Controls Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Careers•Austin, TX

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

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 with 40+ years of industry history ENR (Engineering News Record) Top 500 firm Rated as a top System Integrator Giant We have a Controls Engineer opportunity in our Austin, TX location. This position is responsible for controls engineering project requirements involving control system design, control panel design, PLC programming, instrumentation, check out support and start-up assistance. Individual will be working on automation and control system integration projects for clients across multiple industries including both manufacturing production lines and data center building automation. Will act as technical lead on projects and guide lower level engineers and technicians. Will act as Project Manager on projects up to $500k.

Requirements

BS in Engineering Required (Electrical Engineering is preferred).
Three to Eight years experience in areas below preferred:
An in-depth understanding of control systems, components, logic programming, experience with instrumentation and controls design
SCADA (ie. Rockwell, Inductive Automation, AVEVA Wonderware) and PLC systems (i.e. Allen Bradley, Siemens) required.
Strong inter-personnel skills.
Ability to communicate and work with both team members, subcontractors and clients.
Ability to travel up to 35%.

Nice To Haves

Experience with DeltaV, AutoCAD, Fanuc, Keyence/Cognex Vision Systems are also desired.
Experience in Semiconductor, Battery EV / EV, or Data Center automation preferred.

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, and implements control system (logic software and hardware) to meet process system requirements
Develops schematics detailing control system configuration and wiring, and design equipment panel layouts on AutoCAD software
Develop Sequence of Operation document detailing control strategies for the process under control.
Lead design reviews with customer for review and approval of design documents
Work at customer site to perform the system checkout and start-up of the integrated control system
Develop the final record system documentation and provide system training to the customer
Develops and executes implementation plans for the project
Assigns work to meet overall project deadlines
Ensures that all project team members clearly understand the scope of W-M responsibilities
Develops schedules for W-M and customer requirements
Evaluates progress on project and details changes
Responsible for all purchasing and subcontractor requirements
Responsible for development of costs and proposal of change orders to contract scope