Industrial Controls Project Leader — Big-Scale Solutions

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

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-leading bonus program

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Traditional and Roth 401k

Tuition reimbursement for associates

Scholarship for associates’ children

1-month paid sabbatical after every 5–

1-week paid volunteer leave per year

100% charitable match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

ARCO is seeking an Industrial Controls Project Manager to lead projects from design through completion, coordinating engineering, construction, and client teams in advanced manufacturing and other demanding industrial environments.

You will oversee process controls scope, manage PLC/HMI interfaces, and ensure safety and quality while delivering on schedule. The role requires 5+ years of PM experience and travel up to 50%. ARCO offers performance bonuses, ESOP, 401k, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in industrial controls 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. Hands‑on PLC or SCADA programming is not required.
• 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 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

Leadership

Communication

Multidisciplinary coordination

Travel readiness

Tools

PLC-based controls

HMI/SCADA

Instrumentation

Control panels

Job description

ARCO is seeking an Industrial Controls Project Manager to lead projects from design through completion, coordinating engineering, construction, and client teams in advanced manufacturing and other demanding industrial environments.

You will oversee process controls scope, manage PLC/HMI interfaces, and ensure safety and quality while delivering on schedule. The role requires 5+ years of PM experience and travel up to 50%. ARCO offers performance bonuses, ESOP, 401k, and comprehensive benefits.