Automation Engineer

At Tesco Controls (a UFT company), our culture is grounded in the idea that the how we achieve results is just as important as the results themselves. Our winning behaviors guide the way we work, collaborate, and grow—both as individual employees and as a team. Our core winning behaviors are to Build Relationships, have a Relentless Drive for Results, to Communicate with Integrity and Focus, and to Be a Mentor, Teacher, Learner. These behaviors are more than words—they are the foundation of our success and continued growth. 

Here, you’ll join a stable, growing company where your work directly supports cleaner water, stronger communities, and critical infrastructure across the country. If you want meaningful work, real growth opportunities, and a team that takes pride in doing the right thing—you’ll find it here. Apply today and help power the systems that keep our world running.

Tesco Controls is seeking an Automation Engineer to support the development and implementation of control systems for water and wastewater treatment processes. This role involves designing and programming PLC, OIT, and SCADA applications based on engineering drawings and specifications, ensuring accurate and efficient system functionality. The position includes responsibilities for bench and panel testing to validate performance against project requirements, as well as assisting with on-site startup and troubleshooting. This is an excellent opportunity to apply technical expertise in a hands-on, collaborative environment while contributing to critical infrastructure projects.

What you'll do: Write PLC and SCADA operating programs based upon control specification and/or Tesco standards to assure safe, reliable and optimal equipment operation

Write (publish) concise operating instructions detailing; control parameters and their effects under normal and failure conditions

Provide technical assistance (phone or job-site) to verify and/or modify PLC/SCADA programs

Work with various departments internally, along with consulting engineers, customers and end-users to assure proper programming for the system layouts and designs

Analyze and interpret existing programs and documentation for project modifications

Ensure assignments and work schedules follow policy and procedures

Communicate effectively to a wide range of internal and external contacts

Support multiple smaller scaled projects

Provide weekly content and job status reports used with scheduling tools

Execute successful unassisted start-ups of complex sites

Demonstrates ability to perform technical leadership role on projects

Assigned to perform quality checks for projects engineered by peers

Ability to conduct customer facing workshops and trainings

All other duties assigned

What you bring: Preferred 2 years of experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent attention to detail

High level of organizational and time management skills

Familiarity with industrial automation programming best practices

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computer Technology, Engineering, related field

Basic knowledge of ladder logic and structured text programming

Basic knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, Java

Basic understanding of computer operations, Microsoft Office

Working knowledge of instruments and electro-mechanical devices used for process control

Join our team to innovate the future of water and wastewater. You’ll collaborate with coworkers who are the best and the brightest, challenge yourself on exciting work, and help build the best water and wastewater platform company in the U.S. 

Tesco Controls is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. TESCO provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules) .