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Plant Engineering Systems and Controls Engineer/Technologist*

3M
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Feb 2026
💰 $120,282/yr($98,413/yr$120,282/yr)

About the role

Job Description:

Job Title

Plant Engineering Systems and Controls Engineer/Technologist

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Plant Engineering Systems and Controls Engineer/Technologist, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

  • Providing effective control system solutions to a variety of new and existing automated process equipment

  • Developing and designing the control system architecture

  • Selecting hardware and providing software to run new process equipment

  • Providing machine installation and commissioning

  • Working in a team environment to successfully meet project milestones

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

  • Associate’s degree/Technical Diploma or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institute and three (3) years experience working with machine process control system design and commissioning in a private, public, government, or military environment

-OR-

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and one (1) combined years of experience working with machine process control system design and commissioning in a private, public, government, or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

  • Three (3) years of experience in Manufacturing or Utility Plant Operations

  • Industrial control systems design and install experience

  • Experience with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems (WonderWare)

  • Experience with Rockwell Automation - ControlLogix/CompactLogix PLCs, PC HMI’s, PanelView, Variable Speed Drive, flow, pressure, level, and temperature instrumentation installation and programming, sensor technology, software, and data generation

  • Experience utilizing Allen Bradley PLC’s and software

  • Knowledge and experience in a utility operations site working with maintenance and resident engineering

Work Location:

Onsite, Maplewood

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status)

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

 

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.

 

To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

 

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in

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