Automation Engineer - Plant Controls & ABB Modernization

Cindavi; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cindavi is seeking a Process Automation Engineer to join the Project Engineering Group in Batesville, Arkansas. You will help modernize a complex chemical manufacturing operation by supporting ABB 800xA/800M migrations while working with Allen-Bradley and legacy systems.

You will collaborate across process engineering, operations, and instrumentation teams to design, troubleshoot, and implement control solutions, ensuring reliability and efficiency across batch and continuous processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering preferred; strong technologists and integrators encouraged to apply.
• Experience or aptitude in process controls, automation, or controls programming.
• Proficiency with Windows environments, servers, domains, networking, and OT.
• Practical understanding of controllers, I/O, instrumentation, and fieldbus technologies.
• Experience in chemical, petroleum, or continuous/batch manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and start up automation solutions for batch and continuous processes.
• Support change orders, upgrades, and improvement projects across PLC, DCS, HMI, and plant-network environments.
• Program and troubleshoot systems using ladder logic, structured text, function blocks, and batch sequencing tools.
• Advance ABB 800xA and 800M modernization while supporting Allen-Bradley, legacy DCS, and vendor systems.
• Collaborate with process engineering, project engineering, operations, electrical maintenance, and instrumentation teams to solve plant-wide problems.
• Diagnose root causes, improve reliability and capacity, develop procedures, and contribute to equipment and process design decisions.
• Occasional after-hours support for critical plant issues.

Skills

Process controls

Automation

Systems integration

Controls programming

Windows literacy

Industrial networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering

Tools

ABB 800M controls

Allen-Bradley

DCS

Vendor systems

Job description

Cindavi is seeking a Process Automation Engineer to join the Project Engineering Group in Batesville, Arkansas. You will help modernize a complex chemical manufacturing operation by supporting ABB 800xA/800M migrations while working with Allen-Bradley and legacy systems.

You will collaborate across process engineering, operations, and instrumentation teams to design, troubleshoot, and implement control solutions, ensuring reliability and efficiency across batch and continuous processes.