What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Controls Engineer position at iRiS Recruiting Solutions?
Title: Senior Controls Engineer
Location: East Coast region
This is an opportunity to join a F&B manufacturing operation in the middle of significant growth and expansion. You’ll have direct influence over controls strategy, automation performance, equipment reliability, and future production capabilities.
What You’ll Do:
✅ Design, program, troubleshoot, and optimize PLCs, HMIs, robotics, motion controls, VFDs, instrumentation, industrial networks, and data collection systems
✅ Develop and standardize control architecture, electrical designs, programming standards, and components across processing, filling, packaging, and material-handling systems
✅ Partner with Production and Maintenance to troubleshoot complex controls and electrical issues, perform root-cause analysis, and minimize downtime
✅ Lead controls upgrades, automation improvements, equipment installations, startups, and commissioning
✅ Coordinate electricians, contractors, project schedules, budgets, and equipment implementation
✅ Train Maintenance and Operations teams on controls systems, troubleshooting, and equipment functionality
What We’re Looking For:
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related discipline
• 5 years of Controls/Electrical Engineering experience
• Strong PLC programming experience with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell and/or Siemens
• Experience with B&R, HMIs, VFDs, robotics, motion control, instrumentation, and industrial networks is highly valuable
• Food, beverage, pharma or high-speed manufacturing experience preferred
• Startup, commissioning, and equipment installation experience highly desirable
Why Consider It?
✅ Modern, highly automated manufacturing environment
✅ Major facility and production expansion underway
✅ Growing Process, Controls & Automation Engineering team
✅ Significant involvement in new equipment and automation projects
✅ Opportunity to influence controls standards and future automation strategy
✅ Relocation assistance available