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Senior Control Systems Engineer - Canada
@ Logical Systems Inc.
Mississauga, Ontario
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Overview
Logical Systems Inc. is hiring a Senior Control Systems Engineer to analyze user requirements and design automation systems for process and mechanical equipment. The role covers PLC and DCS programming, HMI and SCADA work, instrumentation, and site commissioning, with travel to client sites as required.
Responsibilities:
- Develop user requirements and control narrative documentation
- Program DCS and PLC systems and configure HMI and SCADA
- Lead project teams executing controls scope
- Oversee electrical controls construction and I/O checkout at client sites
- Provide post-commissioning support to client personnel
Requirements summary:
- Engineering or related technical degree required
- About 10 years of similar engineering experience preferred
- Experience with Allen Bradley, Siemens, Emerson, Honeywell or Foxboro platforms
- Licensed Professional Engineer preferred
- Team leadership and client relations experience
Tools & skills
Allen Bradley PLCSiemens S7Emerson DeltaVHoneywell ExperionFoxboro I/AIgnitionWonderwareOSIsoft PIThingworxAspentech
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- Not provided
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Office, Plant or factory, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Professional Engineer (P.E.) |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science |
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Logical Systems Inc.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 5 |
Job description
Senior Control Systems Engineers analyze user requirements and the design of process and/or mechanical equipment to design automation systems that control the process or machine in the desired manner.
The engineer uses knowledge and experience in instrumentation, control valves, Motors/VFDs, control system electrical design, and PLC/DCS programming to deliver an automation system that meets the user’s needs utilizing the minimum essential design.
Senior Control Systems Engineers demonstrate:
- high integrity,
- a willingness to go beyond the ordinary to meet and exceed client expectations,
- a desire for continual challenge and development,
- excellent written and verbal communication skills, and
- able to lead a controls engineering team.
Reports to: Operations Director
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS
Responsibilities for this job may include but are not limited to:
- Interface with customers to develop User Requirements documentation
- Lead project teams to execute the controls hardware and/or software scope
- Develop control specification (control narratives) documentation based on User Requirements
- Perform initial feasibility studies for proposed projects, resulting in a feasibility-level cost estimate and supporting documentation for the project
- Mark-up Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) for instrumentation and controls related changes and review drawings from the drafting team
- Develop programs for Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and/or oversee the program development done by others
- Human-Machine Interface (HMI) development and SCADA configuration
- Historian configuration
- Develop testing plans for DCS and PLC programs to effectively test all aspects of a new program or program changes
- Simulate the DCS/PLC program and test the system using the testing plan
- Oversee electrical controls construction at the client’s site and verify that the system is being installed as designed – provide technical support to the construction effort
- Perform I/O checkout on the installed control system and document the checkout results
- Provide post-commissioning support to the client’s operations, engineering, and maintenance personnel
- Travel to the client’s site as required
Required Experience / Abilities
- Degreed in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, or similar), Computer Science, or similar scientific/technical field
Ideal Experience
- 10 years of experience in a similar engineering role
- At least 5 years’ experience with one or more of the following platforms:
- Allen Bradley PLC5, SLC500, MicroLogix, ControlLogix
- Siemens S7, PCS7
- Emerson DeltaV, Ovation, Provox
- Novatech D/3
- Honeywell Experion
- Foxboro I/A
- HMI/SCADA configuration experience with one or more of the following platforms:
- Allen Bradley / Rockwell Automation
- Inductive Automation
- Wonderware
- Siemens
- iFix
- Iconics
- Historian and/or data analytics experience with one or more of the following platforms:
- OSIsoft PI
- PTC Thingworx
- Inductive Automation Ignition
- Aspentech
- Rockwell Automation
- Siemens
- Wonderware
- Experience in the selection, specification, and installation design of instrumentation, control valves, motors, VFDs and coordinated drive systems
- Current working knowledge of the National Electric Code (NEC) with the ability to locate solutions to code questions
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.)
- Experience in electrical design of Electrical Panels, I/O systems, Motor/VFD/Motion/Robotic Controls, and Ethernet-based networks
- Field experience troubleshooting electrical controls problems in an industrial environment
- Industry experience in Food and Beverage, Chemical, Pharma, Semiconductor, Water & Wastewater, Refining, Pulp and Paper, Oil/Gas Pipeline, Power Generation, Electrical Transmission & Distribution, Material Handling, or Packaging
- Team Leadership and Client Relations Experience
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