Associate Field Engineer - Controls

Wunderlich-Malec Careers • Chesterfield, MO

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is hiring a travel-ready, entry-level Associate Field Engineer or Technician for its Chesterfield, Missouri team. The role offers hands-on field experience supporting commissioning and start-up of control systems across Data Center, Semiconductor, Life Science, Food & Beverage, and other industrial projects. Work includes installation verification, control system testing, commissioning support, and start-up activities, with coordination involving customers, electrical subcontractors, vendors, and internal project teams.

The position is primarily field-based at client sites, with occasional work in offices or construction trailers. Travel to project sites may reach 100%, and assignments may last multiple months at U.S.-based sites. Work is typically Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend work depending on project needs. Project housing, airfare, meals, and incidentals are covered under company policy. The company provides structured training and mentorship, and the role offers opportunities to take on increasingly complex commissioning responsibilities and advance based on demonstrated proficiency and performance.

The role is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization, including H-1B sponsorship, and the company does not participate in the STEM OPT training program for this position.

Requirements

• New graduate or 0–2 years of field experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Computer, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering preferred; an associate degree in Engineering Technology or equivalent field technician experience may be substituted.
• Understanding of or exposure to field instrumentation, hardware panels, and low-voltage controls design.
• Understanding of control systems, components, PLC programming, SCADA programming, and their applications.
• Willingness and ability to travel to project sites, potentially up to 100%.
• Attention to applicable safety specifications and standards, attention to detail, and consistent focus on quality control.
• Ability to communicate and work as part of a team and coordinate with customers, subcontractors, vendors, and project teams.
• Ability to perform field work that may involve standing and moving for 8–12 hour shifts, climbing stairs or ladders, working at heights, occasionally lifting up to 40 pounds, bending, reaching, and working around industrial equipment.
• Ability to safely wear required personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, steel-toed boots, hearing protection, and electrical safety gear as applicable.
• Ability to use a computer, standard office applications, and a mobile phone for documentation, communication, and project support.
• Ability to work safely and effectively indoors and outdoors in construction, industrial, and processing environments, including exposure to noise, temperature changes, weather, humidity, dust, and moving machinery.

Nice To Haves

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Computer, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Equivalent field technician experience or an associate degree in Engineering Technology.

Responsibilities

• Verify control panels, field devices, instruments, and related control-system equipment installation and wiring against manufacturer requirements, approved shop drawings, project documentation, and applicable quality standards and specifications.
• Perform point-to-point testing to confirm field devices are installed, wired, addressed, and configured according to approved system drawings and documentation, including verifying signals received through network integration.
• Conduct functional performance testing to verify that control systems and field devices operate according to project design documentation, including testing control sequences, alarms and alerts, trend displays and configuration, system graphics, and responses to failure scenarios.
• Support system-level testing to confirm integrated operation of control systems and field devices, including verifying sequences across related systems, navigating SCADA screens, activating alarms, monitoring trends, and supporting failure-mode testing.
• Provide electrical and controls engineering support, including electrical and instrumentation verification, PLC/SCADA/HMI support, commissioning execution, and start-up assistance.
• Coordinate with customers, electrical subcontractors, vendors, and internal project teams.
• Follow applicable safety specifications and standards and maintain attention to detail and quality control during commissioning work.
• As capability develops, take ownership of testing campaigns, functional performance testing, technical coordination during system-level testing, and commissioning activities for project areas.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Basic and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary short-term disability insurance
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Health savings account
• Paid time off, including three weeks of paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Referral bonus program
• 401(k) and profit sharing
• 100% ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
• Employee assistance program
• Will preparation resources
• Worldwide travel assistance
• Project housing, airfare, meals, and incidentals covered in accordance with company policy
• Structured training and mentorship

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree