Lead Controls Engineer: PLC/SCADA Automation

Life in Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot in Pennsylvania seeks an Electrical & Controls Engineer to design, develop, test, and troubleshoot electrical/control systems for automated industrial equipment. You will program PLCs/HMIs, support SCADA, and collaborate on control system upgrades, field service, and reliability improvements.

The role covers panel design, power distribution, and process automation across various industries, offering hands-on involvement and cross-functional teamwork in a technically rich environment.

Qualifications

• Design, develop, test, and troubleshoot electrical and control systems for automated industrial equipment and processes.
• Program, troubleshoot, and support PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and related automation platforms.
• Work with a variety of automation platforms and collaborate with project teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and troubleshoot electrical and control systems for automated industrial equipment and processes.
• Create and modify wiring diagrams, panel layouts, power distribution drawings, controls wiring diagrams, and engineering specifications for system upgrades, expansions, and new installations.
• Program, troubleshoot, and support PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and related automation platforms.
• Work with Allen Bradley, ControlLogix, FactoryTalk View, and other automation/control platforms.
• Assemble, test, troubleshoot, and modify motor control devices, switch panels, transformers, drives, instrumentation, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, and other electrical equipment.
• Diagnose electrical and mechanical equipment issues and perform preventative and corrective maintenance as needed.
• Support control system upgrades, conversions, data acquisition systems, instrumentation, motion control, process control, robotics, retrofit systems, and wireless communications projects.
• Collaborate with project engineers and maintenance technicians to resolve production issues and implement error-proofing solutions.
• Oversee or support new production installations, field service work, system testing, and customer-facing project support.
• Identify opportunities to improve product quality, equipment performance, automation processes, and system reliability.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI programming

SCADA

Electrical design

Tools

Allen-Bradley

ControlLogix

FactoryTalk View

Job description

Jobot in Pennsylvania seeks an Electrical & Controls Engineer to design, develop, test, and troubleshoot electrical/control systems for automated industrial equipment. You will program PLCs/HMIs, support SCADA, and collaborate on control system upgrades, field service, and reliability improvements.

The role covers panel design, power distribution, and process automation across various industries, offering hands-on involvement and cross-functional teamwork in a technically rich environment.