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Controls Engineer

CORTEX EPCM LLC

Saint Louis, MO 63102 • 10/15/2026

Job Description

Job Description
Job Purpose

This 3–6-month contractor position located in Morgantown, WV, and specializes in support, design, maintenance, configuration, and troubleshooting of legacy and modern Foxboro I/A platforms. This role requires a high level of communication and coordination with team members as well as clients.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Provides technical expertise, system maintenance, and lifecycle support for Foxboro I/A environments.
  • Ensures system availability, optimizes process control strategies, and performs hardware/software upgrades.
  • Troubleshoots complex automation, networking, and hardware issues.
  • Completes routine backups, system health checks, software patch management, and disaster recovery execution.
  • Assists in planning and executing system migration, hardware lifecycle replacement, and software updates for Foxboro I/A infrastructure.
  • Work with plant operations, electrical maintenance, and external vendors to address control challenges.
  • Perform troubleshooting for power equipment in the field.
  • Participate in team and group meetings.
  • All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • 2+ years of hands-on industrial automation experience, with proven focus on Foxboro I/A programming and troubleshooting.
  • Knowledge of power infrastructure design.
  • Ability to accurately interpret and critically evaluate design drawings, schematics, and systems.
  • Ability to meet tight deadlines and maintain quality service while under pressure.
  • High level of conscientiousness and attention to detail.
  • Experience working in a factory environment.
  • Ability to work alone or within groups as necessary.
  • Strong work ethic.
  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Proficiency in PDF reader/editing software (Bluebeam).
Travel

Willingness and ability to travel as needed. This position is located on-site in Morgantown, WV.