Controls Engineer

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Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:

• 100% employee-owned company with over 40 years of industry history
• A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant
• An ENR (Engineering News Record) Top 500 Firm

We have a Controls Engineer position available in Raleigh, NC. This position is responsible for controls engineering project requirements involving PLC programming, HMI/SCADA programming, control panel design, instrumentation specification, check‑out support, and commissioning assistance.

• This position requires the ability to deliver innovative automation solutions and design standards either self‑directedly or as a technical lead of a team. The candidate must have the ability to conceptualize, detail, and implement control systems for industrial processes that meet our customer’s requirements. This involves the development of a control system architecture, selecting the components to be used, detailing schematic diagrams and system documentation, programming controllers (PLC, DCS, RTU), programming the process visualization (HMI/SCADA), developing databases for archiving/displaying historical system data and implementing/commissioning the control system at the client’s facility.
  
  Knowledge of controller programming languages such as Ladder, Sequential Function Chart, Structured Text, and others to achieve the desired results is required. Also having knowledge of standard programming languages such as VBA, .NET, and SQL for the development of HMI/SCADA systems is preferred.
• For larger systems, experience with industrial networking used to connect control system components and instrumentation is preferred. The Controls Engineer would design, detail, and implement a variety of fiber, wired, and wireless systems using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.).
• This position often requires the following project management responsibilities: developing project execution plans, work breakdown structures and associated budgets, task prioritization and scheduling, task ordering, time tracking and reporting, financial tracking and reporting, early problem identification, conflict management/resolution, leading and supporting a team, and attending project status meetings. It also includes overseeing daily operations and activities of a project(s) up to $200k.
  
  This position is often responsible for ensuring the overall profitability of the project.
• The ideal candidate must have a diverse engineering skillset with the ability to work independently. They will act as technical lead on projects and guide lower‑level engineers and technicians, and could also act as Project Manager on smaller projects.

• Education:
  
  BSEE or BS Controls is preferred. Other related technical bachelor of science degrees or an AA in Engineering Technology or equivalent with equivalent experience may be substituted.
• Experience:
  
  3-5 years of experience in the following areas:
  • Components, ladder logic programming, SCADA programming, and their applications
  • Instrumentation and controls design as well as PLC and/or SCADA
  • Experience with AutoCAD is also desired, but not required
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Seeing, color perception, hearing, listening, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving, lifting, climbing, ability to mount and dismount equipment, pushing, and pulling.

Standard office environment, on‑site office environment, and diverse industrial and Power Plant/Utility, switchyard environments with frequent PC usage, fax machines, copy machines, phones, and constant people interactions.

Job Description s 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.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Automation Machinery Manufacturing

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