Senior Controls Engineer for Mission-Critical Power Systems

Tract Capital Management, LP; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-covered health plan (medical)

Dental or vision coverage

401(k)

Paid holidays

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Tract Capital Management, LP is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to own the controls discipline for BTM generation systems and integrate them into our monitoring and command center operations.

You will coordinate with vendors, define cyber security requirements, and support commissioning, validation, and site acceptance testing. The role requires 7+ years in industrial controls and a strong track record in SOPs/MOPs and KPI stewardship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• 7+ years in industrial controls/OT engineering, SCADA integration, or mission-critical controls for generation/power systems.
• Proven ownership of controls discipline design and Basis of Design (BOD) for complex systems.
• Experience integrating controls/OT with centralized monitoring or command center platforms.
• Experience supporting commissioning, controls validation, and site acceptance testing.
• Experience establishing SOPs, MOPs, and change-control practices.
• Experience defining and tracking controls KPIs (e.g., nuisance alarms, comms uptime, MTTR).

Responsibilities

• Own controls discipline design and Basis of Design (BOD) for BTM generation systems (PLC/RTU architecture, networks, alarms, historian).
• Coordinate with vendors on control panels, engine controllers, switchgear, and interfaces.
• Define integration requirements to monitoring systems and runbooks; ensure incident demarcation.
• Partner with Product and Security to align cybersecurity requirements with standards.
• Support commissioning, controls validation, and site acceptance testing; troubleshoot sequencing and communications.
• Develop SOPs, MOPs, and change-control practices for controls modifications and setpoint management.
• Establish KPIs for controls performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Support after-action reviews and root cause analyses for controls events.

Skills

Controls design

OT engineering

SCADA integration

Power systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Controls/Computer Engineering

Tools

PLC/RTU

Modbus

DNP3

OPC-UA

Job description

Tract Capital Management, LP is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to own the controls discipline for BTM generation systems and integrate them into our monitoring and command center operations.

You will coordinate with vendors, define cyber security requirements, and support commissioning, validation, and site acceptance testing. The role requires 7+ years in industrial controls and a strong track record in SOPs/MOPs and KPI stewardship.