Industrial Controls PM: High-Impact Projects & ESOP

ARCO; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

ESOP

401k

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarship for associates’ children

Sabbatical after five years

Volunteer leave

Charitable match

Health insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

ARCO, a family of construction companies, seeks an Industrial Controls Project Manager to lead design-to-completion of complex control projects nationwide. You will oversee scope, schedule and safety, coordinate engineers, vendors, and clients, and guide PLC/HMI integration while ensuring quality and efficiency.

You will travel up to half the time, engage with design teams, and drive projects from preconstruction through commissioning, delivering integrated solutions in demanding industrial

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in industrial controls, process systems, or a closely related industrial discipline.
• Experience managing large, complex projects from design through construction and commissioning; process-controls experience in advanced manufacturing or similarly complex industrial environments is strongly preferred.
• Strong technical understanding of industrial process and utility systems, including utility distribution, bulk gas systems, monitoring and integration, and process exhaust.
• Working knowledge of PLC-based control systems, HMI/SCADA, instrumentation, field devices, control panels, and communications networks.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, contractors, equipment suppliers, and clients while managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and sound understanding of engineering principles related to process systems, utilities, HVAC, thermodynamics, or a related field.
• Clear communication, leadership, and relationship‑building skills; adaptable when working with different teams and stakeholders.
• Self‑motivated, entrepreneurial, and able to take ownership of project outcomes.
• Comfortable traveling approximately 30–50% and spending time at construction job sites.
• Familiarity with process exhaust systems, exhaust dampers, and hazardous‑area classifications is a plus; familiarity with construction practices and principles is expected.

Responsibilities

• Lead industrial controls and process-utility projects from early preconstruction through closeout, including design coordination, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning.
• Manage large, complex projects and coordinate engineering, construction, vendors, and client teams to deliver integrated solutions in advanced manufacturing and other demanding industrial environments.
• Guide process-controls scope for utility and process systems such as bulk gas farms, building distribution networks, delivery to production tools, system monitoring and integration, and process-exhaust systems.
• Coordinate PLC-based controls integration, including PLC, HMI/SCADA, instrumentation, alarms, and communications interfaces. Provide project-level technical oversight; hands-on PLC programming is not required.
• Review process and control narratives, drawings, equipment layouts, submittals, installation plans, commissioning plans, and as-built documentation for scope, accuracy, constructability, and safety.
• Coordinate equipment and controls procurement, field installation, and interfaces among process utilities, instrumentation, control panels, exhaust dampers, and other systems.
• Lead commissioning, functional testing, and issue resolution—coordinating troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across disciplines through final resolution.
• Work closely with clients and design teams to deliver ARCO’s integrated project approach and grow the company’s self-perform controls services.
• Project environments may include advanced manufacturing, mission critical, power and gas infrastructure, water treatment, waste-to-value, and other complex industrial facilities.
• Most importantly…find a way to make the construction process FUN for your clients and trade partners without sacrificing on QUALITY or SAFETY!!

Skills

Project management

Industrial controls

Process systems

PLC/SCADA knowledge

Cross‑functional coordination

Tools

PLC systems

HMI/SCADA

Instrumentation

Control panels

Job description

ARCO, a family of construction companies, seeks an Industrial Controls Project Manager to lead design-to-completion of complex control projects nationwide. You will oversee scope, schedule and safety, coordinate engineers, vendors, and clients, and guide PLC/HMI integration while ensuring quality and efficiency.

You will travel up to half the time, engage with design teams, and drive projects from preconstruction through commissioning, delivering integrated solutions in demanding industrial