Automation Engineer - PLC & Conveyor Systems

CBRE; Byhalia (MS); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k

Paid time off

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is seeking an Automation Engineer to support advanced automation systems for mission critical facilities. The role focuses on improving conveyor, sortation, PLC, and SCADA platforms to boost uptime and safety.

You’ll troubleshoot, implement controls solutions, and collaborate with site operations and maintenance teams to deliver reliable performance. This exempt full-time position offers challenging work, growth opportunities, and a safety-first culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred, plus 2–5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in at least two engineering design cycles including specification, component selection and programming.
• 2+ years of experience with PLC programming, robotics components, and SCADA-based monitoring and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe working environment by complying with all applicable codes, regulations, governmental agencies, and company directives related to system operations and work safety.
• Troubleshoot and modify software programs for material handling control systems, including PLC/PC controllers, Allen Bradley Controllogix/CompactLogix PLC platform and RSLogix 5000 software package.
• Act as first level escalation in troubleshooting support, both on-site and remotely, as well as during and after business hours, to repair all MHE controls software systems.
• Inspect systems to ensure the operation of equipment is within design capabilities and achieve operational conditions prescribed by the client.
• Overseescope of development, work request initiation, scheduling, and inspection of work performed by outside contractors, which includes proprietary work, licensed installations, upgrades, and maintenance and inspection of specialized systems.
• Engineer process solutions and reliability improvement from concept to network implementation.
• Monitor Industrial networks such as Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Profibus, AS-I, motor control systems, servo drives, frequency drives, and electrical distribution systems.
• Monitor material handling equipment metrics and partner with site team to resolve equipment electrical problems that create performance deficiencies.
• Proactively and effectively communicate with multiple stakeholders including leadership, operations and the maintenance team on technical issues and project timelines and production impacts.
• Facilitate analysis and reviews of failures and processes to provide recommendations to implement improvements or retraining to avoid future incidents.
• Perform controls systems assessments to maintain and improve equipment reliability.
• Clearly communicate technical issues, project timelines, and product impacts with site leadership, operations and maintenance teams.
• Cultivate positive working relationships with our Client and the Operations Maintenance team members.
• Perform other job-related duties as needed or assigned.

Skills

PLC Programming

Robotics Systems

SCADA Monitoring

Allen-Bradley

Conveyors & Sortation

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

RSLogix 5000

Allen-Bradley PLC

SCADA Software

ControlNet/DeviceNet

Job description

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is seeking an Automation Engineer to support advanced automation systems for mission critical facilities. The role focuses on improving conveyor, sortation, PLC, and SCADA platforms to boost uptime and safety.

You’ll troubleshoot, implement controls solutions, and collaborate with site operations and maintenance teams to deliver reliable performance. This exempt full-time position offers challenging work, growth opportunities, and a safety-first culture.