{"id":794217,"url":"https://alion.io/job/laporteusa-senior-controls-engineer","title":"Senior Controls Engineer","company":{"id":678557,"name":"LAPORTE","domain":"laporteusa.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/laporteusa","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"D","score":40,"open_postings":16,"ghost_share":1,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-24T06:02:35Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Raleigh, United States","Chicago, United States","Memphis, United States","Rochester, United States","Columbus, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":83000,"max_usd":157000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":5966},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AutoCAD","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2025-10-13T18:38:59Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-20","last_verified_at":"2026-10-24T06:51:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":375,"trust":{"level":"ghost","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale","company_stale"],"days_open":375},"description":"Senior Controls Engineer\nLocation: Raleigh, North Carolina (Hybrid)\nEmployment type: Full-time\nLead the controls engineering design scope for pharmaceutical and food & beverage facility projects. Own the technical quality and coordination of control-panel, industrial-network and electrical installation packages. Combine hands-on design with technical reviews, resolution of client and vendor interfaces, and mentoring of engineers through construction and commissioning support.\nWhat you will deliver\nDevelop coordinated panel and field-installation packages, including equipment and panel layouts, schematics, wiring and termination details, cable lists, and I/O schedules.\nDesign and document industrial-network topology and physical connections; coordinate instrument, panel and equipment interfaces with the installation package.\nSurvey existing installations, document field conditions, and incorporate verified information into design and as-built documents.\nCoordinate with process, mechanical and electrical engineers, equipment vendors, panel fabricators and installation contractors; prepare specifications and bid-package information.\nOwn the controls design basis and package completeness; review drawings, specifications and schedules for technical consistency and constructability, and mentor engineers through reviews.\nProvide PLC/HMI programming and project lifecycle support, including troubleshooting, testing, installation and commissioning, with design changes reflected in the final documents.\nApply relevant project codes and standards, including NEC and UL 508A where applicable.\nRequired qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.\n8+ years of control-systems experience in manufacturing or consulting-design environments, including commissioning experience.\nProficiency with AutoCAD for control-panel design and electrical construction packages.\nExperience with control-panel and industrial-network design, component and instrument selection, and coordination of drawings and schedules for fabrication and installation.\nHands-on experience with Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 / RSLogix 5000 and FactoryTalk View ME/SE for PLC, HMI and SCADA project work.\nAbility to survey existing systems, coordinate clients and vendors, and prepare design and bid packages. Coordinate single-line diagrams, panel schedules and power-plan interfaces with the electrical engineering team.\nExperience owning and reviewing coordinated controls packages, resolving design interfaces, and guiding other engineers.\nPreferred experience\nExperience leading commissioning activities.\nHybrid work and project travel\nThis is an office-based hybrid role with remote work and project-site assignments. Office attendance is coordinated with the project team. Travel is anticipated to be 20-40%, depending on project requirements. Initial site visits typically last 1-3 days; commissioning assignments may last 1-4 weeks.\nAbout LAPORTE\nFounded in 1999, LAPORTE is a consulting engineering firm serving pharmaceutical, food & beverage, and industrial manufacturing clients across North America and Europe.\nWe offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, compensatory paid time off (PTO), a flexible work environment, and opportunities for professional growth and collaboration.\nApply with your résumé. Relevant project examples can help us understand your contribution; please omit confidential client information.\nSend us your application today. We look forward to meeting you!\nThe LAPORTE team","description_format":"text","description_chars":3539,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Electrical & Electronic Engineering","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T04:29:26Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":4,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.133,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":375,"expected_fill_days":35,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","evergreen","ghost","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-24T06:02:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/laporteusa-senior-controls-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/laporteusa-senior-controls-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T09:51:29Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":14316,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":678557},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=678557"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Flaporteusa-senior-controls-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Flaporteusa-senior-controls-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Flaporteusa-senior-controls-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/laporteusa-senior-controls-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Flaporteusa-senior-controls-engineer"}]}