Senior Controls Engineer: PLC/SCADA, ESOP & Travel

Actalent; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Job summary

Actalent in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Controls Engineer to design, develop, and implement control systems, including wiring diagrams and AutoCAD layouts. You will lead design reviews, perform system checkout, and train customers across manufacturing and data center building automation.

The ideal candidate has 3–10 years of experience, PLC programming, SCADA/HMI development, and willing to travel up to 30%. This permanent, onsite position offers ESOP and competitive pay between $100k–$135k.

Qualifications

• 3 to 10 years of experience in controls and automation engineering.
• Strong understanding of control systems, instrumentation, PLC programming, SCADA systems, and controls design.
• Proficiency in PLC programming and control systems engineering.
• Experience in SCADA/HMI development.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement control systems (logic software and hardware) to meet process system requirements.
• Develop schematics detailing control system configuration and wiring, and design equipment panel layouts using AutoCAD software.
• Create a Sequence of Operation document detailing control strategies for the controlled process, and lead design reviews with customers for document approval.
• Perform system checkout and start-up of the integrated control system at customer sites.
• Develop final record system documentation and provide system training to customers.
• Work on automation and control system integration projects across multiple industries, including manufacturing production lines and data center building automation.
• Act as technical lead on projects, guiding lower-level engineers and technicians.
• Serve as Project Manager on smaller projects ranging from $50K to $250K, which includes developing and executing implementation plans, assigning work to meet project deadlines, ensuring project team members understand the scope of responsibilities, developing schedules for requirements, evaluating project progress and detailing changes, managing purchasing and subcontractor requirements, and developing costs and proposals for change orders.

Skills

PLC programming

SCADA systems

Instruments & control design

Control systems engineering

AutoCAD Electrical

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

Cognex

Rockwell FactoryTalk

DeltaV

Job description

Actalent in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Controls Engineer to design, develop, and implement control systems, including wiring diagrams and AutoCAD layouts. You will lead design reviews, perform system checkout, and train customers across manufacturing and data center building automation.

The ideal candidate has 3–10 years of experience, PLC programming, SCADA/HMI development, and willing to travel up to 30%. This permanent, onsite position offers ESOP and competitive pay between $100k–$135k.