Senior PLC & SCADA Engineer – Drilling Rigs (Onsite)

Themesoft Inc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Themesoft Inc. is seeking an experienced control systems engineer to design, implement, and support advanced controls for land-based drilling rigs. You will participate in meetings with customers and vendors, perform testing, and ensure safety compliance across systems.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years designing drilling rig control systems, strong PLC/SCADA experience, and hands-on problem solving. This contract role requires travel to rigs and collaboration with Canrig, Nabors, and other teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing and maintaining control systems for drilling rigs.
• Proficiency in PLC programming (Allen-Bradley preferred, but also Siemens)
• Experience with SCADA systems and HMI development
• Experience with Variable Frequency Drives (ABB and GE Converteam preferred)
• Experience and understanding of Industrial PCs, Servers, networking and communications protocols
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills
• Hands-on approach to solving problems
• Knowledge of industry safety standards and regulations
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• "Can Do" attitude

Responsibilities

• Design and Implementation: Support the development and implementation of advanced control systems for land-based drilling rigs and drilling rig equipment, including participation in customer and vendor facing meetings, and internal design and status reviews.
• System Support: Perform regular support activities such as lab and shop floor set-up, integration testing, factory and customer acceptance testing.
• Technical Support: Participate in and perform troubleshooting of drilling rig and associated equipment control systems to minimize downtime and optimize performance. Provide technical support and guidance to internal field technicians and drilling operations and support teams.
• Safety Protocols: Ensure all control systems comply with industry safety standards and regulations.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Canrig and Nabors engineering teams, and Nabors and 3rd party operations teams to integrate new technologies and improve existing systems.
• Documentation: Prepare and maintain technical documentation for control systems and procedures, such as product documentation, functional requirements documents, software release documents, commissioning documents, etc.
• Training: Train and mentor junior engineers on control system design, implementation, and maintenance. Train and support field technicians on the deployment, set-up, and commissioning of drilling rig and drilling equipment control systems.

Skills

Control systems

PLC programming

SCADA/HMI

VFDs

Industrial networks

Troubleshooting

Can Do attitude

Team collaboration

Safety compliance

Job description

Themesoft Inc. is seeking an experienced control systems engineer to design, implement, and support advanced controls for land-based drilling rigs. You will participate in meetings with customers and vendors, perform testing, and ensure safety compliance across systems.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years designing drilling rig control systems, strong PLC/SCADA experience, and hands-on problem solving. This contract role requires travel to rigs and collaboration with Canrig, Nabors, and other teams.