Senior Controls Engineer

iRiS Recruiting Solutions; Uniontown (Fayette County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

iRiS Recruiting Solutions is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to join a growing food and beverage manufacturing operation on the East Coast. You will design, implement, and optimize PLC/automation systems across processing, filling, packaging, and material handling, coordinating with Production and Maintenance to minimize downtime.

You will lead commissioning, startup activities, and control upgrades, while mentoring teams and managing contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, controls, automation engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of controls or electrical engineering experience.
• Strong PLC programming with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell and/or Siemens.
• Experience with HMIs, VFDs, robotics, motion control, instrumentation, and industrial networks.
• Food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or high-speed manufacturing experience preferred.
• Startup, commissioning, and equipment installation experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, program, troubleshoot, and optimize PLCs, HMIs, robotics, motion controls, VFDs, instrumentation, industrial networks, and data systems.
• Develop control architecture, electrical designs, programming standards, and components across processing, filling, packaging, and material handling.
• Partner with Production and Maintenance to solve complex controls issues, identify root causes, and reduce downtime.
• Lead controls upgrades, automation improvements, installations, startups, and commissioning.
• Coordinate electricians, contractors, schedules, budgets, and equipment implementation.
• Train Maintenance and Operations teams on controls systems and troubleshooting.

Skills

PLC programming

Allen-Bradley/Rockwell

Siemens

HMIs

VFDs

Robotics

Motion control

Instrumentation

Industrial networks

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical/controls/automation

Job description

Location: East Coast region

Join a growing food and beverage manufacturing operation and help shape controls strategy, automation performance, equipment reliability, and future production capabilities.

What you will do

• Design, program, troubleshoot, and optimize PLCs, HMIs, robotics, motion controls, VFDs, instrumentation, industrial networks, and data systems
• Develop control architecture, electrical designs, programming standards, and components across processing, filling, packaging, and material handling
• Partner with Production and Maintenance to solve complex controls issues, identify root causes, and reduce downtime
• Lead controls upgrades, automation improvements, installations, startups, and commissioning
• Coordinate electricians, contractors, schedules, budgets, and equipment implementation
• Train Maintenance and Operations teams on controls systems and troubleshooting

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, controls, automation engineering, or a related discipline
• 5+ years of controls or electrical engineering experience
• Strong PLC programming with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell and/or Siemens
• Experience with HMIs, VFDs, robotics, motion control, instrumentation, and industrial networks
• Food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or high-speed manufacturing experience preferred
• Startup, commissioning, and equipment installation experience

The role offers involvement in facility expansion, new equipment, and automation projects. Relocation assistance is available.