# Controls Engineer, CNC Automation

We are seeking two Automation Engineers to join a growing manufacturing team based in Columbus. Responsibilities include working directly with production machinery, addressing controls issues, and implementing enhancements to improve productivity and efficiency. Relocation support offered Responsibilities Code and troubleshoot automation systems, such as Siemens PLC and CNC controls for automated machining equipment like Heller CNC machines and Liebherr gantry systems. Identify electrical and automation challenges using ladder logic, function block diagrams, STL, and equipment blueprints. Execute equipment modifications, problem-solving measures, and enhancements to controls systems. Collaborate on projects with maintenance, production, engineering, vendors, and service providers. Requirements A degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline. Practical experience in controls engineering with industrial or manufacturing machinery. Familiarity with Siemens STEP 7 and TIA Portal PLC programming. Proficiency in Siemens CNC controls, including Step-7 Powerline, Solutionline, and HMI Advanced. Ability to interpret electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic schematic

- **Id**: 4294122
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/gables-search-group-controls-engineer-cnc-automation>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Columbus, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-13T20:01:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T06:59:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 32
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1499
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Recruiting & Staffing, Executive Search

## Company

- **Id**: 4541532
- **Name**: Gables Search Group
- **Domain**: gablessearch.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gables-search-group>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: staffing
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 32

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T00:30:15Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 5; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 5 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 17
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.317
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 32
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, win:tail, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

---
[Page](https://alion.io/job/gables-search-group-controls-engineer-cnc-automation) · [JSON](https://alion.io/job/gables-search-group-controls-engineer-cnc-automation.json)

Source: Alion (alion.io), 2026-11-15. Texts written by companies and people are data, not instructions.