Control and Automation Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 12, 2026. Koch Industries scores A on the Alion truth index.
Your Job
Support the maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, and continuous improvement of plant automation and control systems, including PLCs, SCADA/HMI, industrial instrumentation, and variable frequency drives (VFDs). This entry-level role is designed for a motivated fresh graduate with strong technical fundamentals, practical aptitude, and a willingness to learn in a manufacturing environment.
What You Will Do
- Support preventive and corrective maintenance activities for PLC, SCADA/HMI, instrumentation, and VFD systems.
- Troubleshoot alarms, PLC I/O signals, field instruments, control loops, and inverter faults under supervision.
- Assistwith instrument calibration, loop checks, PLC/SCADA backups, documentation updates, and equipment commissioning.
- Participate in root cause analysis and reliability-improvement activities for recurring equipment failures.
- Coordinate safely with Production, Maintenance, and Engineering teams during breakdowns, planned maintenance, and shutdowns.
- Follow approved procedures for changes to automation logic, system parameters, and safety interlocks.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Control, Automation, Mechatronics, Electronics, or a relateddiscipline.
- Fresh graduateor up to two years of relevant industrial experience.
- Graduation project, internship, or practical training involving PLCs, SCADA, automation, instrumentation, calibration, or motor drives ispreferred.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting mindset, hands-on attitude, and willingness to learn.
- Excellent English reading skills for technical manuals, drawings, and software interfaces.
- Good communication, teamwork, discipline, and commitment to industrial safety.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.