Manager, Industrial Controls Engineering

You will lead industrial-controls engineering activities across development, implementation, deployment, and sustainment. You will develop engineers, establish delivery processes, oversee technical escalations, guide architecture and roadmaps, validate PLC and HMI solutions, and improve reliability, safety, and deployment efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Industrial Controls Engineers
• Establish performance expectations, development plans, and competency frameworks
• Drive workforce planning, recruiting, succession planning, and organizational development
• Own Industrial Controls implementation and deployment execution
• Establish processes for reliable and maintainable PLC and HMI solutions
• Balance engineering resources against business priorities and customer commitments
• Oversee technical initiatives, troubleshooting, and escalations
• Drive technical decisions aligned with architectures, standards, and product strategies
• Support deployment of new control-system capabilities and platform enhancements
• Champion validation and testing for performance, reliability, and safety
• Drive productivity and continuous-improvement initiatives
• Translate strategy into technical roadmaps and execution plans
• Identify technical risks, capability gaps, and platform improvements
• Improve deployment efficiency, operational performance, and customer outcomes
• Coordinate deployment of control-system updates with cross-functional stakeholders
• Communicate engineering status, risks, and recommendations
• Support critical customer issues and operational escalations

Requirements

• At least 2 years of management experience
• At least 8 years of total work experience
• Bachelor's degree in a technical engineering or computer science discipline
• At least 8 years programming PLCs, HMIs, drives, and industrial control technologies
• At least 3 years leading Controls Engineers or technical engineering teams
• Industrial automation project leadership experience
• Rockwell Automation ControlLogix and GuardLogix experience
• Ignition or FactoryTalk ME/SE experience
• Industrial networking and control-system architecture knowledge
• Troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
• Electrical schematic, control-drawing, and system-architecture interpretation
• Stakeholder management and technical leadership
• Valid driver's license
• Ability to travel up to 40%

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401K
• PTO