Senior PLC Controls Engineer  2025-182

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Relocation Assistance: No
Visa Sponsorship: No

Experience Required: 10+ years of PLC Controls Engineering

Education Requirements: BS in Electrical/Controls Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science

Please note – the client does not allow us to post the salary range, nor the company name. Please contact Tom@TheHiringCatalyst.com if you have questions.

We are seeking a Senior PLC Controls Engineer to join the team at a growing engineering consulting firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide team leadership in delivering automation systems for a wide variety of industries, implementing automation solutions with multiple control systems including PLC, DCS, HMI, and SCADA platforms, with emphasis on Rockwell and Cimplicity.

Your Role:

In this role you will interact directly with the customer and lead a team of engineers in identifying requirements, developing specifications, and implementing/testing/commissioning/qualifying automation solutions. This position is a leadership role within the business unit and requires strong problem-solving ability, well-balanced people skills, an aptitude for business efficiency, and an interest in creating partnerships.

• This position requires the ability to deliver innovative automation solutions and design standards either self-directedly or as a leader of a team.
• You must have the ability to conceptualize, detail, and implement control systems for industrial processes and machinery that meet our customer’s requirements.  This involves the development of a control system architecture, selecting the components to be used, detailing schematic diagrams and system documentation, programming controllers (PLC, DCS, RTU), programming the process visualization (HMI/SCADA), developing databases for archiving/displaying historical system data and implementing/commissioning the control system at the client’s facility.  
• Knowledge of controller programming languages such as Ladder, Sequential Function Chart, Structured Text, and others to achieve the desired results is required.  
• Also having knowledge of standard programming languages such as VBA, .NET, and SQL for the development of HMI/SCADA systems is preferred
• For larger systems, experience with industrial networking used to connect control system components and instrumentation is preferred.
• You will design, detail, and implement a variety of fiber, wired, and wireless systems using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.)
• This position oftentimes requires the following project management responsibilities: developing project execution plans, work breakdown structures and associated budgets, task prioritization and scheduling, task ordering, time tracking and reporting, financial tracking and reporting, early problem identification, conflict management/resolution, leading and supporting a team, and attending project status meetings. Also includes overseeing daily operations and activities of a project(s) up to $1M. This position is often responsible for ensuring the overall profitability of the project
• The ideal candidate must have a diverse engineering skillset with the ability to work independently. Will act as technical lead on projects and guide lower-level engineers and technicians.  Could also act as Project Manager on smaller projects.

Required Skills:

• In-depth understanding of PLC hardware/software platforms such as Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and Modicon
• In-depth understanding of HMI/SCADA hardware/software platforms such as ICONICS Genesis64, Wonderware ArchestrA System Platform, GE CIMPLICITY, GE iFIX, Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View, Schneider, and Siemens
• In-depth understanding of DCS hardware/software platforms such as Emerson DeltaV or similar
• Experience in industries such as Semiconductor chip fabrication facilities, Life Sciences, Building Automation, Food and Beverage, Oil & Gas and Mining
• Experience in the design of electrical schematics, including power distribution under 480VAC, control panels, and associated NEC references desired
• Experience with AutoCAD is desired
• Experience leading a team of engineers/technicians to provide control system solutions
• Experience mentoring less experienced engineers
• Professional references, preferably one from each of the following: a subordinate, a peer, and a manager
• Field device/equipment troubleshooting
• Job estimating

Required Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science is required.
• 10+ years of Controls Engineer experience with capabilities in these areas:
  • Candidates with Rockwell and Cimplicity experience will be given preference
  • Various 3rd party web-based data integrations for monitoring and troubleshooting aid
  • Develop work processes to automate template and instance development within the System Platform
  • Provide technical leadership on design standards around graphics, alarming, and scale-up
  • SQL, .NET, Power BI, Grafana, and APIs

To apply be sure to refer to Job 2025-182 and click here.
Or, email an updated resume to Tom@TheHiringCatalyst.com.