Controls Engineer, Orlando FL - Confidential

Experience Level: Mid-senior
Experience Required: 5 Years
Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Function: Engineering
Industry: Industrial Automation
Relocation Assistance: No
Visa Sponsorship Eligibility: No

Our client have an opening for a Controls Engineer in Orlando, FL. This position focuses on electrical and controls engineering for large-scale projects, including system design, electrical panel design, and control system programming.

Responsibilities:

- Design control systems from the ground up, including hardware, software, and network components.
- Use drafting software (AutoCAD preferred) to create detailed system designs.
- Collaborate with facility design teams to optimize panel locations and improve system efficiency.
- Manage vendor scopes to ensure safety, functionality, and compliance with contract requirements.
- Ensure designs meet local, government, and client codes/standards.
- Conduct technical risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies.
- Design and analyze safety-critical components and redundant systems to enhance reliability.
- Develop detailed documents, including system descriptions, panel assembly drawings, network layouts, and test plans.
- Perform calculations and analyses related to short circuit protection, harmonics, noise reduction, and power consumption.
- Provide support during installation and commissioning, including working off-hours as needed.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field (related work experience may be considered for degrees in other disciplines).
- 5+ years of experience in control system design, with a preference for ASTM standards, attractions industry, and safety engineering.
- Proficiency with major industrial manufacturers' hardware/software (e.g., Allen-Bradley, Siemens).
- Experience with ethernet-based distributed remote I/O systems.
- Strong organizational skills, technical competence, and effective communication abilities.
- Familiarity with contract documents, field data collection, and system design functions.
- Ability to perform various system design calculations and analyses.

Key Competencies:

- Planning, Customer Focused, Timely Decision Making, Informing, Organizing, Priority Setting, Problem Solving.

Travel: Ability to travel up to 30% (10% in recent years).

Physical Demands: Includes seeing, color perception, hearing, dexterity in hands, lifting, climbing, and the ability to mount and dismount equipment.

Working Environment/Conditions: Expected to be on-site 5 days a week, with standard office and industrial/construction environments.

About the Company:

As a 100% employee-owned company, we are passionate about solving engineering challenges and executing projects of any size while meeting client requirements. With over 40 years of experience, our client is a leading engineering firm with a large and well-established presence across the US. They are committed to delivering high-quality solutions for facility processes and operations.

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