Senior Controls Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)/Profit Sharing

ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc. in Richmond, VA seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to lead project management and controls engineering across PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, instrumentation, checkout support, and startup assistance.

You will mentor junior engineers and coordinate with customers to ensure profitable project execution. Responsibilities include planning, scheduling, cost tracking, quality assurance, and interface with clients.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in engineering or related discipline, EOE preferred.

Responsibilities

• Project management: scope, scheduling, cost tracking, and client communication.
• Oversee engineering design, hardware selection, delivery, and commissioning activities.
• Lead engineering tasks, assign work, and ensure progress meets deadlines.
• Provide cyber security guidance and ensure compliance with standards.
• Support senior staff and mentor junior engineers on project tasks.
• Travel to job sites up to 50%.

Skills

PLC Programming

SCADA

HMI

Instrumentation

Project Management

Field Travel

AutoCAD

Cyber Security

Education

BA/BS in Engineering

Tools

Siemens S7

GE Fanuc Proficy ME

Allen-Bradley / Rockwell

Ignition

iFix

Power SCADA

Job description

Wunderlich-Malec has a Senior Controls Engineer opportunity available in Richmond, VA. This position is responsible for project management and controls engineering project support involving PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, instrumentation, check out support and start-up assistance. This engineering position is to provide support to all customers, as well as to junior engineers for all aspects of projects. Responsibilities also include:

Project Management Responsibilities

Project execution, task identification, task prioritization and scheduling, task ordering, time tracking and reporting, financial tracking and reporting, early problem identification and conflict resolution, hardware requisition, supporting other engineers in group, and attending project status meetings. Also includes overseeing daily operations and activities of a project(s) ranging in size up to $1.5M. This position is responsible for ensuring overall profitability of the project.

• Develops and executes engineering implementation plans for the project
• Responsible for detailed knowledge of scopes of work
• Assigns work to project teams as required meet overall project deadlines.
• Ensures that all project team members clearly understand the scope of WM engineering responsibilities
• Develops engineering schedules for W-M team and customer requirements
• Evaluates progress on project(s) and details changes
• Provides auxiliary Quality Engineering duties to ensure compliance with the W-M Quality Assurance Manual
• Responsible for engineering related purchasing and subcontractor requirements
• Responsible for initial project costing and further development of costs and resultant proposals for change orders to match a contract’s scope
• Develops and implements a cash flow plan for the project including A/R collections
• Responsible for project invoicing to the customer if no other PM is assigned
• Serves as a W-M engineering interface with the customer and other W-M offices during the implementation phase of the project
• Ensures compliance with all regulations, codes etc. as they apply to the contract and project(s)
• Provide cyber security guidance to other engineers, as well as, ensuring the following of cyber security methodologies in projects
• Some sales and marketing is involved. This includes the ability to identify sales opportunities, confidence to suggest scope changes with justifications, ability to network across targeted industries, vision to try new marketing approaches, and willingness to take on new marketing responsibilities as needed
• Controls engineering design, development, and implementation including software (PLC layout, RTU, HMI approaches, Ladder concepts, Scripted languages), IED, hardware (systems integration, instrumentation callout, panel layout, and construction), and systems design (integration of the various components on any given project)
• Technical writing including project definition and requirements, quality and project plans, clearly delineated status reporting, process control sequence of operations, functional specifications, detail specifications, standard practices and procedures, scope of supply, test plans, requests for information, customer correspondence, and code commenting
• Project documentation: task/periodic status reporting, percent complete estimating, production and assembly of required project manuals, organization and maintenance of current network based project files, phone transcripts, meeting minutes, I/O lists, preparing purchase orders, specifying instrumentation, preparing price quotes, etc.
• Programming Control systems, [i.e. Siemens S7, GE Fanuc PLCs (Proficy Machine Edition), Allen Bradley PLCs (Rockwell 5, 500, 5000), Device Net, Point I/O, ABB VFDs and Allen Bradley VFDs, Schneider Unity Pro], scripted control languages, HTML, graphics construction, instrumentation and various control device configurations, database configuration, and intuitive ability to program an otherwise difficult device
• SCADA programming and their applications [i.e. Ignition, GE Fanuc (Cimplicity), Wonderware, iFix, Power SCADA]
• Experience with PID loop tuning (Open and Closed Loops)
• Experience with AutoCAD
• General administration such as paperwork, copying, printing, faxing, and using a computer
• Ability to travel up to 50%

Education

BA/BS degree in engineering or related discipline (BSEE degree preferred). An equivalent degree and/or experience may be substituted.

Experience

• 8+ years of directly related experience in data center, process control, energy, food and bev, power utility, and/or manufacturing and/or information services are preferred
• Strong inter-personnel, leadership and client relation skills required. Ability to communicate and work with both team members, subcontractors and clients
• Must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to travel up to 50% to job sites

Physical Demands of Position

Seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving, ability to travel distances, lifting, climbing, and ability to mount and dismount equipment, pushing, and pulling.

Working Environment

Standard office environment, on-site office environment, diverse industrial, power generating plants, switchyards, indoor and outdoor power utility environments, frequent PC and specialty equipment usage, fax and copy machines, phones, trailer environment with constant people interactions.

*Job Descriptions are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.

Wunderlich-Malec is proud to offer a comprehensive employee-owner benefit package. Full-time employees may be eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic and Supplemental Life and AD&D
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Short Term Disability
• Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• 401(k)/Profit Sharing
• 100% ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Will Preparation Resources
• Worldwide Travel Assistance

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