Staff Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

401(k) / Profit Sharing

Employee ESOP

Job summary

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc. in Boise, ID is seeking a Controls Engineer to join our engineering team on a large-scale automation project. You will design, test, and start up control systems using Siemens PCS 7, with emphasis on reliability, safety, and efficient project execution.

Travel up to 25% and collaboration with multi-discipline teams are expected. The role requires hands-on experience with PCS 7, field device integration, and implementing control logic, interlocks, and operator

Qualifications

• BS degree in Engineering with electrical/controls preferred.
• 2–5 years Siemens PCS7 experience.
• Proficiency with CFC and SFC in the PCS7 environment.
• Experience with PROFIBUS PA/DP, PROFINET networks.
• Willing to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Provide control system design, development and startup guidance.
• Test and validate PCS7 software/hardware against project specs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for on-time delivery.
• Review P&IDs, control drawings, I/O lists and submittals.
• Support FAT/SAT, commissioning, and field device integration.
• Maintain project documentation and adhere to standards.

Skills

Siemens PCS7

PCS7 PLC

Controls engineering

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

BS, Engineering (Electrical/Controls preferred)

Tools

WinCC

PROFINET/PROFIBUS

S7-400H

SIMATIC PCS 7 OS/WinCC

Job description

Wunderlich-Malec's Boise, ID engineering team has a Controls Engineer opportunity available.

Technical

• Learn, follow, and seek to streamline/improve project execution tools, standards and techniques
• Follows guidance from lead engineer to provide process Control System software/hardware design, development and startup
• Routinely test your work to ensure quality, accuracy, safety and alignment to project requirements

Project Management

• Provide status reporting to your project manager regarding activities/deliverables progress-to-date, hours estimate-to-complete, needs/obstacles to meeting project schedule, etc.
• Identifies potential roadblocks to completing tasks efficiently and on schedule
• Provide input to project risks, best practice, lessons learned, etc. related to your project activities
• Address customer requests and evaluate them versus the defined scope of assigned projects
• Actively participate in internal and customer meetings

Sales and Business Development

• Identify opportunities to build relationships with client members of their assigned projects
• Provide input to proposals and estimates
• Seek to understand customer needs such that WM may offer additional scope and/or services

Business Operations

• Create personal goals that support the goals of your assigned projects as well as the goals our Business Unit
• Demonstrate ability in engineering economics, entrepreneurialism, risk management, and financial accountability
• Willing to collaborate and share knowledge with coworkers
• Communicate (verbally and in writing) with clarity and professionalism
• Focus on efficiency and continuous improvement
• Personal accountability and integrity

Project-specific (first assignment):

• Support Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 PLC/DCS programming, configuration, testing, and commissioning for a large-scale industrial facility
• Develop and troubleshoot control applications within the SIMATIC PCS 7 environment, including control logic, equipment sequencing, interlocks, alarms, and field device integration
• Support development and modification of operator graphics and process visualization, following established project standards and templates.
• Review P&IDs, control drawings, I/O lists, control narratives, and equipment submittals to understand process requirements and develop the associated controls
• Configure and validate I/O and field device integration, including instrumentation, control valves, VFDs, and packaged equipment.
• Support FAT, SAT, commissioning, and functional testing, including I/O checkout, device verification, loop checks, sequence testing, and troubleshooting
• Coordinate with engineering, electrical, instrumentation, automation, and construction teams to resolve controls integration and field issues.
• Maintain project documentation, including PCS 7 configuration, I/O documentation, testing records, and as-built information.

Education BS Degree in Engineering (preference for Electrical/Controls, Chemical or Mechanical).

General

• Strong leadership and client relation skills
• Exceptional verbal and written ability with the aptitude to communicate professionally with clients and project leadership
• Good engineering and good documentation practice. Experience (or willingness) using collaboration tools (such as SharePoint) to work effectively within remote teams

Required Experience

• 2-5 years of hands-on Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 experience
• Proficiency with CFC and SFC engineering in the PCS 7 environment
• Experience with AS 410 / S7-400H high-availability (redundant) controllers
• Working knowledge of PROFIBUS PA/DP, PROFINET, and redundant industrial networks
• Experience with PCS 7 OS / WinCC operator systems
• Solid grasp of process instrumentation, control loops, and P&ID/loop-diagram interpretation
• Strong, methodical troubleshooting under live-process conditions
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Additional Experience (preferred but not required)

• Network design, troubleshooting and ability to maintain/modify a virtualized environment
• SIMATIC PDM, SIMATIC BATCH, or SIMATIC Route Control experience
• Functional safety with S7 F-Systems / Safety Matrix
• Controller migration experience (e.g., legacy AS 400 to AS 410-5H
• Industry-specific experience — chemical, pharmaceutical (GMP / 21 CFR Part 11), oil & gas, power, water/wastewater , semi-conductor
• Siemens PCS 7 training or certifications

Physical Demands of Position

Ability to travel up to 25%. Seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving (valid driver’s license required), lifting, climbing, ability to mount and dismount equipment, pushing and pulling.

Working Environment

Standard office environment, On-site office environment, and diverse industrial environments including chemical and biological manufacturing environments.Frequent PC usage including collaboration tools for project execution.

*Job Descriptions are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.

Wunderlich-Malec is proud to offer a comprehensive employee-owner benefit package. Full-time employees may be eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic and Supplemental Life and AD&D
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Short Term Disability
• Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• 401(k)/Profit Sharing
• 100% ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Will Preparation Resources
• Worldwide Travel Assistance

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