Job Description
Position: Senior Instrumentation & Control Engineer
Location: Waukegan, IL 60087 onsite daily - Local candidates preferred
Duration: 12-36 months
Pay Rate $80.00 - $105.00 per hour
I am looking for a Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer with 10+ years of experience supporting complex industrial manufacturing environments.
In this role you will be the SME and serve as the technical lead for process instrumentation and control systems, ensuring systems are properly specified, installed, integrated, and commissioned within active production environments.
This is a hands-on role supporting CAPEX projects, field execution, commissioning, and startup. The ideal candidate is experienced in live plant environments and understands how to protect project timelines while maintaining safety, compliance, and operational reliability.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Instrumentation & Controls
- Lead selection and sizing of instrumentation and I&C components
- Develop and review instrument loop diagrams, I/O lists, and control narratives
- Perform power and load calculations
- Support hazardous area considerations where applicable
- Ensure instrumentation aligns with process and safety requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Must have Instrumentation & Controls engineering
- Strong hands-on PLC programming experience (Allen-Bradley platforms)
- Experience with SCADA / HMI systems
- Electrical system design experience
- Must have commissioning and startup experience in live production environments
- Must have Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Automotive, Packaging, or Industrial Manufacturing environments
- Safety PLC systems
- Multi-cell production system commissioning
- Experience working in regulated environments
About us…Sterling Engineering, in business for 56 years …we offer FULL BENEFITS! As a Sterling Engineering W2 employee on contract, you receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, 3 Medical plans to choose from, Dental & Vision plans, 401(k) with a match, and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Waukegan, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $80–$105 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
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Skills
- Allen-Bradleyunmatched
- Biologyunmatched
- Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
- Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)unmatched
- Commissioningunmatched
- Control Engineeringunmatched
- Control Systemsunmatched
- Design Servicesunmatched
- Electrical Designunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Human Machine Interface (HMI)unmatched
- Input/Outputunmatched
- Instrumentationunmatched
- Instrumentation Engineeringunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Production Systemsunmatched
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)unmatched
- Project Executionunmatched
- Safety Complianceunmatched
- Safety Systemsunmatched
- Startupunmatched
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)unmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
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