{"id":120746,"date":"2023-09-11T16:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/articles\/2023-engineering-leader-under-40-megan-mcintosh-29\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T18:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T23:05:58","slug":"2023-engineering-leader-under-40-megan-mcintosh-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/2023-engineering-leader-under-40-megan-mcintosh-29\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Engineering Leader under 40: Megan McIntosh, 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Megan McIntosh, 29<\/strong><br \/>\nControls Engineer<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hargrove-epc.com\/automation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hargrove Controls &amp; Automation<\/a><br \/>\nMobile, Alabama<\/p>\n<p>Megan has led several small projects at Hargrove Controls &amp; Automation and has played a highly technical role in larger projects. She is versed in Rockwell and Emerson DeltaV in continuous and batch control applications. She is committed to Hargrove and is successful in her assigned tasks. Clients praise Megan&#8217;s attitude and knowledge, requesting her by name on projects. She takes part in extracurricular activities in her community and the organization, and she\u2019s an active leader as a mentor to high school students and co-ops. She has twice been awarded Teammate of the Quarter at Hargrove.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun fact: <\/strong>Megan loves to spend free time fishing in Mobile Bay and Baldwin County and has recently learned to clean and cook the fish she caught.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan McIntosh, 29, Controls Engineer, Hargrove Controls &#038; Automation, Mobile, Alabama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":120747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106528],"tags":[],"tracking-metrics":[],"display-location":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2023 Engineering Leader under 40: Megan McIntosh, 29 - Control Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/2023-engineering-leader-under-40-megan-mcintosh-29\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023 Engineering Leader under 40: Megan McIntosh, 29 - 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