Senior Automation and Controls Engineer

Why CDM Smith?

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CDM Smith – where amazing career journeys unfold. Imagine a place committed to offering an unmatched employee experience. Where you work on projects that are meaningful to you. Where you play an active part in shaping your career journey. Where your co‑workers are invested in you and your success. Where you are encouraged and supported to do your very best and given the tools and resources to do so.

Where it’s a priority that the company takes good care of you and your family.

Our employees are the heart of our company. As an employer of choice, our goal is to provide a challenging, progressive and inclusive work environment which fosters personal leadership, career growth and development for every employee. We value passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world‑class solutions and bring diverse perspectives. Join our team, and together we will make a difference and change the world.

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!

• With high‑level goals provided, create 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. Develop basic technical memoranda related to design issues for clients. Prepare preliminary design reports (PDRs) under limited supervision. Work with clients to define user requirements and prepare and document technical requirements to be used by programmers.
• Review basic to highly complex component‑level shop drawings. Provide responses to requests for information (RFIs) under supervision. Perform witnessed factory testing (WFTs), field acceptance testing (FATs) and field inspections.
• With high‑level goals provided, create basic to highly complex designs that utilize human‑machine interface (HMI) software, SCADA hardware (servers, workstations), network equipment (firewalls, routers, switches), programmable logic controllers (PLC), reporting software, historians and historical data collection. Prepare level of effort estimates (LOEs).
• Design networks, utilizing control system architecture diagrams/drawings to convey network requirements for CAT6 and fiber‑optic Ethernet connections to HMI/SCADA equipment, PLCs, power monitors, VFDs, networked field instruments and more.
• Lead testing and startup team for basic to moderately complex instrumentation, controls and related systems independently with minimal supervision. Be responsible for testing and startup documentation completion and quality assurance filing.
• Independently develop basic to highly complex Operations & Maintenance manuals for designed instrumentation, controls and related systems.
• Independently develop system training for end users. Develop training plans for all levels of the client’s organization.
• Lead teams of more junior staff and provide direction and mentoring. Review the work of junior staff as necessary. Provide feedback on client relationships and career issues.
• Lead the development of proposals and client presentations. Develop opportunities to expand contracts with existing clients.
• Perform other duties as required.

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

Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

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