Senior SCADA Automation & Controls Engineer

American Water; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 86,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

American Water is seeking a Sr Automation & Controls Engineer (SCADA) to lead automation, control systems, and SCADA infrastructure initiatives across multiple facilities. The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining robust process control solutions while aligning with safety and regulatory standards.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of SCADA/DCS experience, hands-on PLC/HMI programming, and strong collaboration with design engineers, operations, and vendors to deliver projects

Qualifications

• Five or more years in maintenance, troubleshooting and installation of SCADA/DCS systems.
• Experience with data communications, wired/wireless networks and telemetry.
• Four-year degree or equivalent education or certs.

Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain and support the SCADA infrastructure.
• Develop and deploy programming and configuration for process control systems.
• Coordinate with design engineers, operations and vendors for project execution.
• Provide second level support and on-call when required.

Skills

P&ID knowledge

ISA specs

Loop diagrams

PLC/DCS/HMI programming

Electrical & instrumentation knowledge

Networking & historians

Project management basics

MS Office proficiency

Water/wastewater systems

Team collaboration

Education

Four-year degree or equivalent

Tools

PLC/RTU programming tools

HMI software (Ignition, Iconics, GE/Intellution, Wonderware)

OPC & protocols

Industrial PCs & data collection

Data networking & telemetry

Job description

American Water is seeking a Sr Automation & Controls Engineer (SCADA) to lead automation, control systems, and SCADA infrastructure initiatives across multiple facilities. The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining robust process control solutions while aligning with safety and regulatory standards.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of SCADA/DCS experience, hands-on PLC/HMI programming, and strong collaboration with design engineers, operations, and vendors to deliver projects