Senior Controls Engineer — ICS & SCADA Reliability

ENGIE North America Inc.; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

ENGIE North America Inc. is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to serve as the senior technical resource for industrial control systems across the University of Iowa campus.

This hands-on role supports a complex utility environment with multiple plants and critical services, driving reliability and security. You will troubleshoot, maintain, and improve PLC/SCADA/HMI environments, develop documentation, and partner with IT and cybersecurity teams to ensure operational readiness.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in industrial controls, automation, or ICS environments.
• Strong knowledge of ICS, automation platforms, and live operating environments.
• Hands-on PLC programming, HMI development, SCADA, data historians, instrumentation.
• Experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, virtualization, security in ICS/OT.
• Ability to read and develop technical documentation, network diagrams, and procedures.
• Excellent communication, organization, and ability to work independently.
• Veterans welcome; mission-critical environments valued.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior resource for ICS, control networks, metering, and campus infrastructure.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize control system hardware, software, networks, servers, and apps.
• Support SCADA, PLC, HMI, data historian, metering platforms with upgrades and patching.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, diagrams, plans, and standards.
• Collaborate with ENGIE IT, cybersecurity, and stakeholders for reliability and readiness.
• Provide senior-level troubleshooting, RCAs, mentoring, and training.
• Evaluate capital projects and long-term controls strategies for reliability.

Skills

Industrial controls

SCADA

PLC programming

HMI development

Cybersecurity basics

Documentation

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/related field

Associate degree with 7+ years of ICS experience

Tools

Windows Server

AD/Virtualization

Industrial networking

Job description

ENGIE North America Inc. is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to serve as the senior technical resource for industrial control systems across the University of Iowa campus.

This hands-on role supports a complex utility environment with multiple plants and critical services, driving reliability and security. You will troubleshoot, maintain, and improve PLC/SCADA/HMI environments, develop documentation, and partner with IT and cybersecurity teams to ensure operational readiness.