Senior Automation Engineer

Helion is hiring Senior Automation Engineers in Apple Grove, West Virginia. We’re looking for experienced Level 1 automation engineers to support commissioning, startup, and production readiness at a major greenfield steel manufacturing facility. You’ll work alongside engineering, maintenance, operations, equipment manufacturers, and integrators to bring complex systems online and resolve the controls issues that stand between equipment installation and reliable production. What you’ll own: Lead controls troubleshooting and drive technical issues through resolution Develop, review, and troubleshoot PLC logic and HMI functionality Support integration of VFDs, motor controls, instrumentation, and equipment interfaces Execute equipment checkout, functional testing, and commissioning Troubleshoot equipment sequences, permissives, interlocks, and process signals Coordinate with OEMs and integrators to resolve deficiencies and close punch-list items Support equipment turnover, controls documentation, and knowledge transfer to plant teams