Project I&C Engineer

Arcadis; Toledo (OH); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking an Instrumentation & Controls System Design Engineer to join their Resilience Water team in Ohio or Detroit. This role focuses on SCADA and I&C system design and implementation for environmental and industrial clients. Candidates need a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 5+ years of related experience. The position offers a salary range of $88,000 – $150,000, alongside numerous benefits including health coverage, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of I&C, Automation, and SCADA system design experience.
• Valid EIT/Professional Engineer license.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and design services for I&C and SCADA projects.
• Lead projects including budgeting and planning.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers.

Skills

SCADA system design

PLC programming

Instrumentation and Controls

AutoCAD

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Environmental Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Role description

Arcadis is seeking an Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) System Design Engineer to join our Resilience Water team in any of our Ohio locations or Detroit. This is an exciting opportunity for an I&C Systems Design Engineer, preferably with consulting engineering experience, to join our team and lead projects with a variety of I&C, automation system design, and SCADA integration. The selected candidate will be responsible for I&C and SCADA design and implementation services for diverse clients and projects for environmental remediation, industrial & municipal water and wastewater treatment, conveyance systems, and facilities.

Role accountabilities

This role provides engineering and design services to produce design & construction documents for projects. They will coordinate with process, mechanical, and electrical engineers assigned to the project and prepare technical memorandums and develop design criteria, SCADA system architecture, process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), SCADA network diagrams, process control functional narratives, control schematics, panel layout diagrams, and interconnection diagrams.

Additional duties include

• Support projects and clients in the planning, design and construction of water/wastewater facilities and other similar industrial facilities, serving as Arcadis’ main point of contact with our clients for their I&C needs.
• Project manager leading all facets of project, to include; budgeting, planning, cost estimating, design and execution of SCADA and instrumentation & control systems.
• Support electrical engineering and develop electrical design to support the I&C systems design. Conduct factory testing, site acceptance testing, field checkout, and startup of I&C and SCADA systems. Utilize technical experience and expertise in the execution of I&C and SCADA projects from inception to successful startup and turnover.
• Program process control logic in PLCs and configure graphical HMI for SCADA system on a variety of platforms. Configure historical data collection, archiving and generating reports on a variety of platforms. Produce effective and accurate written specifications for implementing I&C and SCADA projects.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Environmental Engineering or a closely related field of study
• 5+ years of I&C, Automation, and SCADA system design and implementation experience in water/wastewater market.
• EIT/Professional Engineer license.

Key skills and attributes

• Basic knowledge of Autocad and Revit. Ability to self‑direct and work on multiple assignments at once while meeting project deliverable dates and completing other task-driven assignments.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, as well as excellent teamwork skills. Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, MS Project, and Outlook).
• Advanced knowledge in applying instrumentation and controls to process and electromechanical equipment and developing SCADA networks. Knowledge of designing and developing fiber‑optic cable networks for SCADA systems. Advanced knowledge of radio and cellular telemetry networks. Basic knowledge of IT and industrial networks.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record. Willingness to travel (25%).

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in developing bid and construction documents
• PLC/HMI programming, configuration & startup experience

Company overview

Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

Benefits

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $88,000 – $150,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Statement

Arcadis is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non‑discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.