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About the role
Lead Wade Trim's SCADA and I&C work in across the discipline.
Support the design, development, installation, and startup of SCADA & PLC-based automation and control systems for water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, and facilities.
Extensive experience designing and supporting SCADA systems for water and wastewater treatment facilities.
Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with municipal water/wastewater clients.
Strong coordination skills with multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and utility stakeholders.
Experience supporting construction administration, including RFIs, submittals, field changes, and startup.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical users.
Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, and best practices, including ISA-101 and utility-specific HMI/SCADA standards.
Develop and maintain SCADA, PLC, and HMI standards for water and wastewater clients to ensure consistency, usability, and long-term maintainability.
Perform quality control and peer reviews for I&C and electrical design deliverables across multiple projects.
Support development of new SCADA products, templates, and internal tools to improve efficiency and reliability.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and technicians.
Provide design reviews for I&C and electrical portions of district or firmwide projects.
Support construction services including submittal reviews, RFIs, field inspections, testing, startup support, and change order management.
Leads electrical and instrumentation and control (I&C) design specifications and drawings including one-line diagrams, electrical detail drawings, process and instrumentation drawings (P&IDs)
Develop and assist with electrical designs that include calculations and power distribution for mechanical equipment related to municipal water and wastewater projects
Experience includes general electrical power distribution and supply design, lighting and receptacle plans, mechanical equipment power plans, panel board schedules, arc flash studies, and back-up power generation design for water and wastewater treatment plants, CSO facilities and pump stations.
Travel to and attend client, staff and project meetings
Prepare permit applications
Assist with the preparation of cost estimates
Review and comment on Contractor submittals
Assist Project Managers
Manage business development/sales activities and maintain excellent client relations
Prepare a summary of qualifications, presentations, and proposals
Manage financial and technical aspects of multiple projects
Prepare proposals and presentations
Conduct on-site inspections as needed
Prepare project status and other reports
Attend client, public, project, and staff meetings including client progress, plan review, pre-construction, etc.
Maintain a safe working environment
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