Senior Controls Engineer – PLC/SCADA & Commissioning

Soap Creek Resources; Verona (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Soap Creek Resources is seeking a Controls Engineer to develop and review control system designs, program PLCs and HMIs, and support integration through commissioning. The role requires extensive field startup experience and collaboration with diverse teams.

Responsibilities include wiring, risk analyses, producing BOMs, and on-site validation at customer facilities. Travel nationally about 25–40% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of five years of experience designing, building, and programming PLC systems, with field startup experience.
• Minimum of five years of ladder logic programming.
• Experience preparing electrical drawings using AutoCAD Electrical.
• Experience with engine test cell instrumentation, controls design, integration, troubleshooting and commissioning.
• Ability to interpret and create P&IDs.
• Experience with PLC and HMI programming and integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review control system architecture, P&IDs, control sequences and design specs.
• Analyze risks and hazards and perform risk analyses.
• Create responsibility matrices, instrument indexes, BOMs, and project tools.
• Develop wiring schematics and control panel layout drawings.
• Program and integrate HMIs and PLCs from multiple manufacturers.
• Design, configure, and perform system tests at manufacturing facilities and customer sites.
• Develop wire pull schedules and scopes of work for contractors.
• Perform onsite startup and validation of equipment.
• Conduct I/O checkout, calibrate instrumentation, and tune PID loops.
• Validate programming to ensure adherence to control sequences.
• Provide client service while managing multiple projects and changes.
• Travel to customer facilities for design reviews, installation supervision and commissioning.

Skills

Problem-solving

Time management

Technical writing

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

Job description

Soap Creek Resources is seeking a Controls Engineer to develop and review control system designs, program PLCs and HMIs, and support integration through commissioning. The role requires extensive field startup experience and collaboration with diverse teams.

Responsibilities include wiring, risk analyses, producing BOMs, and on-site validation at customer facilities. Travel nationally about 25–40% is expected.