Senior Controls Engineer: Lead ICS/SCADA & Team Mentor

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

ESPP

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Job summary

ENGIE North America Inc. seeks a Lead Controls Engineer in the Iowa City area to guide a growing controls team across campus utility operations. You will lead, design, and optimize ICS, SCADA, PLC, and HMI systems, while aligning safety, reliability, and cybersecurity with campus stakeholders.

You will mentor engineers, develop roadmaps for modernization, and produce engineering docs and standards. This role demands strong leadership and hands-on OT experience in a large campus environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industrial controls, automation, or ICS experience.
• 2+ years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Experience with ICS, automation platforms, networks, and supporting infrastructure in operating environments.
• Hands-on PLC programming, HMI, SCADA, historians, instrumentation, commissioning and field support.
• Experience with Windows Server environments, virtualization, industrial networking equipment, patching, backups, and endpoint security in OT/ICS.
• Military experience in controls, automation, instrumentation, or OT is valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of controls engineers and interns.
• Serve as the senior technical resource for ICS, SCADA, PLC, HMI, data historians, and related platforms.
• Maintain and optimize control system hardware, software, networks, servers, and apps; provide training and guidance.
• Develop roadmaps for upgrades, standardization, modernization, lifecycle management.
• Create and maintain technical docs, diagrams, and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with ENGIE IT, cybersecurity, operations, and stakeholders for reliability and compliance.
• Support capital projects to improve reliability, cybersecurity, and system performance.

Skills

Team leadership

ICS/SCADA/PLC

PLC programming

SCADA systems

OT cybersecurity awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Associate degree + 8+ years experience

Tools

Windows Server

Virtualization

Industrial networking equipment

System patching

Job description

ENGIE North America Inc. seeks a Lead Controls Engineer in the Iowa City area to guide a growing controls team across campus utility operations. You will lead, design, and optimize ICS, SCADA, PLC, and HMI systems, while aligning safety, reliability, and cybersecurity with campus stakeholders.

You will mentor engineers, develop roadmaps for modernization, and produce engineering docs and standards. This role demands strong leadership and hands-on OT experience in a large campus environment.