What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Engineer Automation position at American Water?
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Automation & Process Control Specialist to join our team. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career.
We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds.
About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement, maintain and support the automation & process control infrastructure (SCADA). Provide expert assistance and collaborate in creating engineering plans, designs, monitoring, build and commissioning of automation & process control systems.
- Develop and deploy standard and custom programming and configuration code for the automation & process control systems.
- Provide second level support for maintaining the automation & process control infrastructure, which may include off hours and/or on-site support when required.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of P&IDs, control elementary drawings, ISA instrument specifications, and loop diagrams.
- Working knowledge of industrial control system platforms including PLC / DCS / HMI programming / design / configuration.
- Demonstrated ability to configure programmable process controllers PLCs / RTUs, to include Allen-Bradley/Rockwell (preferred), Bristol Babcock, Modicon, Siemens, Emerson.
- Experience with data communications systems, protocols, wired and wireless network systems, and cellular and radio telemetry.
Travel Requirements
- Travel, including overnight, may be required.
Competencies
- Champions safety
- Collaborates
- Cultivates innovation
- Customer obsessed
- Drives Results
- Nimble learning
