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The kind of engineer who thrives here

You like getting out to site.
You are a troubleshooter. You apply the principles to whatever system is in front of you, and you find the cause fast.
You use new technology, including AI. You are careful about trusting it for answers. You use it hard to work faster and more accurately.
If you have done a lot of commissioning, you have probably learned to walk into a different facility, learn it quickly and understand what the customer needs. That is what we want.
You own the situation. You were probably taught to say "I lost my ball", not "my ball got lost", before you were ten.
Other people's talent does not threaten you. You make the people around you better. Liz Wiseman calls that being a multiplier.
You have some good stories about the wild things that have happened in your life.

An IKONIKA engineer wiring a control panel in the Fife shop.

Travel and hours

Travel

Travel is part of the job, not most of it. Most of our engineers travel a little each quarter and spend about 80% of their time in our Fife office.
Most trips are in Washington. We also have planned work across the US, and now and then abroad. We have worked in shipyards in Korea and Singapore.
We do not have a commissioning engineer role, and we do not ask anyone to live on the road. Our engineers do the whole job: urgent support, project management, delivery and commissioning.
The job is based in Fife. It is not a remote role.

Hours and flexibility

We offer customers urgent response. Some evenings and weekends come with the work, and you will sometimes move your schedule to help a customer.
In return, we keep office hours flexible. Some of the team start after school drop-off and work an evening or a Sunday here and there.
When a job takes time from your home life, we work to make up for it, or to keep it small.

How you move up

Every step up has a written path. It lists every skill for the next title, and you choose the order.

You learn to stay safe, read the plant and write it up. A senior engineer is on site with you.

Skills include: use your stop-work authority on a job; work from drawings on site and hand back accurate redlines.

You build and change systems while a senior engineer owns the job.

Skills include: edit a running system with a backup and a rollback plan; get online with a platform you have never seen and write it up for the team.

You own the call, the customer and the crew.

Skills include: lead five fault calls with no senior on site; teach a newer tech a real skill on a real job.

Each skill needs a job number and something a reviewer can look at.
A senior engineer signs it off. You ask when you are ready.
Not yet is not no. If a sign-off is held, you will be told exactly what to close.
You book your own final review. Pass, and you get the title, a pay review and harder jobs.
Most engineers take 18 to 24 months. Faster is fine if the evidence is there.

Paths today: Intern (12 weeks). Junior Controls Engineer to Controls Engineer. Controls Engineer to Senior Controls Engineer.

Earned skill stickers on the badge board

How we work

We hire for our values: Own It. We step in, step up, take ongoing ownership for vital elements of our customer’s business. How we work, on About, Be Generous. We give more than what’s expected: whether it’s kindness, money, knowledge, or time. How we work, on About, Maximize. We turn the good into the exceptional by amplifying strengths and uncovering genius. How we work, on About and Play to Win. We make bold choices, focused on the future and outcomes where everyone wins. How we work, on About. We hire for four traits too: Grit. We’re the roll-up-our-sleeves kind. Grit means boots on the floor, hands on the panel, and no excuses. How we work, on About, Steadfast. We show up and get things done calmly but speedily. Our commitment doesn’t fade. It holds strong, season after season. How we work, on About, Electric. It’s not only what we do, it’s how we do it. We are always full of ideas and fun to be around. We’re all about making tight connections that last. How we work, on About and Game-Changing. Fueled by curiosity and optimism, we find new ways to solve problems. We harness emerging technologies, for stellar outcomes. How we work, on About.

The team sharing pie around the office table.

The team hauling a line together on a sailing ship.

One of the team grinning in an immersion suit during a survival suit drill.

Three of the team in helmets beside a rally car.

How pay works

Pay depends on the role. This is what comes with it.

Salary or hourly, by role. Hourly staff get overtime pay after 40 hours a week.
Extra pay for every hour hourly staff spend on away jobs.
Healthcare for you, paid in full by IKONIKA. Vision cover is optional.
A 401(k) match that rises with years of service.
A payment on every work anniversary.
A share of the margin on any new customer or project you bring in, whatever your role.
A payment when someone you recommend is hired.
Paid holidays.
Company-paid life insurance.

Questions

Do I need a degree?: No. We look at what you have done on real jobs and the evidence behind it.
What do interns do?: Interns spend 12 weeks as part of the crew, with a mentor. The first two weeks are safety training in the shop and on site. Then you rotate between the shop, the field and the office. You will build and wire a small panel, write a PLC routine on a training rig, ride along on jobs, draft a service report, do a material takeoff, and follow one job from the quote to the invoice. In the last week, you present that job to the team. Interns do not do live electrical work.
Where is the office?: 5113 Pacific Hwy E, Suite 2, Fife, WA 98424.
Do you work with recruiters?: No. We do not work with recruiters or agencies.
I need an employment check or a reference.: Email apply@ikonika.com.

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