Wunderlich-Malec Engineering is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established (41 years) engineering companies in the United States. As a Controls Engineer at WM you become part of a company that is:
- 100% employee-owned company with 41 years of industry history
- Entrepreneurially Minded
- A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant
- ENR top 500 firm at #170
We have a Controls Engineer position available in Huntington Beach, CA. This position is responsible for controls engineering project requirements involving PLC programming, HMI/SCADA programming, control panel design, instrumentation specification, check-out support, and commissioning assistance. The Controls Engineer will interact directly with customers and work with a team of Wunderlich-Malec engineers in identifying requirements, developing specifications, and implementing/testing/commissioning/qualifying automation solutions.
This position is a technical leadership and implementation role within the business unit and requires problem-solving ability, well-balanced people skills, an aptitude for business efficiency, and an interest in creating partnerships.
Major Responsibilities
- This position requires the ability to deliver innovative automation solutions and design standards either self-directedly or as a technical lead of a team. The candidate must have the ability to conceptualize, detail, and implement control systems for industrial processes 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. The Controls Engineer would design, detail, and implement a variety of fiber, wired, and wireless systems using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.)
- This position often times 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 $200k. 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
Minimum Requirements
Education
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science or equal experience.
Experience
Greater than 5 years with capabilities in the below areas is preferred:
- Life Science/Pharma industry experience
- PLC experience
- Rockwell
- HMI/SCADA experience in the following order:
- Inductive Automation/Ignition
- Rockwell FactoryTalk
- AVEVA System Platform
- Control System Network experience
- ISA 88 Batch experience
- Experience in the design of electrical schematics and control panels
- 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
- Ability to travel up to 20%
Physical Demands of Position
Seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, hand dexterity, driving, lifting, ability to mount/dismount equipment, pushing and pulling.
Working Environment
Standard office environment, on-site office environment, diverse industrial environments, frequent personal computer use, facsimile/copy machines, phones.*Job Descriptions are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.
