Electrical Controls Engineer
Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, 85261, USA
Listed on 2026-03-10
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer
About the Pay
Note:
The salary range listed ($100,000 - $135,000) reflects the TARGET HIRING RANGE only and does not represent the full pay range for this position.
Electrical Controls Engineer: $100,000 - $114,795
Senior Electrical Controls Engineer: $115,000 – $135,000
About Central Arizona ProjectCentral Arizona Project (CAP) is a 336-mile system that supplies Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona. More than 6 million people rely on this supply. CAP employs nearly 500 people who enjoy a team-oriented and safety-focused work culture. The close community of a small company is driven to help fulfill our extremely valuable mission.
Compensation & Benefits Package includes:- Competitive Salaries
- Arizona State Retirement System - Pension
- 401(k)
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- Life insurance, LTD, Short-term disability
- 4-10 (Mon-Thur) work schedule
- Option for part-time remote work after successful onboarding
- Paid training & tuition reimbursement
- 9 paid holidays
- Paid vacation & sick time
- Wellness programs
- No benefits waiting period
- Relocation benefits - Relocation assistance is available
- Significant training and development opportunities
- Public Student Loan Forgiveness eligible employer
As an Electrical Controls or Senior Electrical Controls Engineer, you would guide the Central Arizona Project (CAP) in identifying solutions to technical multi-disciplinary engineering problems that require the use of independent judgment and initiative in making technical decisions of considerable difficulty and impact. The Senior Engineer ensures that technical documentation, including plans and specifications, are accurate, complete, and retrievable by those who require such documentation.
This position provides technical professional level expertise in designing quality capital projects and asset modifications within established budgetary and schedule guidelines and compliant with county, state, and federal laws and regulations. This position will act as a productive team member, or team leader, on interdependent technical support teams.
This position fully supports the project management function at CAP during design development and construction of projects through preparation of estimates, preparation of consultant scopes of work, evaluation of cost proposals, oversight and review of consultant designs, and review of project submittals. Leads reliability engineering services as a member of an asset management team responsible for the reliability, availability and maintenance of ICE equipment at pumping plants, water conveyance systems and facilities for the Central Arizona Project (CAP).
Identifies failures through root-cause failure analysis for ICE equipment.
Some of the duties include:
- Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
- Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
- Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&)
- Control schematics and wiring diagrams
For the Electrical Controls Engineer:
Bachelor of Science degree (or higher) in Control Systems, Instrumentation or Electrical Engineering (control or computer), or a closely related field.
Five (5) years total Controls Systems Engineering experience.
At least three (3) years experience performing Controls Engineer responsibilities as defined below in Section 1B (Required Minimum Technical Qualifications).
Advanced degree or other related experience may substitute for up to two years of total Controls Systems Engineering experience.
REQUIRED MINIMUM TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS- Familiar with design and hardware around a PLC based control system.
- PLC software development experience (manufacturer preference is Rockwell).
- HMI software development.
- Sub-station automation software development.
- Design experience of 600V or less systems.
- Rockwell PLC Control Logix Platform experience.
- AVEVA…
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