Principal Industrial Power & Automation Engineer

If your sweet spot is where heavy industrial power meets controls and automation, this role on a new greenfield steel mill in Apple Grove, West Virginia is for you. You’ll guide a site transitioning from construction to commissioning to production—owning the details, coordinating the players, and getting systems started safely and on time.

• Drive installation support, testing, commissioning, and startup of electrical and production assets.
• Provide technical oversight for high/low voltage distribution: substations, switchgear, transformers, MCCs, and motors.
• Troubleshoot electrical, controls, instrumentation, and integration issues during commissioning.
• Review and validate single-lines, schematics, equipment specs, cable schedules, and vendor packages.
• Coordinate contractors, OEMs, vendors, and systems integrators against scope, schedule, and standards.
• Support PLC-based equipment, VFDs, motor controls, instrumentation, and Level 1 automation.
• Verify installations conform to drawings, technical specifications, codes, and site standards.
• Execute checkout, loop checks, functional testing, energization, startup, and turnover.
• Surface conflicts early and implement practical field fixes to keep progress moving.
• Develop punch lists, track issues, maintain documentation, and close out systems for acceptance.
• Engage operations and maintenance to ensure safe, reliable, maintainable systems.
• Coach early-career engineers and promote safe work practices across activities.

• BS in Electrical Engineering (or related).
• 10 years in steel/metals/manufacturing or similar heavy-industry environments.
• Robust experience with industrial power distribution (high and low voltage).
• Hands-on with MCCs, motors, VFDs, motor controls, PLCs, instrumentation, and automation.
• Background in installation support, commissioning, startup, and field troubleshooting.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, schematics, and vendor documents.
• History of coordinating contractors, OEMs, consultants, and integrators.
• Independent field decision-maker with strong communication and leadership skills.
• Willing to work on-site in Apple Grove, West Virginia.

This is not a strictly PLC programming position—breadth across power, controls, automation, project execution, and commissioning is essential.

Engineers who can switch from a drawing review to a motor lineup checkout without missing a beat—keeping safety, schedule, quality, and reliability in view—will excel and become trusted technical resources from installation through startup and turnover.

• Project Management
• Industrial Electrical Experience