SCADA Controls Automation Engineer

Company Overview

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities and happy people. As an employee‑owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues.

We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities and the planet.

Woodard & Curran is seeking a dynamic, client‑focused SCADA Automation & Controls Engineer to join our team, supporting projects across the New England Region, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. In this role, you will collaborate with municipal and some industrial clients to develop, implement and manage a variety of water, wastewater and remediation projects, with a focus on automation and control systems.

• Participate in site investigations to gather information about the client’s systems, equipment and instruments to develop project plans and cost estimates to proactively maintain and upgrade the system.
• Develop process logic for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) used in the monitoring and control of water and wastewater treatment systems.
• Design graphical screens that represent processes and instrumentation in the Human Machine Interface (HMI) software packages used by our clients.
• Design graphical screens for the Operator Interface Terminals (OITs) utilized in our SCADA systems.
• Create automated reports, via specialized reporting software, to collect process information monitored by the SCADA system for use by the client or submission to regulatory agencies.
• Participate in the installation, oversight of contractors and guidance in wiring terminations, checkout and modification of the field wiring associated with the equipment and instruments connected to the SCADA system.
• Configure and calibrate instrumentation, including level, pressure, flow, temperature, process analyzers and more, and join it to the SCADA system.
• Configure and commission industrial networking hardware, including Ethernet switches, wireless access points and licensed frequency radios.
• Participate in the testing and startup of the process equipment, instruments and SCADA system to ensure the SCADA system monitors and controls the equipment as intended.
• Train operations personnel on the use, maintenance and troubleshooting of the SCADA system hardware, software and installation.
• Participate in QA/QC activities for both the design deliverables produced by the design team and the code developed by the controls team.
• Understand that safety is paramount and adhere to safety protocol.

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or an associated field.
• PE License or CAP (Certified Automation Professional) is a bonus.
• 2–3 years of experience in control system integration.
• Experience with Allen‑Bradley PLC hardware and software (other PLC experience is a bonus).
• Experience with Allen‑Bradley Factory Talk, Aveva Wonderware, Ignition and GE Proficy iFix HMI software (other HMI package experience is a bonus).
• Experience configuring and developing graphics for OITs such as Allen‑Bradley Panel View and Automation Direct C‑More.
• Experience with automated reporting software such as SyTech’s XL Reporter and Hach Wims.
• Hands‑on experience configuring, interfacing with, and troubleshooting instrumentation found in the water and wastewater industry.
• Experience with using electrical schematics to commission or troubleshoot a control panel.
• Strong electrical and mechanical aptitude.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Computer networking experience (hardware and configuration) is a bonus.
• Experience in higher programming languages (VB, C++, Java, Python) is a bonus.
• Water/wastewater industry experience is a bonus.

Offering flexible remote/hybrid/onsite schedule. Hybrid work schedule consists…