Controls Engineer

CORTEX EPCM LLC • St. Louis, MO

13d • Onsite

About The Position

This 3–6-month contractor position located in Morgantown, WV, and specializes in support, design, maintenance, configuration, and troubleshooting of legacy and modern Foxboro I/A platforms. This role requires a high level of communication and coordination with team members as well as clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of hands-on industrial automation experience, with proven focus on Foxboro I/A programming and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of power infrastructure design.
• Ability to accurately interpret and critically evaluate design drawings, schematics, and systems.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and maintain quality service while under pressure.
• High level of conscientiousness and attention to detail.
• Experience working in a factory environment.
• Ability to work alone or within groups as necessary.
• Strong work ethic.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in PDF reader/editing software (Bluebeam).

Nice To Haves

• Willingness and ability to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical expertise, system maintenance, and lifecycle support for Foxboro I/A environments.
• Ensures system availability, optimizes process control strategies, and performs hardware/software upgrades.
• Troubleshoots complex automation, networking, and hardware issues.
• Completes routine backups, system health checks, software patch management, and disaster recovery execution.
• Assists in planning and executing system migration, hardware lifecycle replacement, and software updates for Foxboro I/A infrastructure.
• Work with plant operations, electrical maintenance, and external vendors to address control challenges.
• Perform troubleshooting for power equipment in the field.
• Participate in team and group meetings.
• All other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level