Controls and Automation Engineering Manager

In this role, you’ll lead the Controls and Automation Engineering team in designing, implementing, commissioning, and supporting control systems for drilling and industrial equipment. You’ll set technical direction and execution priorities, develop your team’s capabilities, and drive improvements in equipment safety, reliability, quality, and operational efficiency while ensuring solutions are well documented and meet company requirements and applicable industry standards.

You’ll have the opportunity to shape both the technology and the team behind it—guiding solutions from design through field deployment, solving complex engineering challenges, and seeing your work translate into stronger equipment performance. Your leadership will help engineers grow, strengthen how the team delivers, and advance automation across demanding operating environments.

Responsibilities

Controls & Automation Engineering Leadership

• Primary Skills: System Architecture • Process Automation • Hardware Design • Software Design

Project Delivery, Commissioning & Technical Support

• Primary Skills: Project Management • Project Execution • System Deployment • Technical Support

Safety, Quality & Engineering Governance

• Primary Skills: Workplace Safety • Risk Assessment • Quality Assurance • Standards Compliance

Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Primary Skills: Team Management • Employee Development • Cross-functional Teamwork • Communication Skills

Continuous Improvement & Technology Development

• Primary Skills: Continuous Quality Improvement • Conducting Research • Technical Prototyping • Performance Improvement

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering field; eight or more years of relevant controls and automation experience may be considered as an alternative pathway.

• Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in controls and automation engineering, preferably supporting drilling, industrial equipment, energy, or related operations.

• Demonstrated experience leading engineers and delivering automation projects involving PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, instrumentation, industrial networking, and process control.

• Experience with control-system design, programming, integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, technical documentation, and incident or root-cause investigation.

• Strong project leadership, analytical problem solving, written and verbal communication, stakeholder management, and team-development capability.

• Ability to read and interpret technical specifications, electrical drawings, network architectures, manuals, procedures, and applicable standards

Preferred

• Master's degree in Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related discipline.

• Experience with Rockwell and/or Siemens controls platforms, PLC and HMI development, industrial communications, sensors, I/O, AC drives, and motor controls.

• Experience in oil and gas, drilling equipment, energy, heavy industry, or other safety-critical industrial environments.

• Working knowledge of ISO, API, and other relevant industry standards and engineering governance practices.

Nabors is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry. With operations in about 20 countries, Nabors has established a global network of people, technology and equipment to deploy solutions that deliver safe, efficient and responsible hydrocarbon production. By leveraging its core competencies, particularly in drilling, engineering, automation, data science and manufacturing, Nabors aims to innovate the future of energy and enable the transition to a lower carbon world.

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Nabors is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, religion, age, color, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. To learn more about our Fair Employment practices, please refer to the Nabors Code of Conduct.