Senior Automation & Control Systems Project Engineer

Senior Automation & Control Systems Project Engineer

Location: Australia
Experience: 12–15 Years
Employment Type: Fixed-Term Contract (FTC)
Duration: 12 Months
Work Rights: Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents only
Visa Sponsorship: Not Available

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Automation & Control Systems Project Engineer to support a major manufacturing and industrial transformation program in Australia.

The successful candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in PLC, SCADA, HMI, industrial automation, control systems integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, and manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead automation and control system integration across manufacturing facilities.
• Design, configure, modify, test, and commission PLC-based control systems.
• Support SCADA and HMI development, integration, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Deliver automation upgrades and brownfield modernization projects.
• Troubleshoot PLC, SCADA, instrumentation, controls, and communication issues.
• Integrate production equipment and OEM systems into existing plant infrastructure.
• Support FAT, SAT, commissioning, validation, and production handover.
• Identify automation opportunities to improve plant capacity, reliability, efficiency, and performance.
• Coordinate with electrical, mechanical, process, IT/OT, maintenance, production, OEM, and vendor teams.
• Develop and maintain control philosophies, functional specifications, I/O documentation, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Support migration and separation of manufacturing systems from legacy environments.

Required Skills & Experience

• 12–15 years of relevant industrial automation experience.
• Strong experience with PLC, SCADA, HMI, DCS and industrial control systems.
• Strong PLC programming, diagnostics, and troubleshooting capability.
• Experience with industrial communication protocols and networks.
• Experience delivering brownfield automation upgrades and plant modernization projects.
• Experience with commissioning, FAT, SAT, and production cutover.
• Manufacturing experience within Food & Beverage, FMCG, Dairy, Pharmaceutical, Process Manufacturing, or similar industries is highly desirable.
• Strong stakeholder and vendor-management skills.

Search Keywords

Automation Engineer, Control Systems Engineer, PLC Engineer, SCADA Engineer, Industrial Automation Engineer, Controls Engineer, PLC Programmer, Automation Project Engineer, Manufacturing Automation, HMI, DCS, Industrial Controls, Commissioning Engineer.

Work Rights

Applicants must be Australian Citizens or Australian Permanent Residents with unrestricted working rights in Australia.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Pay: $99,983.19 – $163,306.63 per year

Work Location: In person