Controls Engineering

Optimize performance to make your plant the best it can be

Engineering expertise is one of the hallmarks of the service and control system solutions you experience when working with Tri Tech. Our team delivers in-depth knowledge, holds numerous prestigious industry certifications, and is among an elite group of professionals in the industry to deliver a well-designed solution to help you maximize your plant’s capabilities. Tri Tech uses state-of-the-art software and leverages mature internal project workflows to deliver projects faster, better, and rightsized for your unique requirements.

Common specialties include:

Advanced Process Control Systems
Batching Systems
Discrete Control Systems
Material Handling Systems

We are proud to serve a variety of markets, including Midstream Oil and Gas, Food and Beverage, Specialty Chemical, Cement and Mining, Power Generation, Water/Waste Water, and more.

The Tri Tech Approach to Controls Engineering

Tri Tech Automation follows a deliberate, detailed, proven methodology and workflow in every project. We partner with our customers to listen and understand your challenges, developing solutions that deliver exactly what you need in your controls engineering. We’ve made the investment in software for a faster, collaborative design environment and advanced reporting capabilities. This allows for a more rapid delivery of your solution, successful design and implementation, and results you can begin to experience more quickly.

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Consulting

Successful projects begin through early collaboration. The earlier the Tri Tech team is involved, the greater role we can play in conceptualizing the project, defining scope, calculating ROI, and system architecting. And if you don’t know where to start your project, or how to arrive at cost justification, we can help.

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Engineering & Design

Tri Tech delivers experience and expertise. Our design team is led by a registered Professional Engineer (PE) with nearly 20 years of experience in industrial electric design. The team also features multiple UL508A Manufactures Trained Representatives, and we hold many advanced certifications in designs from switch gear to MCCs, and control panels for all types of processes both classified and unclassified.

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Programming & Software Development

Tri Tech’s standardized, structured approach to program development begins with discovery to gather requirements and collaborate on needs with operations, quality, IT, maintenance and safety staff. The process moves on to functional specification development to outline process sequencing, alarming, scaling, units, and user levels, among others. Upon approval, the Tri tech team follows the functional spec to develop the application drawing from our feature-rich standard code libraries to expedite your time to market.

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Simulation & Testing

Tri Tech Automation simulates and tests every program we create. Our simulation libraries are built into our code replication tools and base applications, minimizing the time to create the simulation environment while providing a medium fidelity simulation experience. We use soft PLCs such as emulators, and our engineering lab leverages a multitude of flavors of PLCs from several manufacturers. This allows us the ability to prove out the solution and work through any challenges before real-world deployment.

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Startup & Commissioning

The Tri Tech Automation team features a group of engineers who are experts in working in the field at customer sites. Their focus is safety and a “get-it-done” mentality. Nearly all of our engineers are Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Part 48B certified, OSHA 10 certified, and hold a multitude of other safety program certifications. Our “customer first” core value shines through during the entire startup and commissioning process.

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Closeout

During this phase of our project life cycle, all records and documentation will be updated and transferred to the customer. If there is an opportunity to do so, we like to have a “lessons learned” meeting with all stakeholders on the client team. Our customers are our partners and we are always looking for ways to improve upon our delivery and strengthen the relationship.

Tri Tech was able to provide design, build, and startup services that allowed us to provide our customers with improved functionality that met their specific needs, while providing us with a common platform that our service technicians will be able to support going forward.

Project Engineer

Chemical/Food & Bev Equipment Builder

I choose to work with Tri Tech because they have a good understanding of our business and our customers, and they work as a partner to help us meet our project goals.

Process Engineer

Chemical/Food & Bev Equipment Builder

We would like to take the time to say thank you for the help on this project. Honestly was very streamlined and your team is very self-directed, for sure it made my life easier and happy to have worked on the project with you all. Looking forward to more projects together!

Process Engineer Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Benefits of Working With a Tri Tech Control Systems Engineer

The Tri Tech core values are at the center of everything that we do. By embodying these values our engineers are customer focused, take ownership, and perform at a high level.

Increased productivity and efficiency

Automation allows you to uncover your Hidden Factory, an environment in which more work gets done, the possibility of human error is reduced, safety is enhanced, and waste is minimized.

Lower operating costs

Unlocking your Hidden Factory adds to your bottom line. Automation allow processes to be done in seconds versus days. You save the cost of labor and energy associated with lower heating requirements of automated operations.

Maximized labor

We find ourselves in the midst of a labor crunch. Talent is retiring, populations are shifting, and people move on. Automation puts processes in place to make up for this. A solution from our control systems engineers automates procedures that can help you maximize your labor force.

Be the best manufacturing operation you can be. Tri Tech is here to support your journey.