Controls Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering; Town of Texas, Houston (WI, TX); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Controls Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role involves delivering cutting-edge process control systems, utilizing advanced technologies like DCS, PLC, and SCADA programming. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, exceptional communication skills, and a passion for innovation. You'll work in a hybrid environment, collaborating with talented professionals to drive project success and enhance client relationships. If you're looking to make a significant impact in a supportive and employee-owned company, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in controls project phases: design, development, and commissioning.
• Strong leadership and client relation skills with exceptional verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Deliver process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA programming and hardware designs.
• Provide status reporting to project manager regarding activities and deliverables.

Skills

DCS/PLC/SCADA programming

Ignition SCADA

System design

Client relation skills

Programming languages (C++, JavaScript, Python, .NET)

Education

BS Degree in Engineering

Tools

CirrusLink MQTT Module

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Description

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 company with over 40 years of industry history


• A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant


• ENR top 500 firm at #170

We have a Controls Engineer position available in our Houston, TX office. This position is responsible for engineering project requirements involving DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc. This role is hybrid.

Position Summary

Technical

• Deliver process control systems including DCS/PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, hardware designs, network architecture design, instrumentation/electrical designs, check-out/start-up support, etc.


• Learn, follow, and seek to streamline/improve project execution tools, standards and techniques


• Follows guidance from lead engineer to provide process Control System software/hardware design, development and startup


• Prepare supporting project documenting (examples include user requirements, architecture, control narratives, cause&effect diagrams, test plans, user training, etc.


• Routinely test your work to ensure quality, accuracy, safety and alignment to project requirements

Project Management

• Provide status reporting to your project manager regarding activities/deliverables progress-to-date, hours estimate-to-complete, needs/obstacles to meeting project schedule, etc.


• Identifies potential roadblocks to completing tasks efficiently and on schedule


• Provide input to project risks, best practice, lessons learned, etc. related to your project activities


• Address customer requests and evaluate them versus the defined scope of assigned projects


• Actively participate in internal and customer meetings

Sales and Business Development

• Identify opportunities to build relationships with client members of their assigned projects


• Provide input to proposals and estimates


• Seek to understand customer needs such that WM may offer additional scope and/or services

Business Operations

• Create personal goals that support the goals of your assigned projects as well as the goals our Business Unit


• Demonstrate ability in engineering economics, entrepreneurialism, risk management, and financial accountability


• Willing to collaborate and share knowledge with coworkers


• Communicate (verbally and in writing) with clarity and professionalism


• Focus on efficiency and continuous improvement


• Personal accountability and integrity

Project-specific (first assignment)

• Provide customers with technical guidance on pilot projects utilizing Ignition SCADA, with a focus on system architecture, communication protocols, security, and application development. Ensure alignment with project standards and procedures established by project leads. Development is primarily conducted using Ignition Perspective


• Develop automated solution that provides long-term savings in development and support of application, in often cases as the main ignition developer on the team


• Communicate with 3^rd party vendors on behalf of customer interests


• Support commissioning of new sensors for daily field operations


• Support commissioning and decommissioning of ignition applications as required by customer

Minimum Requirements

Education: BS Degree in Engineering (preference for Electrical/Controls, Chemical, Computer or Mechanical).

General

• Strong leadership and client relation skills


• Exceptional verbal and written ability with the aptitude to communicate professionally with clients and project leadership


• Good engineering and good documentation practice. Experience (or willingness) using collaboration tools (such as SharePoint) to work effectively within remote teams

Required Experience

• 2+ years of the following including multiple phases of a controls project: system design, development, commissioning/startup and training of customers.




• Ignition SCADA


• Experienced in CirrusLink MQTT Module (sparkplug and non-sparkplug payloads)


• Experienced in Ignition Scripting in all scopes (views, tags, project, gateway)




• Ability to read a design input documentation including PFDs, P&IDs, I/O list, control narratives, cause&effect diagrams, control panel layouts, testing acceptance criteria, etc.


• Has working knowledge of standard programming languages such as Ladder, Sequential Function Chart, Structured Text and Function Block Diagrams


• Experience with at least one standard programming language such as C++, JavaScript, Python, .NET, etc.


• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word

Additional Experience (preferred but not required)

• REST APIs


• Modbus Addressing


• Allen Bradley PLCs


• Ignition SiteSync LoRaWAN Module


• Ignition Edge and Ignition Cloud Edition


• Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)


• S88 model


• Network design, troubleshooting and ability to maintain/modify a virtualized environment


• DCS/PLC control panel high-level layouts and BOM

Physical Demands of Position: Ability to travel up to 25%. Seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving (valid driver's license required), lifting, climbing, ability to mount and dismount equipment, pushing and pulling.

Working Environment: Standard office environment, On-site office environment, and diverse industrial environments including chemical and biological manufacturing environments. Frequent PC usage including collaboration tools for project execution.

*Job Descriptions are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.

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