Controls Engineering Manager
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Description Position Details: Title: Software Engineering Manager Location: Houston, TX Shift: Monday - Friday | 1st Shift Compensation: $150K - $185K annually (depending on experience) Benefits: Company offers a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Life and Disability Insurance, as well as generous PTO and paid holidays. Travel: 40% travel to job-sites to evaluate projects and define scope in order to develop proposals as well as support commissioning and startup activities Position Description | Software Engineering Manager The Senior Automation Engineer shall specify, design, program, and test automation and control systems. Responsible for assisting customers in the Oil & Natural Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Food and Beverage, Steel, Water/Waste Water, Power Generation, Marine, Dredging and/or Specialty industries. Duties will include developing new customer relationships and expanding current relationships. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Include: • Visit job-sites to evaluate projects and define scope in order to develop proposals • Develop and support proposal development according to scope definition. • Responsible for the specification, programming, integration, and implementation of various control systems including DCS/PLC/HMI/SCADA platforms and applications. • Recognize and define scope changes that should result into Change Orders • Lead projects from conception through commissioning and startup. • Lead a team of engineers to execute scope within budget and delivery commitments. • Visit job-sites to do and support commissioning and startup activities • Support techs in the field including providing progress reports, meetings, and punch-lists. • Review vendor drawings for compliance with project specifications. • Read, understand, and translate P&ID's and electrical drawings into a DCS/PLC/HMI application. • Interact and communicate effectively with customers, vendors, engineers, and management. • Interact with other engineering departments to develop and review drawings, specifications, and scope. Requirements: The ideal candidate possesses at least 5 years' experience in a leadership role on Automation and Controls projects, including commissioning and startup. You should also have a familiarity to specify, design, program, and test Automation Systems, not limited to, but including PLC: SIEMENS, ALLEN-BRADLEY, EMERSON ROC, MODICON, TRICONEX, GE, DCS: CENTUM VP, PCS7, DeltaV, ABB 800, HONEYWELL, PlantPAx, HMI: WinCC, Cimplicity, Wonderware/Archestra, Ignition, Beijer, FactoryTal. • Automation System training/certification a plus • Ability to execute and lead multiple projects simultaneously. • Ability to generate and maintain a schedule for projects. • Experience configuring control systems for various industries and facilities. • Understands many other aspects of Industrial Automation, including roles of BPCS and SIS, Instrumentation, Communication protocols, and Networking and Cybersecurity • Ability to lead in a team-oriented environment. • Willingness to learn new platforms and new technologies. • Demonstrated field troubleshooting ability, both electrically (panel) and logically (PLC/DCS)