Position Summary: 

The Senior Automation Engineer shall specify, design, program, and test automation and control systems. Responsible for assisting customers in the Oil & Natural Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Food and Beverage, Steel, Water/Waste Water, Power Generation, Marine, Dredging and/or Specialty industries. Duties will include developing new customer relationships and expanding current relationships.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Visit job-sites to evaluate projects and define scope in order to develop proposals 
• Develop and support proposal development according to scope definition.
• Responsible for the specification, programming, integration, and implementation of various control systems including DCS/PLC/HMI/SCADA platforms and applications.
• Recognize and define scope changes that should result into Change Orders
• Lead projects from conception through commissioning and startup.
• Lead a team of engineers to execute scope within budget and delivery commitments.
• Visit job-sites to do and support commissioning and startup activities
• Support techs in the field including providing progress reports, meetings, and punch-lists.
• Review vendor drawings for compliance with project specifications.
• Read, understand, and translate P&ID’s and electrical drawings into a DCS/PLC/HMI application.
• Interact and communicate effectively with customers, vendors, engineers, and management.
• Interact with other engineering departments to develop and review drawings, specifications, and scope.
• Familiarity to specify, design, program, and test Automation Systems, not limited to, but including: PLC: SIEMENS, ALLEN-BRADLEY, EMERSON ROC, MODICON, TRICONEX, GE, DCS: CENTUM VP, PCS7, DeltaV, ABB 800, HONEYWELL, PlantPAx, HMI: WinCC, Cimplicity, Wonderware/Archestra, Ignition, Beijer, FactoryTal.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• Minimum 5+ years in a leadership role on Automation and Controls projects, including Commissioning and Startup
• PE or Master’s degree in related Engineering field a plus
• Automation System training/certification a plus
• Ability to execute and lead multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to generate and maintain a schedule for projects.
• Experience configuring control systems for various industries and facilities.
• Understands many other aspects of Industrial Automation, including roles of BPCS and SIS, Instrumentation, Communication protocols, and Networking and Cybersecurity
• Ability to lead in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent grammar, punctuation, and etiquette desired
• Willingness to learn new platforms and new technologies.
• Must be very organized, detail oriented, with the ability to identify outliers quickly.
• Demonstrated field troubleshooting ability, both electrically (panel) and logically (PLC/DCS)
• Ability to follow and perform work in accordance with company and customer HSE policy.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as required, with travel expectations averaging around 40%

Physical Demands: 

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.  
• Ability to hear telephone conversations and speak clearly
• Ability to travel domestically 

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.