PLC Applications Engineer

Job description

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. The PLC Applications Engineer is responsible for developing PLC programs, Operator Interface Terminal (OIT/HMI) applications, and software control descriptions used to monitor and control a variety of water and wastewater processes. This position plays a critical role in the analysis, design, programming, testing, debugging, and modification of programmable control logic to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant system operation. Senior‑level PLC Applications Engineers are expected to serve as technical leaders by mentoring and supporting other programmers, contributing to the development of departmental standards, and helping establish best practices to improve quality, consistency, and efficiency across projects. This role will travel about 30-40% of the time throughout California. ### What you will do: - Write PLC operating program 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 program - Perform customer training and assist sales force with product presentations - Work with various departments internally, along with consulting engineers, customers and end-users to assure proper system layouts and designs - Assist in training other employees on any aspect above ### What you bring: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Technology or related field and industry experience - Applied knowledge in programming major manufacturers (Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Tesco, etc.) PLCs & OITs - Preferred 2-5+ years of related experience - Fluency with programming at least 3 manufacturers PLC's - Excellent understanding of computer operations, Microsoft Office - Excellent knowledge of instruments and electro-mechanical devices used for process control - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Excellent attention to detail - High level of organizational and time management skills - High level of project management skills