Industrial Controls Project Manager

ARCO Companies; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry bonus program

ESOP

401k

Tuition reimbursement for associates

Scholarship

Job summary

ARCO Companies is seeking an Industrial Controls Project Manager to lead large, complex projects in advanced manufacturing and other demanding environments. You will coordinate engineers, contractors, and clients to deliver integrated control solutions from design through commissioning.

The role requires strong technical knowledge of process and utility systems, PLC/SCADA, instrumentation, and field devices, with travel to sites up to 50% and a focus on safety and quality.

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.
• Strong technical understanding of industrial process and utility systems including distribution, bulk gas, monitoring, and exhaust.
• Familiar with PLC/SCADA, instrumentation, field devices, and control panels; hands-on programming not required.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, contractors, equipment suppliers, and clients while managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management.
• Willingness to travel 30–50% and spend time at construction job sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead industrial controls and process-utility projects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Coordinate engineering, construction, vendors, and client teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Review narratives, drawings, submittals, installation and commissioning plans.
• Coordinate procurement, installation, and interfaces among processes utilities and systems.
• Lead commissioning and troubleshooting to final resolution.

Skills

Project management

Industrial controls

Process systems

Team coordination

Problem solving

Tools

PLC/SCADA systems

HMI/SCADA

Instrumentation

Electrical control panels

Electrical drawings

Job description

ABOUT YOU

Are you a passionate problem solver? Do you act with integrity and hold yourself and others to the highest standard? If the answer is, "Yes!" then we have an opportunity that will impress you. Who are we? We are ARCO, a Family of Construction Companies. At ARCO, every associate is empowered to drive their success. Project Managers at ARCO have complete responsibility for project performance, customer satisfaction, and taking projects from design to completion. Each Project Manager has full profit and performance responsibility for his or her projects and unlimited growth potential.

Second Order Controls - a division of ARCO/Murray National Construction - is seeking a highly motivated Industrial Controls Project Manager. Chicago, IL is the preferred location, but candidates based elsewhere will be considered. At ARCO, every associate is empowered to drive their success. Project Managers have responsibility for project performance, customer satisfaction, and taking projects from design through completion, with full profit and performance responsibility for their projects.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

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!!

NECESSARY 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. Oil and gas experience may be relevant.

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.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.

• Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Tuition reimbursement for associates
• Scholarship fo