Senior Control Systems Engineer

About the role

The Senior Control Systems Engineer serves in a project leadership role supporting HDR's national Control Systems practice. This role involves planning, design, and implementation of automated industrial control systems across various industries.

Responsibilities

• Travel to client facilities to assess and document current control systems.
• Lead design review and planning meetings with clients.
• Develop preliminary engineering reports and studies for control system improvements.
• Create biddable and technically accurate construction documents including P&IDs, process flow diagrams, network architecture diagrams, control panel layouts, and wiring diagrams.
• Coordinate with multidiscipline teams to ensure design requirements are met.
• Interface with Electrical, Process, and Cybersecurity specialists.
• Participate in joint scoping and proposal development.
• Contribute to Control System Technical Leadership Team and drive corporate initiatives.
• Provide QC reviews of control system designs.
• Contribute to system testing and commissioning activities.
• Lead the selection and specification of facility and process instrumentation, control panels, and network equipment.
• Lead the development of biddable and technically accurate control system construction documents.
• Participate in industry professional societies.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Control Systems related field.
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming and configuration a plus.
• Distributed Control System (DCS) programming and configuration a plus.
• SCADA HMI programming and configuration a plus.
• Experience with data management and analytics a plus.
• Experience with artificial intelligence a plus.
• Experience with manufacturing execution systems (MES) a plus.
• Experience in food & beverage, general industrial, mining, manufacturing, or logistics a plus.
• Hands-on experience designing instrumentation and control systems, including schematics and loops required.
• Network design experience for industrial control or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.
• Knowledgeable of remote site telemetry communications.
• Knowledgeable of cybersecurity considerations for industrial control or SCADA systems.
• Knowledgeable of network, PLC or DCS hardware and software.
• Knowledgeable of SCADA/Human-Machine Interface (HMI) software and capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• Minimum of 10 years applicable experience.

Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular