Senior Automation Engineer

SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEER ABOUT US Matrix Technologies is a 100% employee-owned engineering, construction, automation, and digital transformation company delivering full lifecycle solutions to industrial clients. From concept and design through construction, commissioning, and optimization, we help keep industry moving. One Partner. Every Phase. Engineer It – Innovative engineering solutions Build It – Reliable construction execution Automate It – Advanced controls and system integration Optimize It – Data-driven performance improvements More than 85% of our work comes from repeat clients, reflecting our commitment to quality, partnership, and results. Guided by The Matrix Way and our core purpose of Enhancing People’s Lives…Every Day , we foster a collaborative, people-focused culture built on teamwork, growth, and employee ownership. As a recognized Top Workplace , we offer professional development opportunities, flexible work arrangements, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to share in our success. Learn more about our culture at www.matrixti.com/culture . Join our team as a Senior Automation Engineer! This is a remote position reporting through our Cincinnati, OH office, with primary responsibility for supporting clients in Louisville, KY, and the surrounding region. Candidates based in the greater Louisville area are preferred. The position is salaried and includes eligibility for overtime pay. This position requires seasoned control systems development experience. The Senior Automation Engineer performs assignments and can create specifications when little or no user requirements are provided. Independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard programming techniques, procedures, and criteria. Under supervision, this employee may direct one or more projects and may have one or more team members to supervise on projects. Project work involves a variety of clients in multiple industries using various control platforms. Automation Engineers interface with both external clients as well as other internal engineering disciplines within the Matrix organization to gather field data, prepare functional specifications, write DCS and/or PLC code, develop HMI graphics, perform client acceptance testing, and start-up automation systems. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Learn and follow industry, Matrix, and client safety practices and procedures. Helps supervise and direct the safety issues of the site team. Helps develop safety guidelines specific to control systems. Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies Learn and follow Matrix Standards and Procedures. Mentors others in the use of them. Participate in the continuous improvement of the same. Learn and follow Matrix Project Methodology, developing an in-depth knowledge of those related to software development and automation best practices. Help develop and improve our methodology. Prepare project scopes of work,…