Senior Controls Engineer: Automation & Reliability Leader

American Sugar Refining; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 93,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

American Sugar Refining is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer in Baltimore, MD to act as the refinery's technical authority for automation, instrumentation, and process control systems. You will partner with teams, lead lifecycle initiatives, and advance preventive, condition-based, and predictive maintenance strategies.

The role requires strong engineering leadership and hands-on expertise with PLCs, HMIs, historians, and cybersecurity practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as site technical authority for controls, instrumentation, and process automation.
• Lead system implementations, upgrades, and modifications per safety and cybersecurity standards.
• Direct and mentor engineers, technicians, and cross-functional teams to standardize practices.

Skills

Controls engineering

Automation

Instrumentation

Industrial networks

Cybersecurity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLCs

CompactLogix

SLC500

Wonderware System Platform

InTouch

Historian

ArchestrA

Job description

American Sugar Refining is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer in Baltimore, MD to act as the refinery's technical authority for automation, instrumentation, and process control systems. You will partner with teams, lead lifecycle initiatives, and advance preventive, condition-based, and predictive maintenance strategies.

The role requires strong engineering leadership and hands-on expertise with PLCs, HMIs, historians, and cybersecurity practices.