What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Controls Engineer position at LVI Associates?
A well-established, 100% employee-owned engineering firm is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer for its Hampton, NH office. This position involves overseeing controls engineering project requirements, including control panel design, RTU, SCADA, and PLC programming, networking, databases, instrumentation, check-out support, and start-up assistance for applications in the Power Utility and Industrial markets.
Interpret and document customer and business requirements to ensure successful project execution.
Maintain strong client relationships to support ongoing and future business.
Supervise engineers, technicians, and designers as needed.
Develop Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS), Test Plans, and Software Design Specifications (SDS).
Design, develop, and implement control systems, including logic software and hardware, to meet system requirements.
Create control and network architecture documents, including IP schemes and network switch configurations.
Develop control logic software and user interface applications, integrating ladder logic programming, SCADA, RTU, and other IED programming.
Work with database tools such as SQL for data management.
Select appropriate hardware and software components for projects, with familiarity in process instruments.
Design schematics detailing control system configurations, wiring, and equipment panel layouts using AutoCAD.
Provide start-up support, troubleshoot integrated systems, and contribute to system documentation.
Collaborate on automation and control system integration projects across industries such as Power Utility, Food, and Semiconductor.
Perform general administrative tasks, including documentation and computer-based work.
Assist in assembling and wiring control panels when required.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or Controls Engineering preferred. Other relevant technical degrees or an associate degree in Engineering Technology with equivalent experience may be considered.
Experience: 5 to 10 years of directly related experience in Energy, Power Utility, or Industrial Manufacturing.
Travel: Ability to travel up to 30%.
Physical Requirements: Ability to perform tasks requiring vision, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity, driving, lifting, climbing, mounting/dismounting equipment, pushing, and pulling.
This role offers the opportunity to work within a leading engineering firm with over 40 years of industry history and recognition as a top system integrator.
Salary : $120,000 - $140,000
