Senior Controls Engineer — Industrial OT for Power Gen

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

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer‑covered medical, dental,

Vision insurance

401K program

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Tract Capital Management is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead controls discipline design for behind-the-meter generation systems and integrate them into our monitoring and command center operations.

You will coordinate with vendors and product teams to ensure robust interfaces, implement cybersecurity alignment, and support commissioning and site testing in mission-critical environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own controls discipline design and Basis of Design (BOD) for BTM generation systems, including PLC/RTU architecture, network design, telemetry points, alarms, and historian requirements.
• Coordinate with Power Generation equipment vendors on control panels, engine controllers, switchgear controls, and ancillary skids to ensure interfaces and robust fault handling.
• Define integration requirements to monitoring systems (dashboards, alarm priorities, escalation paths) and ensure clear demarcation of responsibilities during incidents.
• Partner with Product and Security to align cybersecurity requirements with customer and enterprise standards.
• Support commissioning, controls validation, and site acceptance testing; troubleshoot sequencing, protection interfaces, and communications.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, MOPs, and change-control practices for controls modifications and setpoint management.
• Establish KPIs for controls performance and reliability (nuisance alarms, comms uptime, MTTR) and drive improvements.
• Support after-action reviews and root cause analysis for controls events; implement corrective actions.

Skills

Controls design

OT engineering

SCADA integration

PLC/RTU

Cybersecurity basics

Troubleshooting

KPIs tracking

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Modbus

DNP3

OPC-UA

Job description

Tract Capital Management is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead controls discipline design for behind-the-meter generation systems and integrate them into our monitoring and command center operations.

You will coordinate with vendors and product teams to ensure robust interfaces, implement cybersecurity alignment, and support commissioning and site testing in mission-critical environments.