Urgent need PLC Engineer Location: Houston, TX

Tech Mirrors; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors in Houston, Texas, seeks a PLC Engineer to design and maintain control systems for land-based drilling rigs. The role involves hands-on troubleshooting, collaboration with Canrig and Nabors teams, and compliance with safety standards.

Travel to drilling sites is required, including international travel. Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical/controls engineering and at least 5 years of drilling control systems experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years designing/maintaining control systems for drilling rigs.
• US citizen or GC holder due to federal compliance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced control systems for land-based drilling rigs, including customer and vendor meetings.
• System support: lab setup, integration testing, factory and customer acceptance testing.
• Troubleshoot drilling rig control systems to minimize downtime and optimize performance; mentor field technicians.
• Ensure compliance with industry safety standards and regulations.
• Collaborate with Canrig and Nabors engineering teams and third-party operations to integrate new technologies.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation (requirements, software releases, commissioning, etc).
• Train and mentor junior engineers and support field deployment and commissioning of systems.

Skills

PLC programming

SCADA & HMI

VFDs (ABB/GE Converteam)

Industrial networking

Troubleshooting

Field travel

Teamwork

Safety standards knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

Siemens PLC

SCADA software

HMI development tools

ABB/GE Converteam drives

Job description

PLC Engineer
Location: Houston, TX
Duration: 6 months

US Citizen or GC Holder only due to federal compliance

Education Start date (dd-mmm-yy) Duration of assignment (in Months)

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing and maintaining control systems for drilling rigs.

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 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
• Travel to drilling rig sites will be required
• International and Domestic travel will be required
• No H1
• L1 , GC or Citizen.

Roles & 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.