DCS Controls Engineer
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Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 per year A bit about us: We are a global engineering and industrial solutions organization supporting some of the largest pulp and paper manufacturing operations across North America. Our teams partner directly with mill operations to deliver automation, digitalization, and process optimization solutions that improve reliability, performance, safety, and efficiency in production-critical environments. Our engineers play a key role in modernization projects, control system upgrades, commissioning efforts, and ongoing technical support initiatives. This is a highly visible role where you'll work directly with customers to solve complex operational challenges while helping shape the future of industrial automation. This position is remote but candidates must reside in Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina to support regional customers and travel requirements. Why join us?
Are you a fit? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply" button and sending us your resume.
Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 per year A bit about us: We are a global engineering and industrial solutions organization supporting some of the largest pulp and paper manufacturing operations across North America. Our teams partner directly with mill operations to deliver automation, digitalization, and process optimization solutions that improve reliability, performance, safety, and efficiency in production-critical environments. Our engineers play a key role in modernization projects, control system upgrades, commissioning efforts, and ongoing technical support initiatives. This is a highly visible role where you'll work directly with customers to solve complex operational challenges while helping shape the future of industrial automation. This position is remote but candidates must reside in Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina to support regional customers and travel requirements. Why join us?
- Competitive base salary of $120K–$150K plus bonus potential.
- Fully remote position for candidates located in VA, NC, or SC.
- Work on large-scale industrial automation systems supporting critical manufacturing operations.
- Direct involvement in DCS programming, upgrades, troubleshooting, and commissioning activities.
- Opportunity to support modernization projects and next-generation control system implementations.
- Customer-facing role with meaningful impact on plant reliability and operational performance.
- Autonomy to drive projects from design through implementation and startup.
- Exposure to multiple facilities, technologies, and process environments.
- Stable long-term career growth within a global engineering organization.
- Design, develop, and implement DCS programming solutions for process control applications.
- Configure and support Foxboro, DeltaV, and/or Honeywell control platforms.
- Participate in control system upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
- Integrate DCS systems with plant-wide automation and control infrastructure.
- Perform system testing, validation, startup, and commissioning activities.
- Troubleshoot control system issues and provide technical support for customer operations.
- Train plant personnel on system functionality and best practices.
- Collaborate with customers, engineers, operators, and maintenance teams to improve system performance and reliability.
- Support both project execution and ongoing service-related activities.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of Distributed Control System (DCS) programming experience.
- Experience with Foxboro systems is highly preferred.
- Experience with DeltaV and/or Honeywell platforms.
- Strong troubleshooting and commissioning experience.
- Ability to work directly with customers in industrial manufacturing environments.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Travel typically ranges from 10%–25%.
- Most travel is planned in advance and tied to project commissioning, upgrades, or customer support activities.
- Pulp and paper industry experience.
- Industrial process controls experience.
- Experience supporting system migrations or modernization projects.
- Familiarity with manufacturing operations, maintenance, and reliability initiatives.
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