Process Control Engineer

Ellaway Blues Consulting; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellaway Blues Consulting is seeking a Process Control Engineer for hands-on plant automation in a growing manufacturing setting. You will cover PLC/SCADA, instrumentation, industrial networking, and control strategy development across the full lifecycle.

The role involves commissioning, startups, and capital projects with cross-functional collaboration to optimize processes and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of process controls, automation, or related industrial experience.
• Hands-on experience with Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley PLC platforms.
• Experience programming, modifying, or troubleshooting PLC logic.
• Experience working with SCADA/HMI systems.
• Experience troubleshooting controls, instrumentation, or automated process equipment.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain, and improve plant PLC/SCADA and automation systems.
• Program, modify, and troubleshoot Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley PLC systems using RSLogix/Studio 5000.
• Work with ladder logic, function block, and structured text programming.
• Develop and modify HMI/SCADA graphics using Ignition and/or GE iFix.
• Troubleshoot controls, instrumentation, actuated valves, motors, and field equipment.
• Support Ethernet-based industrial networks and communications infrastructure.
• Partner with process engineering and operations to develop and improve control schemes and strategies.
• Review PFDs, P&IDs, control narratives, and instrumentation diagrams.

Skills

PLC programming

SCADA systems

Automation

HMI development

Rockwell Automation PLC platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

RSLogix/Studio 5000

Ignition

GE iFix

Job description

A growing advanced manufacturing organization is seeking a Process Control Engineer to support plant automation, PLC/SCADA infrastructure, process improvement initiatives, and capital projects.

This is a hands-on engineering position offering exposure across the full controls lifecycle, including PLC programming, SCADA/HMI development, instrumentation, industrial networking, troubleshooting, control strategy development, capital projects, commissioning, and process optimization. The position will work closely with operations, maintenance, process engineering, utilities, IT, EHS, management, contractors, and other engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain, and improve plant PLC/SCADA and automation systems.
• Program, modify, and troubleshoot Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley PLC systems using RSLogix/Studio 5000.
• Work with ladder logic, function block, and structured text programming.
• Develop and modify HMI/SCADA graphics using Ignition and/or GE iFix.
• Troubleshoot controls and process equipment including instrumentation, actuated valves, motors, remote I/O, communications equipment, network switches, SCADA servers, and operator workstations.
• Support Ethernet-based industrial networks and communications infrastructure.
• Partner with process engineering and operations to develop and improve control schemes and strategies.
• Review and interpret PFDs, P&IDs, control narratives, instrumentation wiring diagrams, and other engineering documentation.
• Participate in controls-related capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning, startups, and plant expansions.
• Depending on experience, provide technical oversight for controls aspects of new construction and capital projects.
• Support PI data historian tag configuration, graphical displays, and reporting.
• Identify production bottlenecks, reliability issues, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Support optimization and tuning of closed-loop control systems.
• Coordinate with internal teams, vendors, contractors, and engineering partners as needed.
• Follow established engineering, project management, safety, and document control standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline preferred.
• 3+ years of process controls, controls engineering, automation, or related industrial experience.
• Hands-on experience with Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley PLC platforms.
• Experience programming, modifying, or troubleshooting PLC logic.
• Experience working with SCADA/HMI systems.
• Experience troubleshooting controls, instrumentation, or automated process equipment.
• Previous experience within a manufacturing, chemical, mining, petroleum, power generation, metals, or other industrial/process environment.