Senior Controls Engineer
CEC Controls Company Inc · Kansas City, MO
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Controls
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A senior controls role at CEC Controls Company Inc (industrial) in Kansas City, MO. Be able to cover, on foot, a reasonable distance on a job site.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- PLC, Automation
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $98k–$141k.
Median of the low and high ends of 322 live postings that list pay, out of 916 controls engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Missouri plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 19 other live controls postings in Missouri.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ PLC 75%
- ✓ Automation 65%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 30%
- Robotics 30%
- AutoCAD 30%
- Lean 30%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from CEC Controls Company IncAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
Performing Design of Automation control systems,
Requirements
- ✓Education: Relevant bachelor’s or associate degree in related engineering or technology field, or equivalent relevant work experience with a technical degree.
- ✓5+ years of industry experience working for a systems integrator; must include control panel and circuit design.
- ✓Non-standard designs, system map layouts, sequence of operations, reviewing cycle time, studies and dimension switch layouts.
- ✓Design packages, design logic, enter logic, and the design of Smart Displays
- ✓Knowledge of System Architecture, including non-standard material, control panel power
requirements
and/or distribution
- ✓Capable of reviewing the specifications and standard practices (internal hardwired and logic standards, general specifications and scope of work)
- ✓Technical knowledge and skills required:
- ✓RSLogix 5, 5000
- ✓RS Networx
- ✓DriveExecutive, DirveExplorer
- ✓PanelBuilder PDS, 1400e, 32, RSView Studio
- ✓Technical knowledge desired:
- ✓Ford NextGen or GVOSS standards, GM G12 standards, Microsoft Office Suite
- ✓Capable of assisting with installation and debugging with no additional support
- ✓Ability to work independently and in a team atmosphere
- ✓Ability to travel
- ✓Authorization to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship form CEC Controls.
- ✓Physical
Requirements
- ✓Able to climb a 2-story ladder
- ✓Can walk a mile in 20 minutes
- ✓Be able to cover, on foot, a reasonable distance on a job site
- ✓Able to lift up to 30lbs without difficulty
- ✓All of the above items to be accomplished while carrying a laptop computer
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Job Summary CEC Controls is looking for controls engineers who can perform the design of controls systems from start to finish, including troubleshooting, field startup and commissioning related to implementation in the automotive and manufacturing industries.
which will include
- •Review specifications and standard practices
- •Establishing non-standard designs as required
- •Follow internal and customer standards as required
- •Create system map layouts, sequence of operations, drawings packages, PLC logic and HMI screens
- •Specify Panel and field material by creating Electrical Bill of Material’s (EBM’s)
include
- •Assisting in installation oversight
- •Startup and Debug at customers facilities
- •Launch and Standby support