Lead Controls Engineer --- DIRECT HIRE/PERMANENT!

Manpower Engineering is exclusively partnering with an industry leading, well-established and growing company in Monroe, WI on a highly visible and direct hire/permanent Lead Controls Engineer position. This opportunity is available due to continued growth and has very strong advancement potential as our client is succession planning and looking for someone that would like to be their next Automation Manager when the current person retires.

The company has enjoyed 49 years of continued success, a great reputation, and is financially sound and positioned for continued growth. They began in 1976, primarily performing service and upgrading existing control systems. Today, our client specializes in complete design and installation of industrial automation systems. The company’s team of project engineers, designers, panel assembly staff and system integrators are dedicated to making sure their customer’s system is designed to meet their needs and exceed expectations. They specialize in industrial, agricultural, municipal and commercial electrical projects. With many years of experience in motor and process control, lighting and lighting controls, as well as general electrical design and installation, our client has the expertise to make their customer’s project a success!

The company offers a very strong compensation plan (base salary plus ESOP), top-notch full benefits package (Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, 401k match, etc.), relocation assistance if needed, as well as many other benefits/incentives.  

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Lead Controls Engineer will serve as a technical authority, advancing the company’s innovation strategy through the development of industry-leading technology solutions, the design and implementation of best practices, and hands-on support across software, hardware, complex system architectures, and integrated applications.

This person will act as the liaison between the company and customer on a project. They’ll lead a team of Controls Engineers (who do the PLC programming) and be responsible for the sales engineering, design, and project management to develop a solution for the customer.

Responsibilities:
 

• Commitment to company corporate values, strategies, and goals/objectives, to drive a 1-company culture of safety, customer service, quality, profitability, growth, and a merit shop philosophy.
• Subject matter expert among market relevant solution platforms, best engineering practices, and emergent technology among key vendors’ hardware, software, and systems.
• Automation expert for key stakeholders among clients, vendors, commercial partners, all  company divisions’ functions and their projects’ scope.
• Coordinate and lead internal company application development to drive effective problem statement identification, innovative solution sets, and value-add technical designs that meet client’s project scope, quality, price, performance requirements, and constraints.
• Deploy innovative and reliable control system designs and upgrades via systematic methods of testing, troubleshooting, resolution, documentation, and validation.
• Drives continuous improvement via technical mentorship and development of relevant standard operating procedures, practices, processes, and methods.
• Field engineering duties, as needed to include system start up and commissioning, troubleshooting, acceptance, and site leadership.
• Define and document control systems designs, requirements, test plans, and results.
• Client proposal development support among solutions, equipment, costing, and schedule.
• Supply Chain collaboration and support.
• Company sales collaboration and support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

 

• Required Qualifications: 

Client-provided location(s): Freeport, IL

Job ID: 20814_360220

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-07-27T00:00:00