NW PLCs LLC is an owner-operated Control Systems and SCADA integration firm delivering expert engineering across every phase of the project lifecycle — for manufacturing plants, industrial facilities, and data center operations alike. From hardware specification and PLC programming to enterprise SCADA architecture design and administration, commissioning, and ongoing system support.
Support Across Any Phase of Your Control Systems Project
Whether you need consulting during initial system architecture, specialized programming during machine builds, or complete SCADA deployment and long-term optimization.
Capable of assisting at any stage—from front-end engineering design (FEED), control panel CAD layout, and software specification to site commissioning and troubleshooting.
Enterprise SCADA system architecture and administration — server/gateway design, redundancy, and security hardening — paired with high-performance HMI application design across leading industry platforms including Ignition, Wonderware, FactoryTalk, and more.
Modernize how facility data flows across your enterprise — from manufacturing shop floors to data center power, cooling, and BMS infrastructure. Establish scalable IIoT architecture, edge computing nodes, and Unified Namespace (UNS) implementations that enhance operational visibility while strengthening OT enterprise security.
Delivering tailored engineering assistance at any stage of your control system project.
Complete physical electrical engineering capabilities focusing on control panel design, enclosure layout, component specing, and panel fabrication oversight for manufacturing, industrial, and data center electrical infrastructure. Generating precise CAD schematics and ensuring industrial wiring standards and build quality from shop assembly to final inspection.
Structured, reliable control logic and motion sequences for automated machinery, process equipment, and facility infrastructure. Broad, platform-agnostic experience means I can step into almost any existing hardware environment quickly.
Enterprise SCADA system architecture, server/gateway administration, and redundancy design — paired with high-performance HMI application development across leading industry platforms, for manufacturing operations as well as data center power, cooling, and facility monitoring dashboards.
Beyond individual PLC programs or SCADA screens, I architect how your entire manufacturing floor's systems work together as one cohesive whole. Following Industry 4.0 and ISA-95 conventions, that often means standing up MQTT/OPC-UA message brokers and time-series historians as standalone infrastructure — not modules bolted onto a single SCADA package — paired with industrial PCs (IPCs) at the edge for local compute, protocol normalization, and resilience when the network or cloud connection drops.
Unify PLCs, SCADA, brokers, and historians into one ISA-95 aligned architecture instead of a collection of disconnected point solutions.
Deploy standalone broker infrastructure as shared plant infrastructure—independent of any single SCADA platform—so any authorized consumer can subscribe.
Deploy ruggedized IPCs for local protocol conversion, edge historians, and control resilience that keeps running when upstream connectivity is lost.
Implement dedicated time-series databases as independent infrastructure, decoupled from any specific HMI/SCADA package.
Whether it's a message broker, a standalone historian, edge IPCs, or how it all fits together with your SCADA platform, let's talk about what a cohesive system architecture looks like for your facility.
Discuss Your Data ArchitectureAs an Ignition specialist, I design and administer enterprise Gateway architecture—redundancy and failover, tag provider structure, OPC-UA/MQTT connectivity, user security, and licensing—then build the Perspective and Vision applications on top, tailored to your operational requirements, from plant-floor touchscreens to data center facility dashboards to executive mobile views.
Owner & Principal Control Systems Engineer
NW PLCs LLC
I bring enterprise-grade Control Systems architecture experience to every engagement. Having worked across diverse automated environments, I possess deep technical knowledge of leading industrial platforms, programming environments, and software tools.
Whether you need a new SCADA/HMI application, system architecture consulting, hardware specing, PLC programming support, or consultation on any phase of your control system project lifecycle, contact Steve Hook directly.
