Job Description

📦 Nationwide Search | Relocation Assistance Available for Qualified Candidates Outside the Region
💰 $80,000-$100,000+ | Medical | Dental | Vision | 401(k)
⚡ Controls Engineer
📍 West-Central Florida | Gulf Coast Region
🏗️ Design the Systems Behind America’s Most Critical Facilities.

Ready to relocate for a controls role where your work actually leaves the building?

We’ve partnered with a rapidly growing manufacturer of custom-engineered HVAC, pumping, power distribution, and fluid handling systems supporting hospitals, data centers, industrial facilities, infrastructure, commercial buildings, and mission-critical projects across North America.

This company has grown from $30M to $120M in revenue over the last three years and continues investing in people, products, engineering talent, and a modern 75,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. This is an opportunity to design, program, test, troubleshoot, and commission real equipment—not sit behind a screen working on the same thing every day.

📍 On-site position in the West-Central Florida / Gulf Coast region. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates outside the region.

⭐ Why You’ll Love This Opportunity
✅ $80,000-$100,000+ based on experience
📈 Fast-growing, established manufacturer
🏭 Modern 75,000 sq. ft. facility
🚀 Work on custom-engineered systems, not commodity products
🎯 Own controls work from design through testing and start-up
🤝 Collaborative team environment
🩺 Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k)
📚 Long-term growth opportunity

⚙️ What You’ll Do
• Design, develop, test, and program control systems for custom skid-mounted and packaged equipment.
• Prepare control submittals using sales estimates, equipment selections, mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, BMS plans, and specifications.
• Create control system software programs based on mechanical design, project specifications, and sequence of operation.
• Develop control and power panel wiring diagrams for panel assembly.
• Program, test, verify, and troubleshoot control panels before release to production.
• Perform factory testing, point-to-point checkout, pump testing, flow testing, and system validation.
• Create controller and HMI programs, load devices, verify I/O, and confirm sequence of operation.
• Coordinate site controls installation and system integration with mechanical, electrical, and BMS contractors.
• Provide technical support for installation, commissioning, training, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Create project documentation, control manuals, startup reports, and job packets.
• Support Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Project Management as technical questions arise.

🎓 What We’re Looking For
✔ Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or related field preferred.
✔ Proven experience as a Controls Engineer or similar technical controls role.
✔ Experience with TRANE, JCI, ALC, Allen Bradley, or similar control platforms.
✔ Strong electrical wiring, control panel, troubleshooting, and technical assembly knowledge.
✔ Knowledge of UL standards, safety requirements, and industry standards.
✔ CAD experience and ability to create technical documentation.
✔ Strong communication, problem-solving, analytical, and project coordination skills.
✔ Ability to work with customers, suppliers, contractors, engineers, and manufacturing teams.

⚠️ Experienced candidates only. Applicants must already be authorized to work in the United States. No current or future employment sponsorship is available.

🌎 Why You’ll Love Living Here
Enjoy Florida’s Gulf Coast lifestyle with warm weather, beaches, boating, outdoor recreation, professional sports, great restaurants, and access to one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the Southeast.

🚀 Ready for Your Next Challenge?
If you want to design and program control systems for products that support critical facilities across North America, we’d love to hear from you.

Please submit a resume for consideration. Only qualified applicants who provide a resume will be contacted. Salary is dependent on experience.

All applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

📧 Resumes: ross.derosier@gogpac.com
📞 Urgent inquiries: (920) 873-5538

If you’d like to learn more about Manufacturing or Engineering opportunities, contact Ross DeRosier with gpac.

🔗 Connect with me on LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/rossderosier

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.