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Controls Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Hanover, PA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 90000 - 120000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
20 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
18 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Details:
Job Title: Controls Engineer I
Location:Hanover MD
Schedule:Monday-Friday (Hybrid/Remote)
Travel:50-75%
Pay:$90000 - $120000
Duration:Direct Hire
Important Note on Location & Travel
Hanover Location & Travel Requirements: This position is based in Hanover MD and requires approximately 80% onsite presence. Candidates should be local to the area or willing to relocate. Some travel to customer sites may also be required.
Position Overview
Our client a growing engineering and manufacturing organization supporting complex electrical and industrial systems is seeking a Controls Engineer I to join its controls engineering team.
This is a hands-on individual contributor position focused on the development programming testing implementation and support of industrial control systems. The Controls Engineer will work across engineering manufacturing field service and customer teams to ensure equipment and systems operate safely reliably and according to customer requirements.
The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of hands-on controls experience and is comfortable personally developing PLC and HMI programs rather than primarily managing projects or other engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop program test and troubleshoot PLC and HMI-based control systems.
- Write and modify PLC programs based on project and customer requirements.
- Support controls projects throughout the full lifecycle including requirements review programming testing FAT commissioning startup and troubleshooting.
- Interpret customer specifications electrical drawings control narratives and technical requirements.
- Configure and integrate controls with third-party equipment and customer-specific systems.
- Support industrial communication networks and protocols including Modbus and Ethernet-based communications.
- Partner with electrical mechanical manufacturing and field service teams to resolve technical and implementation issues.
- Perform hands-on troubleshooting during equipment testing and field commissioning.
- Interface directly with customers to understand technical requirements and resolve controls-related issues.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation procedures and work instructions.
- Support continuous improvement and product development initiatives.
- Travel to company and customer facilities as required for training testing startup and commissioning.
Qualifications
- 3 years of hands-on controls automation or industrial programming experience.
- Hands-on experience developing PLC programs including the ability to write code from scratch.
- Experience programming and configuring HMI systems.
- Working knowledge of industrial communication protocols such as Modbus and Ethernet-based networks.
- Experience troubleshooting controls systems in manufacturing industrial or field environments.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and technical specifications.
- Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
- Comfortable working directly with customers and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Ability and willingness to travel extensively during the initial training and ramp-up period.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Controls Engineering Automation or a related technical discipline; equivalent technical training and relevant experience may be considered.
- Experience with multiple PLC and HMI platforms.
- SCADA or industrial system integration experience.
- Experience with custom-engineered industrial equipment.
- Exposure to electrical distribution equipment such as switchgear switchboards panelboards transformers or related systems.
- Experience within power utilities renewable energy energy storage data centers industrial automation or other mission-critical environments.
- Previous FAT SAT startup or field commissioning experience.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
PTS Advance is the largest specialist provider of technical talent to the United States’ Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Power & Renewables, Life Sciences, Construction & Infrastructure, and Manufacturing industries.
