Senior Automation and Controls Engineer

CDM Smith • Fairfax, VA

80d • Hybrid

About The Position

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Automation and Controls Engineer to join a great team of motivated Automation engineers in our Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions! The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about building client relationships, mentoring junior level staff and delivering quality technical products on time and on budget. CDM Smith has been a leader in providing Automation design and programming services for over 30 years. The selected candidate will be an integral part of our team to assist with growing our business in collaboration with our automation client service leader in the Fairfax office. Join us!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, or Engineering Technology or related discipline.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• 10 years of related experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Water/Wastewater highly preferred.
• Experience within an Engineering and/or an integration firm highly preferred.
• Experience leading teams highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Creating basic to highly complex instrumentation, controls and related systems designs by developing Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and giving direction to junior staff who utilize 3D and 4D drafting programs.
• Developing basic technical memoranda related to design issues for clients.
• Preparing preliminary design reports (PDRs) under limited supervision.
• Working with clients to define user requirements and preparing and documenting technical requirements to be used by programmers.
• Reviewing basic to highly complex component level shop drawings.
• Providing responses to requests for information (RFIs) under supervision.
• Performing witnessed factory testing (WFTs), field acceptance testing (FATs) and field inspections.
• Creating basic to highly complex designs that utilize human-machine interface (HMI) software, SCADA hardware, network equipment, programmable logic controllers (PLC), reporting software, historians and historical data collection.
• Preparing level of effort estimates (LOEs).
• Leading testing and startup team for basic to moderately complex instrumentation, controls and related systems independently with minimal supervision.
• Being responsible for testing and startup documentation completion and quality assurance filing.
• Independently developing basic to highly complex Operations & Maintenance manuals for designed instrumentation, controls and related systems.
• Independently developing systems training for end users and developing training plans for all levels of client's organization.
• Leading teams of more junior staff and providing direction and mentoring.
• Reviewing the work of junior staff as necessary and providing feedback on client relationships and career issues.
• Leading the development of proposals and client presentations and developing opportunities to expand contracts with existing clients.
• Performing other duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees