# Principal Controls Engineer

Job Description - Principal Controls Engineer Position Summary: We are looking for a Principal Controls Engineer who will serve as the senior technical authority for industrial automation and control systems across multiple manufacturing facilities. This role is responsible for defining, governing, and continuously improving the controls architecture, standards, and best practices that support safe, reliable, and efficient flooring manufacturing operations. The Principal Controls Engineer leads the design and implementation of complex automation systems for capital projects, major upgrades, and brownfield improvements while providing technical leadership, mentorship, and escalation support to controls engineers, technicians, and integrators. This position partners closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, IT, and external vendors to ensure automation solutions align with business objectives, cybersecurity standards, and long-term operational sustainability. Key Responsibilities: Technical Authority & Architecture Ownership: Serve as the principal technical authority for PLC, HMI, industrial networking, and data integration platforms across multiple manufacturing plants.

- **Id**: 485722
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/tarkett-principal-controls-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dalton, United States, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-03T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T10:14:49Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-06T10:14:49Z
- **Days open**: 64
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7338
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Plastics & Polymers, Construction

## Company

- **Id**: 3672
- **Name**: Tarkett
- **Domain**: tarkett-group.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/tarkett>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 21
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.81
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 44
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 105000
- **Max usd**: 212000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1961

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 64

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-06T19:02:51Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-06T10:14:49Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 0; Filings prev 12m: 6; Green card filings 12m: 2

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