Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is 100% employee-owned and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:

• 100% employee-owned company with over 40 years of industry history
• A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant
• ENR top 500 firm at #170

We provide custom control systems for industrial and commercial turbomachinery, as well as a host of other auxiliary turbines, compressors, and power management products and services. Our engineering expertise is designed into industry-standard components to form state-of-the-art turbine and compressor control solutions.

We have a Senior Controls Engineer position available in our Loveland, CO office. This position is responsible for controls engineering project requirements involving PLC / DCS / Turbomachinery Control System programming, HMI/SCADA programming, control panel design, instrumentation specification, check-out support, commissioning, and field service of turbomachinery control systems.

Major Responsibilities

• This position requires the Senior Controls Engineer to conceptualize, detail and implement control systems for industrial processes and machinery that meet our client’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,TCS), 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 Function Block, Ladder, Sequential Function Chart, Structured Text and others to achieve the desired results is required
• 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.)
• Project management skills and the ability to self-manage even complex projects; excellent time management and multitasking; flexibility in work environments and schedules; strong written and oral communication skills, essential to building and maintaining good work and customer relationships
• The ideal candidate must have a diverse egineering skill set with the ability to work independently. Will act as technical lead on projects and guide lower level engineers and technicians.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science is required. 

Experience

Seven years with capabilities in below areas is preferred:

• In-depth understanding of PLC, DCS, Turbomachinery Control System hardware/software platforms such Rockwell Automation, Siemens S7 / T3000, Modicon, Woodward, Honewell Experion, Yokogawa Centum, Emerson DeltaV, etc.
• In-depth understanding of HMI/SCADA hardware/software platforms such as Iconics Genesis64, Wonderware System Platform, GE Cimplicity, GE iFIX, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Citect, etc.
• Understanding of auxiliary equipment in an electrical generating or plant environment: generator excitation control systems, protective relaying, industrial motor controls and VFDs, etc.
• Experience in industries such as Commercial Power Generation (Fossil-Fuel & Nuclear), Industrial Cogeneration, Oil & Gas (Upstream/Midstream/Downstream), Chemical Processing, etc.
• Experience in the basic safety requirements and processes within the industries noted above
• Experience in design of electrical schematics, including power distribution under 480VAC, control panels and associated NEC references, Ethernet networking and architecture, serial communications, etc.
• Experience in using hand and power tools to build, assemble, and wire industrial control panels. Experience with electrical and instrumentation maintenance tools (multimeters, calibrators, computers, etc.) to support system testing, commissioning and troubleshooting
• Experience with AutoCAD LT / AutoCAD Electrical is also desired
• Ability to travel up to 30%, including internationally

Physical Demands of Position

Seeing, color perception, hearing and clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving, lifting, climbing, and ability to mount and dismount equipment, pushing, and pulling.

Working Environment

Standard office environment, On-site office environment, and diverse industrial environments

Frequent PC usage, 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.

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