Controls Engineer
Location: Yorkville, IL
Onsite, 5 days a week
Pay: Negotiable, depending on experience.
Candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (Green Card holders).
Position Details:
Design, program, and commission industrial control systems for industrial facility projects using Rockwell Automation hardware and software platforms.
- Review integrator designs, code, and submittals for conformance with plant standards and functional requirements.
- Witness and document FAT/SAT, I/O checkout, and functional testing; track punch lists to closure.
- Coordinate between plant operations, maintenance, corporate engineering, and integrators; manage automation-related changes and RFIs.
- Meet with clients to define scope, assess existing conditions, and establish equipment preferences.
- Develop control system designs: platform selection, panel layouts, wiring and schematic diagrams, and specifications using AutoCAD.
- Program PLCs and HMIs from sequences of operation and functional requirements; develop failure mode matrices.
- Perform startup and commissioning: I/O checkout, program and functional testing, troubleshooting, and operator training.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, and deliverables from proposal through closeout.
- Coordinate construction and commissioning schedules with clients, contractors, and DEG staff in other offices.
- Communicate project status and scope changes to clients and management.
- Frequent interaction with clients, suppliers, contractors, and project team members
- Sales & Business Development
- Identify and pursue automation opportunities with existing and prospective clients in the Chicago region.
- Build and maintain client relationships.
- Prepare proposals, scopes of work, and cost estimates in coordination with DEG leadership.
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years of industrial automation experience designing, programming, and commissioning industrial control systems.
- Demonstrated ability to manage automation projects, including scope, budget, schedule, and deliverables.
- Allen-Bradley Logix 500/5000 PLC development experience required
- HMI/SCADA development required
- Control panel design, instrumentation selection, and wiring diagrams required
- Working knowledge of pumps, fans, and mechanical process systems required
- Strong computer skills, including proficiency with AutoCAD and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word).
- Strong desire to learn, take ownership, and succeed is essential.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering (electrical, mechanical, or chemical) preferred; equivalent experience and demonstrated technical competence will be considered.
- Experience working on the owner’s side of capital projects — reviewing integrator deliverables, witnessing FAT/SAT, and coordinating plant stakeholders — is strongly preferred.
- Exposure to industrial electrical power systems is preferred.
- Proficiency in FactoryTalk View, Inductive Automation Ignition, or AVEVA System Platform preferred
- Batch management, packaging/robotics, or MSSQL database experience preferred
- Experience developing client relationships and generating new work through proposals and estimates is strongly preferred.
- FE completion/ EIT is preferred
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any of these characteristics. #INDShow