_{17th December, 2025}

Control Systems Specialist #1045537
Job Description:

• If you're looking for a career that will provide a challenging work environment and many opportunities to learn, our company is the place for you. Join our team and become part of a company full of exciting opportunities.
• We help employees achieve their personal best by offering many opportunities that develop and enhance their skills for career advancement.

 
Duties:
Position Overview

• The Control Systems Specialist will support generation projects by managing operational technology (OT) initiatives, including OT Asset Management (OTAM), field modernization, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementation.
• This role ensures reliable control systems operation and modernization across plant facilities while collaborating with internal teams and contractors.

 
Key Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and executing OTAM and field modernization projects.
• Manage and analyze data using Excel for project tracking and reporting.
• Provide technical support for Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and related control equipment.
• Review and update documentation for control systems and network configurations.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity and MFA requirements for OT environments.
• Collaborate with IT and engineering teams to integrate controls communication and logic.
• Troubleshoot basic network and control system issues during modernization activities.
• Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and other stand-alone systems (both hardware and software)
• Knowledge of DCS and PLC systems from multiple vendors (GE Mark VI, ABB, Ovation, Rockwell Automation, and others)

 
Skills:

• 6+ years of experience
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
• Experience in a plant environment
• Proficiency in Excel data management for reporting and analysis.
• DCS experience (preferred) with knowledge of control system architecture.
• Understanding of controls equipment types and functions.
• Basic knowledge of networking principles and controls communication/logic.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational skills

 
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in power generation or industrial automation projects.
• Familiarity with OT cybersecurity practices and MFA implementation.
• Knowledge of PLCs, SCADA systems, and field instrumentation.
• Knowledgeable of the design, construction or operation of electric generating plant and/or gas compressor station equipment

 
Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
To view all of our open positions go to: https://www.fasttek.com/fastswitch/findwork
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fasttekglobal
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fasttekglobal
Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fasttek
You can become a fan of FastTek on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasttekglobal/
AI & Hiring Disclosure
We use AI tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications and identifying potential matches. These tools are designed to promote efficiency, consistency, and fairness, and they are always used under human oversight.
All personal data collected is used solely for recruitment purposes, and you have the right to know, access, or request deletion of your data at any time, subject to legal limits.
If AI will be used in a video interview, you'll be informed in advance and asked for your consent, with the option to opt out.
Our tools are regularly reviewed to detect potential bias and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and our commitment to inclusive hiring.
To learn more or exercise your rights, please contact us at info@fasttek.com.
 
 

Apply For Job