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Controls Engineer/Electrical Design Engineer Job

Gpac
  • Tacoma, WA
  • 85000–120000
  • Instant Apply
1 day ago

Job Description

Controls Engineer/Electrical Design Engineer Job

 

Controls Engineer/Electrical Design Engineer

We’re hiring a Controls Engineer/Electrical Design Engineer to help bring custom industrial machinery to life. We offer more than a century of machine-building experience and automation

projects across multiple industries, giving our engineers exposure to varied technologies, equipment, and manufacturing applications.

Controls Engineer/Electrical Engineer Responsibilities

  • Designs electrical and control systems for custom machinery and develops supporting drawings and schematics.

  • Selects electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, motion, and controls components.

  • Programs and configures PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, motor control centers, and closed-loop servo controls.

  • Tests completed equipment and resolves performance issues through programming, configuration, or design changes.

  • Leads equipment start-up and commissioning at customer sites, ensuring systems perform as designed.

  • Coordinates with mechanical engineering, manufacturing, sales, purchasing, and project management throughout design and build.

  • Works with customers, vendors, and contractors to meet technical requirements and contributes to operation and maintenance documentation.

Controls Engineer/Electrical Engineer Required Qualifications

  • Holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.

  • Brings 3+ years designing controls or electromechanical systems for industrial, manufacturing, or capital equipment.

  • Demonstrates hands-on PLC programming and HMI development experience with Rockwell and/or Siemens platforms, including applicable tools such as RSLogix/Studio 5000, FactoryTalk, Step7, WinCC, or Wonderware InTouch.

  • Understands electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and motion control systems.

  • Uses AutoCAD and Microsoft Office proficiently and interprets electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and fluid-power diagrams.

  • Solves technical problems, manages multiple projects, and communicates effectively across engineering, manufacturing, and customer teams.

Controls Engineer / Electrical Engineer Preferred Qualifications

  • Brings prior equipment start-up, commissioning, and troubleshooting experience.

Controls Engineer /Electrical Engineer Compensation, Benefits and Travel

  • Total compensation depends on experience

  • Receives health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a 401(k).

  • Travels approximately 40%, including internationally, for customer equipment support.

Resumes can be confidentially sent to kristie.ballestin@gogpac.com.

If you would like to learn more about Manufacturing, Production, or Operations opportunities, contact Kristie Ballestin with gpac at kristie.ballestin@gogpac.com or 928.225.2912.

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital

status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

All applicants must be able to work in the United States without restrictions.

This employer does not provide sponsorship.

 

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.

Numbers & Facts

LocationTacoma, WA
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary85000–120000
Company Size100 to 499 employees
Year Founded1990
Websitehttp://www.gogpac.com/

About Company

Gpac’s mission is to be the preferred staffing and recruitment solution by effectively delivering and connecting talent with successful companies and organizations.

Our team, with collective experience of over 250 years, is passionate about wh

Skills

  • Capital Equipmentunmatched
  • Commissioningunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Compensation and Benefitsunmatched
  • Control Engineeringunmatched
  • Control Systemsunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Electrical Designunmatched
  • Electrical Engineeringunmatched
  • Electricityunmatched
  • Electromechanical Designunmatched
  • Electromechanical Systemsunmatched
  • Home Automationunmatched
  • Human Machine Interface (HMI)unmatched
  • Hydraulic Engineeringunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Manufacturing Softwareunmatched
  • Manufacturing Systemsunmatched
  • Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
  • Motion Controlunmatched
  • Motor Control Systemsunmatched
  • Multitaskingunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Procurement Managementunmatched
  • Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)unmatched
  • Project Designunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Salesunmatched
  • Schematicsunmatched
  • Servomechanismunmatched
  • System Start-Upunmatched
  • Technical Recruitingunmatched
  • Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched

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