Lead Automation Engineer

Position Summary: The position works on a variety of projects delivering automation systems for diverse industries. This position provides the opportunity to interact with clients to understand the automation requirements and transform them into effective control solutions. This is done using strong project execution methodologies, established procedures, and using good judgment in making adaptations and modifications. This is a leadership role that requires strong technical ability, communication skills, and the ability to mentor others and establish relationships with clients and vendors.

Primary Responsibilities: The position requires the ability to deliver outstanding results throughout a range of complex and small control system projects. The candidate must have the ability to conceptualize, detail and implement control systems for various processes and discrete automation projects while managing scope, schedule, and budget effectively. The candidate must be able to review technical content for quality assurance such as engineering documentation, drawings, programming logic and process visualization (HMI), amongst others. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in the field as necessary to review and verify instrumentation, control hardware, networks, and electrical work to ensure quality deliverables are provided to the customer.

This position may require the following responsibilities: developing project execution plans, work breakdown structures and associated budgets, task prioritization and scheduling, task ordering, time tracking and reporting, financial tracking and reporting, early problem identification, conflict management/resolution, leading and supporting a team, and attending project status meetings. Oversight of daily operations and activities of a project(s) while ensuring overall profitability of the project is also expected.

The ideal candidate must have a diverse engineering and technical skill set with the ability to work independently. This person will act as technical lead on projects and guide lower level engineers and technicians.

Job Requirements:

Greater than 10 years with capabilities in below areas is preferred:

• Experience in industries such as Oil & Gas, Water/Wastewater, Mining Life Sciences, Building Automation, Manufacturing, or Food & Beverage.
• Experience in the design of electrical schematics, including power distribution under 480VAC, control panels and associated NEC references desired.
• Experience with programming and implementation of RTUs, PLCs, DCS, SCADA, and Industrial networks strongly preferred.
• Experience leading a team of engineers/technicians to provide control system solutions
• Experience mentoring less experienced engineers
• Travel: As projects require across the United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science is strongly desired.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and competing priorities
• Results oriented and self-motivated
• Proven experience in architecting, managing and executing large, complex projects
• Ability to manage multiple projects with multiple teams across the nation simultaneously