Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer

Location: Denver, CO Travel: Up to 50% domestic travel Compensation: $90,000–$115,000 + 5% target bonus Work Environment: Plant-facing / project-focused

Own controls strategy, architecture, standards, and system requirements for major capital projects.

Design line-level controls solutions that coordinate equipment across multiple OEM platforms.

Develop system specifications covering network design, safety architecture, interlocks, sequencing logic, SCADA, and MES requirements.

Coordinate OEMs and system integrators to ensure programming, documentation, and hardware meet established controls standards.

Review, approve, and provide technical guidance on PLC and HMI development.

Lead Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT).

Validate system performance and drive corrective actions through commissioning and startup.

Provide technical leadership during equipment installation, startup, and commissioning activities.

Troubleshoot system-level controls issues and tune automation performance.

Advise plant and project teams on controls strategy, reliability, maintainability, and long-term system performance.

Support project planning, scope definition, timelines, budgets, and risk assessments.

Identify potential scope, schedule, and budget impacts early in the project lifecycle.

Contribute to company-wide standards for controls engineering, safety systems, instrumentation, and industrial networking.

Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, operations, maintenance, and project teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.
• 4+ years of experience with PLC and SCADA integration.
• Experience with Rockwell/Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and/or comparable PLC platforms.
• Experience with Wonderware System Platform, InTouch, or related SCADA technologies.
• Experience leading controls scope for capital projects.
• Experience with vendor, OEM, and system integrator coordination.
• Strong understanding of industrial networking, safety systems, instrumentation, interlocks, and line integration.
• Experience with PLC/HMI architecture and controls system design.
• Experience with FAT, SAT, commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting.
• Strong communication, project management, and technical leadership skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 50%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering.
• Controls engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience directing PLC programming or controls integration teams.
• Experience with Siemens, Schneider, GE, Mitsubishi, Omron, Beckhoff, or other industrial automation platforms.
• Exposure to robotic systems and advanced industrial communication networks.
• Experience with large-scale automation platforms.
• Experience with major production-line installations.
• Strong experience leading FAT/SAT, commissioning, and startup activities.

Key Skills:

• PLC: ControlLogix, Allen-Bradley, Rockwell, Studio 5000, RSLogix, CompactLogix, Siemens S7, TIA Portal, Schneider/Modicon, GE, Mitsubishi, Omron, Beckhoff
• SCADA/HMI: Wonderware, System Platform, InTouch, WinCC, Ignition
• Controls: PLC Programming, HMI, SCADA, Industrial Networking, Safety Systems, Instrumentation, Interlocks, Sequencing, Line Integration
• Project: Capital Projects, OEM Coordination, System Integration, FAT, SAT, Commissioning, Startup, Troubleshooting
• Work Requirements
• This is a plant-facing, project-focused position based in Denver, CO, with travel to manufacturing facilities and project locations across the United States. The position requires the ability to travel up to 50% domestically.

This is a direct hire opportunity. The selected candidate will be employed directly by our client. All compensation and benefits, including but not limited to medical insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other perks, will be provided by the client in accordance with their internal policies and subject to applicable laws and eligibility requirements.