Field-Driven Applications Manager (Industrial Automation)

Job Juncture

Charleroi (Washington County)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 120,000

Full time

6 days ago
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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

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