Controls Engineering Manager
Beusa Energy Group · Dynamis The Woodlands Corporate Office - The Woodlands, TX 77380
Controls Engineering Manager
Job Description
Department: Engineering
Job Status: Full-Time
FLSA Status: Salary-Exempt
Reports To: Director of Electrical Controls Engineering
Location: Houston, TX (Woodlands Area)
Amount of Travel Required: Varies
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Positions Supervised: Controls Engineer
AIP Level: 5
POSITION SUMMARY: The Controls Engineering Manager leads and manages the Controls Engineering function supporting the design, development, integration, commissioning, and lifecycle support of power generation equipment and associated control systems. This role provides technical and organizational leadership across new product development and sustaining engineering; oversees controls engineering resources and execution across multiple product lines; establishes controls engineering standards and processes; and develops the Controls Engineering team to deliver safe, reliable, standardized, manufacturable, and serviceable controls solutions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (The following duties and responsibilities are all essential job functions, as defined by the ADA, except for those that begin with the word "may")
- Lead, develop, mentor, and manage the Controls Engineering team, establishing clear expectations for performance, accountability, communication, and technical execution.
- Manage engineering resources, priorities, workload, schedules, and deliverables across multiple power generation product lines.
- Provide technical leadership for gas turbine and generator control systems, with emphasis on GE Mark VIe, Woodward, and Allen Bradley PLC platforms.
- Oversee the development and integration of control system architectures, PLC and turbine control software, HMI/SCADA, instrumentation, I/O, industrial networks, sequencing, synchronization, and load control.
- Establish and maintain controls engineering standards, documentation strategies, software revision control, testing practices, and standardized engineering processes.
- Ensure controls drawings, schematics, I/O lists, control narratives, bills of materials, software, and other technical deliverables are accurate, complete, reviewed, and properly controlled.
- Collaborate with Electrical, Mechanical, Project Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Service Engineering, Field Operations, customers, and vendors to support successful project execution.
- Support system integration, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities.
- Develop engineering schedules, resource plans, priorities, and execution strategies while proactively communicating technical and schedule risks.
- Drive standardization, lessons learned, reliability improvements, and continuous improvement across the controls product portfolio.
- Develop team technical capabilities through training, mentoring, knowledge transfer, and effective delegation.
- Promote a culture of ownership, urgency, accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, and disciplined execution.
- Performs other related duties as assigned to assist with successful operations and business continuity.