Senior Controls Engineer - ICS/SCADA Team Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Generous paid time off and wellness

Job summary

ENGIE North America seeks a Lead Controls Engineer to serve as the senior technical resource for industrial control systems across campus utility operations. You will lead and develop a growing controls team, ensuring reliability, security, and long-term performance of OT systems.

You will collaborate with ENGIE IT, cybersecurity, and university stakeholders to upgrade systems, standardize practices, and drive future automation initiatives. This is a hands-on leadership role on a campus setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field, with 7+ years of controls experience, or an associate degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Minimum two years of supervisory or team development experience.
• Experience with industrial control systems, automation platforms, networks, and supporting infrastructure in operating environments.
• Hands-on PLC programming, HMI development, SCADA, data historian, instrumentation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and field support.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of controls engineers across campus operations.
• Serve as senior technical resource for ICS, SCADA, PLC, HMI, data historian, metering.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize control systems hardware, software, networks, servers, and applications; provide advanced troubleshooting and training.
• Develop roadmaps for upgrades, standardization, lifecycle management, and long-term controls strategy.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, maintenance plans, work instructions, and standards.
• Partner with ENGIE IT, cybersecurity, operations, maintenance, and stakeholders for reliability and compliance.
• Support capital projects and identify opportunities to improve reliability, cybersecurity, standardization, and future system performance.

Skills

Team leadership

Industrial controls

PLC programming

HMI development

SCADA systems

Windows Server / virtualization

Cybersecurity practices

Technical documentation

OT/ICT environment

Military experience valued

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Engineering Technology/CS

Associate degree + 8+ years experience

Job description

ENGIE North America seeks a Lead Controls Engineer to serve as the senior technical resource for industrial control systems across campus utility operations. You will lead and develop a growing controls team, ensuring reliability, security, and long-term performance of OT systems.

You will collaborate with ENGIE IT, cybersecurity, and university stakeholders to upgrade systems, standardize practices, and drive future automation initiatives. This is a hands-on leadership role on a campus setting.