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Controls and Automation Engineering Manager
Nabors Industries
Houston, USA
Full-time
Manager · 8+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
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Qualifications
- Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering field; eight or more years of relevant controls and automation experience may be considered as an alternative pathway.
- Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in controls and automation engineering, preferably supporting drilling, industrial equipment, energy, or related operations.
- Demonstrated experience leading engineers and delivering automation projects involving PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, instrumentation, industrial networking, and process control.
- Experience with control-system design, programming, integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, technical documentation, and incident or root-cause investigation.
- Strong project leadership, analytical problem solving, written and verbal communication, stakeholder management, and team-development capability.
- Ability to read and interpret technical specifications, electrical drawings, network architectures, manuals, procedures, and applicable standards
- Preferred
- Master's degree in Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related discipline.
- Experience with Rockwell and/or Siemens controls platforms, PLC and HMI development, industrial communications, sensors, I/O, AC drives, and motor controls.
- Experience in oil and gas, drilling equipment, energy, heavy industry, or other safety-critical industrial environments.
- Working knowledge of ISO, API, and other relevant industry standards and engineering governance practices.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the Controls and Automation Engineering team in developing and executing automation projects from requirements through design, programming, testing, commissioning, and operational handoff.
- Provide technical direction for PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, instrumentation, industrial networking, motor-control, and process-control solutions used in drilling and industrial applications.
- Ensure control-system architectures, interfaces, configurations, and design decisions support safe, reliable, maintainable, and scalable operations.
- Establish scope, priorities, resources, milestones, cost expectations, and technical deliverables for concurrent controls and automation projects.
- Oversee system integration, factory or site testing, commissioning, deployment, and functional verification, resolving delivery risks and escalating material constraints.
- Provide technical escalation and structured troubleshooting support for automation systems, including urgent field issues and after-hours operational needs.
- Ensure engineering and field-support activities comply with HSE, quality, regulatory, and company requirements, including disciplined design reviews and release controls.
- Lead or sponsor incident and failure investigations involving automation or controls; identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and verify sustainable closure.
- Maintain complete and controlled specifications, drawings, software records, test evidence, manuals, network architectures, and other engineering documentation.
- Set clear priorities and accountability for engineers while coaching technical judgment, design discipline, troubleshooting capability, and project execution.
- Partner with Operations, Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, HSE, Supply Chain, IT, Field Service, and customers to identify automation needs and deliver practical solutions.
- Plan team capability, workload, hiring, training, and knowledge transfer to sustain controls and automation expertise and coverage.
- Evaluate emerging controls, automation, sensing, networking, and software technologies for technical viability, operational value, and lifecycle supportability.
- Drive improvements to engineering methods, standard architectures, code practices, testing approaches, commissioning playbooks, and troubleshooting workflows.
- Use operating feedback, incidents, defects, project outcomes, and reliability data to prioritize product and process improvements.
About Nabors Industries
Oil & Gas12000 employeesFounded 1952
Advanced technology and drilling solutions for the energy industry.
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