Controls Engineering Manager

PPS is seeking an experienced Controls Engineering Manager to lead its controls and automation function. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for an experienced controls professional who can manage a technical team while also providing expertise in PLCs HMI/SCADA industrial networks instrumentation and automated piping/process systems.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in industrial controls electrical systems and automation along with the leadership skills needed to manage engineers technicians programmers contractors and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead mentor schedule and develop a team of controls engineers automation technicians and programmers.
• Oversee the design programming integration commissioning and maintenance of PLC HMI SCADA and control systems.
• Support automated piping fluid-handling and process systems ensuring reliable operation and system performance.
• Provide technical leadership for new system installations upgrades retrofits and modernization of legacy control systems.
• Troubleshoot complex controls electrical instrumentation and industrial-network issues while minimizing equipment downtime.
• Develop and maintain controls standards programming practices documentation electrical schematics and system architectures.
• Partner with operations maintenance engineering project management and field teams to resolve technical issues and improve system reliability.
• Manage controls-related projects including scope development budgeting estimating scheduling procurement and commissioning.
• Coordinate contractors integrators equipment suppliers and other external vendors.
• Ensure control-system designs and installations comply with applicable UL NFPA OSHA electrical and industrial safety requirements.
• Participate in critical troubleshooting and provide technical direction during system failures and production-impacting events.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation reliability efficiency maintainability and overall system performance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Controls Engineering Industrial Automation or a related technical discipline.
• 58 years of controls/automation engineering experience with at least 25 years in a supervisory or management capacity.
• Strong hands-on experience with PLC programming and industrial automation systems.
• Experience with platforms such as Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Siemens or DeltaV.
• Experience developing or supporting HMI and SCADA systems.
• Working knowledge of industrial communication networks including Ethernet/EtherNet/IP Modbus or similar protocols.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics control drawings instrumentation diagrams and related technical documentation.
• Experience troubleshooting both legacy and modern control systems.
• Strong understanding of industrial electrical safety and applicable NFPA UL and OSHA standards.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and coordinating contractors or vendors.
• Strong analytical communication project-management and problem-solving skills.

Required Experience:

Manager