- Director, Industrial Automation Controls & Technology (IACS & OTAC) Director, Industrial Automation Controls & Technology (IACS & OTAC) Director, Industrial Automation Controls & Technology (IACS & OTAC) Position Summary Pengcorp is seeking a Director to lead two engineering and support departments — IACS and OTAC — as a single, integrated automation and operational technology organization. This is a role for a practising Automation / Process Control Engineer who has grown into leadership: someone who has configured a DCS, tuned a loop, commissioned a safety system and troubleshot a plant network, and who now builds the teams, standards and commercial offerings around that work. The two departments are deliberately paired under one Director. IACS owns the control systems that make the process run; OTAC owns the networks, cybersecurity and compliance that keep those systems available, defensible and audit-ready. Historically these functions drift apart — engineering ships a system, security bolts controls onto it afterward, and both sides lose. This role exists to prevent that: one leader, one architecture, one set of standards, one delivery model. Beyond internal operations, the Director carries a product and services development mandate. Pengcorp intends to package the capability resident in these two departments into repeatable, sellable offerings, and to grow revenue from them. The successful candidate will therefore combine three profiles that rarely appear together — control systems engineering depth, multi-department management, and demonstrated success developing and selling technical services. Departmental Scope The Industrial Automation & Control Systems department provides engineering, integration, commissioning, maintenance, optimization, and lifecycle support services for industrial control systems.



The department’s scope includes:
- Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
- Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems
- Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
- Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
- Process Control and Optimization
- Alarm Management
- Functional Safety Programs
- Instrumentation and Control Engineering
- Control System Modernization Projects
- Control System Lifecycle Management
- Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
- Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
- Commissioning and Startup Support Operational Technology Automation & Cybersecurity (OTAC) The Operational Technology Automation & Cybersecurity department provides cybersecurity, governance, infrastructure, compliance, and lifecycle management services for industrial and operational technology environments. The department’s scope includes:
- OT Cybersecurity Strategy and Governance
- OT Infrastructure Design and Support
- Industrial Network Architecture and Segmentation
- ISA/IEC 62443 Assessments and Implementation
- NERC CIP Compliance Services
- OT Security Risk Assessments
- Vulnerability Management
- Secure Remote Access Solutions
- Asset Inventory and Lifecycle Management
- Security Monitoring and Threat Detection
- Vendor and Third-Party Security Assessments
- Incident Response and Recovery Planning




- OT Program Development and Continuous Improvement Key Accountabilities 1. Strategic Leadership & Department Management The Director shall:
- Provide strategic leadership, direction, and oversight for the IACS and OTAC departments.
- Develop and execute departmental business plans aligned with corporate objectives.
- Establish departmental priorities, performance goals, and key performance indicators.
- Develop annual operating plans, staffing plans, and budget forecasts.
- Ensure departmental resources, capabilities, and competencies support current and future business needs.
- Foster a culture of safety, accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Lead succession planning, employee development, mentorship, and leadership development initiatives.
- Monitor departmental performance and implement corrective actions where required.
- Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for all automation and control systems activities.
- Establish and maintain engineering standards, design practices, and quality assurance processes.
- Support the planning, design, implementation, testing, commissioning, and lifecycle management of industrial control systems.
- Oversee DCS, PLC, SCADA, SIS, HMI, and process control initiatives.
- Ensure consistency in engineering execution across all projects and service activities.
- Support control system modernization, migration, and optimization programs.
- Promote the application of functional safety principles and industry best practices.
- Support troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and complex technical problem resolution.
- Maintain strategic relationships with automation vendors and OEM partners. 3. Operational Technology Automation & Cybersecurity (OTAC) The Director

📌 Director, Industrial Automation Controls (Calgary)
🏢 Pengcorp
📍 Calgary