Senior Low-Voltage & Automation Project Manager

World Wide Professional Solutions

Louisiana (MO)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

WORLD WIDE PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS is seeking a highly skilled Low Voltage Project Manager to lead automation, low-voltage, and instrumentation/control work on a large semiconductor/advanced manufacturing project in West Lafayette, Indiana.

The role focuses on representing the owner's interests from design through turnover, coordinating with design teams, contractors, and system integrators, and ensuring the delivery of compliant, safe, and high-performance automation solutions.

Qualifications

Minimum 10–12 years of project management, automation, low-voltage, controls, instrumentation, commissioning, or facilities engineering experience.
Experience on semiconductor, pharmaceutical, battery, data center, cleanroom, industrial manufacturing, or mission-critical projects strongly preferred.
Strong understanding of building automation systems, industrial controls, PLC/SCADA platforms, instrumentation, low-voltage systems, controls networks, and system integration.
Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, controls drawings, P&IDs, network diagrams, control panel drawings, I/O lists, cable schedules, sequence of operations, and specifications.
Experience coordinating multidisciplinary construction scopes across engineering, construction, commissioning, IT/OT, vendors, and operations teams.
Knowledge of installation, testing, and commissioning practices for instrumentation, controls, low-voltage cabling, network systems, and automation platforms.
Familiarity with NEC, NFPA 70E, ISA, IEEE, TIA/EIA, BICSI, UL 508A, IEC, NIST/IT cybersecurity guidance, and owner requirements.

Responsibilities

Manage owner-side project execution for automation, low-voltage, and I&C scopes from design coordination through construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover.
Represent the owner in meetings with design teams, general contractors, trade contractors, system integrators, vendors, commissioning agents, and operations stakeholders.
Review design documents, specifications, control narratives, sequence of operations, network architecture drawings, panel drawings, I/O lists, instrument indexes, cable schedules, submittals, RFIs, change requests, and turnover documentation.
Coordinate automation and controls scope across mechanical, electrical, process piping, process gas, life safety, security, IT/OT, and tool-install teams.
Monitor contractor progress against project schedule, milestones, constraints, procurement status, installation readiness, commissioning windows, and turnover requirements.
Manage low-voltage and controls field execution, including cable tray, conduit, cabling, panels, instrumentation, control devices, network hardware, terminations, labeling, testing, and integration.
Track project risks, issues, action items, design gaps, field conflicts, RFIs, change orders, nonconformances, punch list items, and commissioning deficiencies through closure.
Support development and review of project schedules, look-ahead plans, manpower plans, system turnover plans, startup plans, and commissioning readiness plans.
Coordinate with QA/QC teams to verify installation quality, testing documentation, calibration records, loop checks, point-to-point checks, network testing, and functional performance testing.
Support controls software and system integration activities, including PLC logic, SCADA graphics, BAS programming, alarm management, historian integration, and vendor package interfaces.
Facilitate interface coordination between facility automation systems and process tools, including hookups, utilities, monitoring points, permissives, alarms, and data exchange requirements.
Monitor and support cybersecurity, access control, network segmentation, backup, disaster recovery, and owner IT/OT compliance requirements.
Review contractor and vendor deliverables for completeness, constructability, maintainability, operability, and compliance with owner standards.
Support factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, integrated systems testing, commissioning, operational readiness, and handover to facilities operations.
Verify turnover packages include approved drawings, redlines/as-builts, test reports, calibration certificates, loop folders, network documentation, software backups, licenses, O&M manuals, training records, and warranty information.
Prepare regular owner-facing status reports covering safety, quality, schedule, cost, risks, constraints, and critical decisions.
Escalate unresolved technical, commercial, schedule, or quality issues to owner leadership with recommended actions.