Water SCADA & Automation Project Lead

Woodard and Curran in; Canton (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work schedule

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Woodard & Curran is seeking a dynamic SCADA Controls Automation Project Manager to join our Water Team, supporting projects across New England. You will manage automation projects from planning through closure, coordinating with municipal water and wastewater clients to improve operational performance and reliability.

You will lead project teams, communicate with clients, and forecast financial performance while balancing scope and schedule in a collaborative, client-focused environment.

Qualifications

• -Proven ability to manage multiple projects, budgets, schedules, and client relationships.
• -Strong communication and leadership skills to coordinate engineering teams, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
• -Experience in automation/controls design and implementation is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage automation and controls projects and contracts from planning through project closure.
• Lead project teams to deliver projects within scope, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, providing regular communication and project status updates.
• Act as a trusted advisor by identifying and planning future projects that support client operational goals.
• Lead preconstruction meetings, project kickoff meetings, startup activities, and client coordination efforts.
• Manage construction activities, subcontractors, vendors, and project partners.
• Develop, manage, and forecast project financial performance across a portfolio of projects.
• Perform project lifecycle QA/QC reviews to ensure quality deliverables.
• Collaborate with technical staff to prepare proposals, project scopes, and client solutions.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Budgeting

Stakeholder coordination

Construction management

Scheduling

Leadership

Client relations

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience

Job description

Woodard & Curran is seeking a dynamic SCADA Controls Automation Project Manager to join our Water Team, supporting projects across New England. You will manage automation projects from planning through closure, coordinating with municipal water and wastewater clients to improve operational performance and reliability.

You will lead project teams, communicate with clients, and forecast financial performance while balancing scope and schedule in a collaborative, client-focused environment.