Are you a Controls Engineer looking to join one of the top Automation Machinery Manufacturing industries?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have project management experience?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work on-site with our client in Melbourne, FL. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• The Controls Engineer is crucial in ensuring the successful execution of projects by overseeing site surveys, interpreting bid specifications and drawings, preparing project quotations, and designing industrial control panels.
• Conduct comprehensive surveys of job sites to assess existing equipment, infrastructure, and control systems.
• Collaborate with clients, project managers, and stakeholders to understand project requirements, constraints, and objectives.
• Identify potential challenges, risks, and opportunities for improvement based on site conditions, client specifications, and the client's product line.
• Review bid specifications, drawings, and technical documents provided by clients to understand project scope, deliverables, and requirements.
• Ensure alignment between bid specifications and proposed project solutions, making necessary clarifications or adjustments.
• Coordinate with internal teams, subcontractors, and vendors to ensure project proposals meet end-user expectations and comply with regulatory standards.
• Prepare accurate and detailed project quotations based on the findings from site surveys, bid specifications, and client requirements.
• Estimate material costs, labor hours, and other expenses necessary for project execution.
• Collaborate with procurement and sales teams to ensure quotations align with company pricing strategies and profitability goals.
• Oversee the in-house development of control system architectures, component layouts, and wiring diagrams to ensure they are consistent with the project's goals and end-user needs and by industry standards and best practices.
• Select appropriate hardware components based on project requirements and specifications, including PLCs, HMIs, sensors, and electrical devices.
• Work closely with project managers, engineers, technicians, and vendors to effectively coordinate project activities and timelines.
• Communicate project status updates, milestones, and potential issues to stakeholders clearly and timely.
• Provide technical support and guidance to installation teams during panel assembly, wiring, and testing phases.
• Work with engineers at utility sites.

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $65K/year.

Hours: 40 hours/week.

Length: Direct Placement.

Sounds like a good fit?

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 3 years project management experience.

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Automation.
• Proven experience in industrial controls engineering, including site surveying, interpreting bid specifications and drawings, project quotes, and control panel design.
• PLC programming experience.
• Experience with SCADA and automation products.
• Automation engineering experience
• Need electrical control knowledge.
• Documentation skills.
• Proficiency in CAD software (AutoCAD, BricsCAD) for creating electrical drawings and ladder-style schematics.
• Good understanding of electrical principles, circuits, and components commonly used in industrial control systems.
• Good understanding of industrial automation components, including PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, and industrial sensors.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Problem-solving abilities and the capacity to troubleshoot electrical issues and drawing discrepancies.
• Customer-oriented mindset committed to delivering high-quality services, exceeding customer expectations, and building long-term client relationships.
• A responsive and proactive approach to addressing client needs, resolving issues, and providing value-added solutions.
• Dedication to ensuring customer satisfaction and promoting a positive company image.
• Driver's license with clean, insurable driving record.
• Needs a passion for industrial automation, the ability to communicate clearly with customers, and a keen eye for detail.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be needed to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Body Positions: This includes standing, sitting, walking, lifting (up to 60 lbs), talking, and hearing safety alerts.
• Work will combine indoors in a temperature-controlled environment and job sites outdoors in hot or cold temperatures.
• The noise level in a typical office environment is low to moderate, though hearing protection and other personal protective equipment will be necessary on some job sites.
• 30-50% travel.