Senior Industrial Controls Engineer – PLC/DCS Expert

First Quality Tissue, SE, LLC; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision

401(k) match

Parental leave

Child care assistance

Tuition assistance

Wellness program

Job summary

First Quality SE, LLC in Anderson, SC is seeking a skilled Controls Engineer to design, implement, and maintain advanced control systems for production equipment. You will train technicians and collaborate with engineers, maintenance, and vendors to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in electronics or electrical engineering and at least 3 years in industrial controls, with strong PLC/DCS/HMI programming and OT network experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electronics or electrical engineering; or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years industrial controls experience including electrical theory and operation principles.
• Experience with DCS/PLC hardware and software, and strong PLC/DCS/HMI programming skills.
• Experience with system management such as backup/archiving and restoring and OT network troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Specify, design, implement, and maintain complex controls systems and software on production equipment.
• Lead and support engineers, maintenance staff, vendors, and contractors to install and commission new equipment and process controls.
• Develop safety procedures for installed machines and manage Lock-Out/Tag-Out programs.
• Provide technical training to technicians and production personnel as needed.
• Ensure health of the process control network and perform high-level troubleshooting.

Skills

Industrial controls

Electrical theory

Leadership

Safety compliance

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLC programming

DCS/HMI software

HMI programming

AutoCAD

Job description

First Quality SE, LLC in Anderson, SC is seeking a skilled Controls Engineer to design, implement, and maintain advanced control systems for production equipment. You will train technicians and collaborate with engineers, maintenance, and vendors to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in electronics or electrical engineering and at least 3 years in industrial controls, with strong PLC/DCS/HMI programming and OT network experience.