Plant Automation & Controls Engineer

Job Title:

Plant Automation & Controls Engineer

Location:

Sandersville, GA (periodic travel to Langley, SC)

This role does not offer Visa Sponsorship.

We are not looking for software developers, DevOps, or test-automation engineers.

We need a true hands-on electrical/controls engineer who has spent time in a process plant programming PLCs, building HMIs, terminating panels, and troubleshooting 480V motor circuits in a plant environment.

What you will actually do every day:

- Design, program, install, and troubleshoot Allen-Bradley PLCs (PLC-5, SLC-500, ControlLogix, CompactLogix)

- Build and modify FactoryTalk View, RSView32, and AVEVA (Wonderware) HMI/SCADA screens

- Hands-on wiring, loop checks, startup, and commissioning of new control panels and instrumentation

- Size breakers, specify and program VFDs (PowerFlex 525, 755, 700 series), motor starters, and soft-starts

- Run point-to-point checks with electricians and direct instrumentation techs

- Run CapEx automation projects across our three mineral-processing plants (calciner, air-float, and drying circuits)

- Work directly with 480V–13.8kV power distribution, MCCs, and Ethernet/IP networks

Qualifications:

- BS Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or closely related (will consider AS + strong experience) - 5+ years of hands-on PLC programming and HMI development in a continuous-process manufacturing plant (minerals, chemicals, paper, food/beverage, metals, etc.)

- Allen-Bradley experience: ControlLogix, CompactLogix, PLC-5, SLC-500, FactoryTalk View, RSLogix 5000/Studio 5000

- Comfortable opening panels, using a multimeter, and directing electricians on 480V wiring

- Willing to be in the plant daily (PPE, hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toe boots required)

Highly Preferred:

- Experience with AVEVA Wonderware / System Platform / InTouch

- Medium-voltage (4.16kV–13.8kV) or mining/aggregate/minerals background

- AutoCAD Electrical or ETAP/EasyPower

- Project engineering experience (scope, budget, schedule, contractors)

Compensation & Benefits:

- Base salary $95,000 – $120,000 (very flexible for the right person)

- Annual bonus

- Full relocation package to the Sandersville / Middle Georgia area

- 401k match, health plan, 3 weeks PTO