Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire Automation Engineers who make facilities and production lines run themselves — PLC and SCADA programming, BMS/EPMS integration on capital projects, and line automation on the manufacturing floor. Platform depth (Rockwell, Siemens), loop-check rigor, and startup discipline verified before you see a resume. The role spans our Engineering & Design and Manufacturing & Supply Chain practices — we recruit for both seats.
A structured process for the automation hire — where platform depth and commissioning behavior decide whether the sequence of operations survives startup.
30-minute call. Align on platform (Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider), seat type — capital project vs. plant floor — regulatory context (cGMP, 21 CFR Part 11), and start date.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 Automation Engineers with platform-matched programming history. References from prior controls leads and commissioning agents included.
Interview, select, and make the offer with market comp data in hand. Every placement carries a replacement guarantee — on every engagement model.
PLC and HMI capability on your platform — Rockwell Studio 5000, Siemens TIA Portal, Wonderware/AVEVA, Ignition — probed in interview, not inferred from a keyword list.
We place automation engineers on both sides: BMS/EPMS scope on data center and life-science capital projects, and line + cell automation in manufacturing operations.
Reference-verified loop-check, point-to-point, and functional-test behavior — the phase where automation hires prove out or wash out.
Rockwell Studio 5000, Siemens TIA Portal, or Schneider; ladder, function block, and structured text.
Ignition, Wonderware/AVEVA, FactoryTalk, or WinCC development and alarm-philosophy discipline.
BACnet, Modbus, and OPC UA integration; EPMS/DCIM exposure for data center scopes.
Instrument selection, loop-check and point-to-point execution, and P&ID literacy.
ISA-88/95 batch and cGMP context; 21 CFR Part 11 and validation interface for life sciences.
Line, cell, and robot-cell integration; MES interface and OEE instrumentation for plant seats.
We’ll help scope the role on the call — platform, capital-project vs. plant-floor seat, regulatory context.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks. Total time to placement is typically 3–5 weeks. Engineers with both cGMP validation context and deep Rockwell or Siemens capability are the scarcest profile.
Pricing depends on the engagement model. A single hire typically runs through recruiting support; leadership roles through executive search; multi-hire automation programs through embedded recruiting or RPO. We scope the model on the first call.
In the US market, automation engineers typically earn $95,000–$135,000 base; senior engineers $130,000–$170,000; cGMP and data center EPMS specialists trend to the top of the range. Ranges shift by metro and industry.
Both. The same title covers BMS/EPMS scope on construction programs and line automation in plants; the skill overlap is real but the day-to-day differs. We scope which seat you are hiring for on the first call and shortlist accordingly.
Yes. Every placement carries a replacement guarantee, on every engagement model — search, embedded, or RPO. If the hire does not stick, we replace them.
Yes. Multi-hire controls builds — automation engineers, controls engineers, panel and commissioning support — route through embedded recruiting or RPO.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review the Automation Engineer role, platform stack, seat type, and regulatory context — then start sourcing.
