Controls Engineer

SEH • Charlottesville, VA

9d • $90,000 - $120,000 • Remote

About The Position

SEH is currently searching for a Controls Engineer to join our talented Mechanical/Electrical team. This position may be based remotely in Virginia (Charlottesville or Richmond, etc.) with travel to client sites in and outside VA. As an employee-owner, you will collaborate on amazing projects of varying size and complexity that positively impact communities. SEH is an employee-owned engineering, architectural, planning, and environmental company, offering a wide variety of services. We've been helping government, industrial, and commercial clients find solutions to complex challenges since 1927. Our 900+ employee-owners across the US unite behind our core purpose of Building a Better World for All of Us®.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics or related from an accredited college.
• Technical experience in preparing design documents for bidding and supporting construction administration services.
• PLC ladder logic programming, HMI/OIT/SCADA system development.
• Knowledge of process controls system commissioning and controls system commissioning.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work alone and with a team of professionals and clients.
• Ability to travel as needed for team meetings, client consultations, on-site project visits, control system startups, and onsite support.
• Rockwell Automation PLC/HMI platform programming experience is required.
• Experience with, or willingness to learn, GE/Emerson Cimplicity SCADA programming.
• The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Ignition (with Gold Certification).
• 5 to 15 years professional experience.
• Licensed Professional Engineer, or ability to become licensed.
• Experience with water and wastewater utilities.
• Experience with industrial controls projects.
• Project management experience, or interest in learning.

Responsibilities

• Work with clients to assess plant control systems and develop the project approach.
• Prepare project design/bidding documents including P&ID drawings, control strategies, functional descriptions, system network drawings, controls specifications, process narratives, develop SOPs and select software and hardware for projects.
• Program PLCs, OITs and SCADA systems, tune processes for proper operation, and work with clients on the implementation of process control narratives.
• Work directly with clients to diagnose and correct system faults, process control issues, and programming issues.
• Perform Commissioning activities as directed.
• Manage project deliverables for client expectations.
• Team with outside integration companies to support overall project goals.
• Work directly with plant staff to implement new control strategies in existing systems to improve plant performance, and to incorporate new processes and instruments into the control system programming.

Benefits

• Career development through continued education, licensure/certification, skills, and technical training
• Work arrangements that promote work/life balance
• Flexible holidays enable individuals to tailor their festivities
• Paid Family Leave provides time to care for loved ones, whether family by birth or family by choice

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level