work, collaborate, and grow-both as individual employees and as a team. Our core winning behaviors are to Build Relationships, have a Relentless Drive for Results, to Communicate with Integrity and Focus, and to Be a Mentor, Teacher, Learner. These behaviors are more than words-they are the foundation of our success and continued growth.

Here, you'll join a stable, growing company where your work directly supports cleaner water, stronger communities, and critical infrastructure across the country. If you want meaningful work, real growth opportunities, and a team that takes pride in doing the right thing-you'll find it here. Help power the systems that keep our world running.

Tesco Controls is seeking an Automation Engineer to support the development and implementation of control systems for water and wastewater treatment processes. This role involves designing and programming PLC, OIT, and SCADA applications based on engineering drawings and specifications, ensuring accurate and efficient system functionality. The position includes responsibilities for bench and panel testing to validate performance against project requirements, as well as assisting with on-site startup and troubleshooting. This is an excellent opportunity to apply technical expertise in a hands-on, collaborative environment while contributing to critical infrastructure projects.

What you'll do:

• Write PLC and SCADA operating programs based upon control specification and/or Tesco standards to assure safe, reliable and optimal equipment operation
• Write (publish) concise operating instructions detailing; control parameters and their effects under normal and failure conditions
• Provide technical assistance (phone or job-site) to verify and/or modify PLC/SCADA programs
• Work with various departments internally, along with consulting engineers, customers and end-users to assure proper programming for the system layouts and designs
• Analyze and interpret existing programs and documentation for project modifications
• Ensure assignments and work schedules follow policy and procedures
• Communicate effectively to a wide range of internal and external contacts
• Support multiple smaller scaled projects
• Provide weekly content and job status reports used with scheduling tools
• Execute successful unassisted start-ups of complex sites
• Demonstrates ability to perform technical leadership role on projects
• Assigned to perform quality checks for projects engineered by peers
• Ability to conduct customer facing workshops and trainings
• All other duties assigned

What you bring:

• Preferred 2 years of experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• High level of organizational and time management skills
• Familiarity with industrial automation programming best practices
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computer Technology, Engineering, related field
• Basic knowledge of ladder logic and structured text programming
• Basic knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, Java
• Basic understanding of computer operations, Microsoft Office
• Working knowledge of instruments and electro-mechanical devices used for process control

Pay offered will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and geographic location. We may pay more or less than the range based on the person's qualifications. In good faith we believe the range is what we will pay for this role at the time of the posting and may change in the future.

Join our team to innovate the future of water and wastewater. You'll collaborate with coworkers who are the best and the brightest, challenge yourself on exciting work, and help build the best water and wastewater platform company in the U.S.

Tesco Controls is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. TESCO provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

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