Field-Driven Applications Manager (Industrial Automation)

Job Juncture; Charleroi (Washington County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Collaborative, hands-on team

Job summary

Job Juncture is seeking an Assistant Technical Applications Manager to lead hands-on engineering activities in industrial gas detection, atmospheric monitoring, automation, and safety systems. You will manage design, testing, and field deployments while mentoring engineers and delivering practical technical solutions at customer sites.

This role blends office design work with field service, requiring strong communication, problem solving, and collaboration with sales, production, and engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in applications engineering, controls, automation, field engineering, or related technical environment.
• Hands-on experience with field installations, startup, commissioning, and customer-site support.
• Experience programming and troubleshooting Allen-Bradley and IDEC PLCs and HMIs.
• Knowledge of Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP.
• Knowledge of hazardous-location installations is a plus.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead system design activities, including control architecture, automation strategies, communications, instrumentation, and system integration.
• Configure, program, troubleshoot, and support PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, and communication systems.
• Manage technical projects from concept and design through testing, installation, startup, and commissioning.
• Provide on-site commissioning, startup assistance, troubleshooting, and technical support at customer facilities.
• Develop technical proposals, quotations, system documentation, operating manuals, and compliance materials.
• Train customers on system operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and application best practices.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to application engineers and other technical team members.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Controls automation

Field engineering

Troubleshooting

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Modbus TCP

HMI programming

Industrial networks

4-20mA/0-5V/0-10V

Education

Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s

Related technical discipline

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Digital Multimeters

Industrial test equipment

SCADA software

Job description

Job Juncture is seeking an Assistant Technical Applications Manager to lead hands-on engineering activities in industrial gas detection, atmospheric monitoring, automation, and safety systems. You will manage design, testing, and field deployments while mentoring engineers and delivering practical technical solutions at customer sites.

This role blends office design work with field service, requiring strong communication, problem solving, and collaboration with sales, production, and engineering