Industrial Controls Design Engineer

LONG Building Technologies

Anchorage, AK

Pay: $41-$51/hr

**Description**

**Position Purpose**

The Industrial Controls Design Engineer is responsible for the engineering, design, documentation, integration, testing, and technical support of industrial automation and control systems delivered by LONG Building Technologies throughout Alaska. The position converts customer and process requirements into safe, reliable, maintainable, and constructible systems, then supports those systems through panel fabrication, testing, field installation, startup, commissioning, and lifecycle service.

This role serves as a technical bridge among sales, project management, PLC/SCADA programming, UL 508A & UL698A panel fabrication, field installation, commissioning, service, and the customer. The engineer is expected to own the technical design from process requirement through commissioned system.

**Pay Range:** $40.87 - $50.50 per hour, plus potential profit share.

**Benefits**

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Voluntary Accident and Critical Care Insurance, Basic Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 401(k) with Employer Matching contributions, Profit Sharing/Bonus/ Commission Program as applicable, Paid Time Off, Paid Community Service Day, 8 Paid holidays, Tuition Reimbursement, Pet Insurance, Legal and IDShield are offered to eligible employees.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties or tasks assigned as required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The essential functions of this position include but are not limited to:

• Develop industrial control system designs from conceptual development through construction, commissioning, startup, and project closeout.
• Review and interpret P&IDs, process narratives, sequences of operation, plans, specifications, equipment documentation, customer standards, and contract requirements.
• Develop control system architectures, network architectures, functional sequences, alarm strategies, interlocks, permissives, and related engineering documentation for industrial automation projects.
• Coordinate integration of process equipment, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, electrical systems, variable frequency drives, packaged equipment, and customer operational technology environments.
• Engineer, document, and support industrial automation solutions utilizing PLC, HMI, SCADA, historian, industrial networking, and visualization technologies.
• Design custom industrial control panels, including electrical schematics, panel layouts, bills of material, power distribution, communications, instrumentation, PLC, and VFD integration in accordance with project requirements and applicable UL standards.
• Select and specify instrumentation, control devices, sensors, valves, actuators, and associated equipment required to support process monitoring and control objectives.
• Develop instrument indexes, data sheets, loop documentation, control drawings, and installation requirements while coordinating interfaces across process, mechanical, electrical, and OEM stakeholders.
• Design and support industrial communication networks utilizing EtherNet/IP and other applicable communication technologies while incorporating sound cybersecurity, remote access, and operational reliability practices.
• Develop and execute factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, startup, and functional performance testing activities to verify system operation and project requirements.
• Support troubleshooting, simulation, system checkout, panel testing, communications verification, discrepancy resolution, and system turnover activities.
• Document engineering changes, test results, corrective actions, as-built conditions, and final project documentation.
• Provide technical support to sales, estimating, project management, programming, fabrication, field service, subcontractors, and customers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Assist with scope development, risk identification, engineering estimates, change management, and project execution planning.
• Participate in customer meetings, design reviews, site investigations, training activities, project coordination efforts, and closeout activities.
• Communicate technical issues proactively and provide practical solutions that support project safety, quality, schedule, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of engineering standards, reusable designs, drawing libraries, test procedures, and best practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalent industrial controls engineer