Senior Controls Engineer – Field & Outage Specialist

NAES; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 124,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

NAES is seeking a seasoned Controls Engineer to support a fleet of power generation facilities. This corporate-level role combines hands-on control system engineering with project execution, outage planning, and field deployment across multiple sites.

You will lead technical discussions, coordinate with vendors and site teams, and ensure work meets safety and customer requirements while maintaining high utilization and budget discipline. Travel up to 50-70% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; relevance may substitute experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Six years of controls engineering experience and hands-on troubleshooting in live plant environments.
• Experience with control system architecture including HMIs, historians, instrumentation integration, and industrial networking.

Responsibilities

• Execute hands-on control system engineering work, including troubleshooting, modifications, commissioning support, and lifecycle maintenance across multiple facilities.
• Provide controls support in field environments with minimal supervision and sound technical judgment.
• Develop and execute pre-activity and outage plans for control system upgrades and maintenance, including scope definition and commissioning activities.
• Support deployments to multiple facilities across the fleet based on outage demand and emergent events.
• Coordinate with site personnel, corporate engineering, and vendors to ensure safe and effective execution of control system work.
• Lead technical discussions, track action items, and drive timely resolution of control system issues.

Skills

Controls engineering

Troubleshooting

Field work

Project execution

Vendor coordination

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Siemens TXP/T3000

GE Mark

Emerson Ovation

Rockwell

ABB

Job description

NAES is seeking a seasoned Controls Engineer to support a fleet of power generation facilities. This corporate-level role combines hands-on control system engineering with project execution, outage planning, and field deployment across multiple sites.

You will lead technical discussions, coordinate with vendors and site teams, and ensure work meets safety and customer requirements while maintaining high utilization and budget discipline. Travel up to 50-70% is required.