Senior Control Systems Engineer

Role Overview

Senior Control Systems Engineer to serve in a project leadership role within HDR’s national Control Systems practice. Responsible for leading the planning, design, and implementation of automated industrial control systems across multiple market sectors such as food & beverage, oil & gas, logistics, manufacturing, mining, general industrial, transportation, and water/wastewater.

• Travel to client facilities to assess the current state of installed control systems.
• Participate in and lead design review and planning meetings with the client.
• Lead the development of preliminary engineering reports and studies focused on recommending improvements to client control systems.
• Serve as Engineer of Record, producing biddable and technically accurate control system construction documents.
• Coordinate with project and section managers to update workplans, and track budget and schedule performance.
• Interface with Electrical, Process, and Cybersecurity specialists to coordinate design requirements for network, power, control, and instrumentation.
• Participate in joint scoping and proposal development with clients and marketing staff.
• Plan and specify applied technology solutions, including instrumentation, control, advanced automation, AI, networking, data management & analytics, augmented reality, and vision control.
• Lead the selection and specification of facility and process instrumentation, control panels, and network equipment.
• Develop construction documents such as P&IDs, process flow diagrams, network architecture diagrams, control panel layouts & wiring diagrams, installation details, loop drawings, and technical specifications.
• Provide quality control reviews of control system designs.
• Participate in system testing and commissioning activities.
• Contribute to the Control System Technical Leadership Team, driving corporate initiatives for quality and strategic growth.
• Actively participate in industry professional societies, developing standards, presentations, whitepapers, and content for industry publications.

• Exposure to multiple market sectors and core services of the global control systems program.
• Training and development to become a market‑sector and core‑service subject‑matter expert (SME).
• Mentor junior staff and assist in identifying development opportunities.
• Develop skills to serve as Design Manager on mid‑scale or large‑scale control systems projects.
• Develop skills to serve as Project Manager on control systems projects, leading multi‑discipline teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• Commitment to employee‑owned culture and active participation.
• Minimum of 10 years applicable experience.

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Control Systems related field.
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming and configuration.
• Distributed Control System (DCS) programming and configuration.
• SCADA HMI programming and configuration.
• Experience with data management and analytics.
• Experience with artificial intelligence.
• Experience with manufacturing execution systems (MES).
• Experience in food & beverage, general industrial, mining, manufacturing, or logistics.
• Hands‑on design of instrumentation and control systems, including schematics and loops.
• Network design experience for industrial control or SCADA systems.
• Knowledge of remote site telemetry communications.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity considerations for industrial control or SCADA systems.
• Knowledge of network, PLC or DCS hardware and software.
• Knowledge of SCADA/HMI software and capabilities.

Employee‑ownership culture; medical, dental, vision, short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance, employee assistance program, paid time off, parental leave, paid holidays, retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.

Primary:
Pennington, New Jersey. Secondary:
New York, New York.