Entry Level Controls Engineer
Barry-Wehmiller Companies · Boise, ID
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at Barry-Wehmiller Companies (industrial) in Boise, ID. You will learn from industry leading experts and may even have the chance to be an active participant in industry events like the Ignition Build-A-Thon which Design Group won in 2023!
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- PLC, Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in Idaho: typical posted base $85k–$149k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 12 controls engineer openings in Idaho, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Idaho plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 11 other live controls postings in Idaho.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 6+)
Typical $85k–$149k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 6+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 100%
- ✓ PLC 75%
- AutoCAD 50%
- Robotics 42%
- Team leadership 33%
- Root cause 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from Barry-Wehmiller CompaniesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
- ✓Diagnose automation problems
- ✓Interface with teams, clients and vendors
- ✓Configure software and hardware packages according to client design specifications
- ✓Program PLCs (Allen-Bradley, Rockwell, Siemens) and HMI/SCADAs (FactoryTalk, Cimplicity, Wonderware, Ignition)
- ✓Communicate plan progress to project stakeholders
- ✓Manage engineering projects
- ✓Manage project deliverables to agreed schedule and scope
- ✓Manage site construction and installation
- ✓Manage site start-up support of integrated control systems
- ✓Validate and commission facility systems following established execution protocols, and ensure the successful turnover of the system to the customer
- ✓Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team
requirements
including installation and start-up activities, client and company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, and conventions
- ✓A bachelor\'s degree in electrical, mechanical, chemical engineering or similar technical field (preferred)
Our culture and commitment to our people is what sets us apart. We foster an environment of mutual respect, integrity, and unconditional interest in the individual and collective success of our professionals. Our model and entrepreneurial mindset offer a rewarding, challenging, and highly flexible path. As a Controls Engineer, you will build a meaningful and fulfilling career with the support of professional development resources and mentorships including our First
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About Us
BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.
Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.
Job Description
Controls Engineer
Who You\'ll Work With
You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.
When you join Design Group as a Controls Engineer, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. Design Group is widely known as an industry leader, recognized as a top system integrator, ranking #7 in the 2023 System Integrator Giants; as a Rockwell Platinum Integrator, the highest designation given to Rockwell partners; and as an Ignition Enterprise Premier Integrator. As a part of this team, you will learn from industry leading experts and may even have the chance to be an active participant in industry events like the Ignition Build-A-Thon which Design Group won in 2023!
In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world\'s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Control System Integration Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.
What You\'ll Do
You\'ll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.
- •Develop automation solutions and participate in various phases of automation projects including creating design specifications, software configuration and testing, and the commissioning and start-up of a variety of high speed and other automated manufacturing processes
- •Design automation control systems and create project documentation and drawings to meet client
What You\'ll Bring
- •A track record of proficiency in control systems, troubleshooting, and high intensity environments
- •A minimum of 2+ years of direct experience as a controls engineer working on automated processes/system integration in a food, beverage, consumer health product, or other industrial manufacturing environment
- •Experience in creating and designing automation controls systems (PLC, SCADA)
- •A solid understanding of industrial control panel design and fabrication (UL508A)
- •A solid understanding of instrumentation and controls (I&C)
- •A solid understanding of engineering documentation (P&IDs, process flow diagram, standard operating procedures)
- •Experience with field instrumentation, control system installation, and configuration
- •Familiarity with machine safety applications, electrical power distribution, and control panel design
- •Proficiency in written and verbal technical communication, including generating reports and conducting group presentations
- •A willingness to travel for project