Our client is a 100% employee-owned industrial solutions provider serving municipal and industrial customers. Through its Automation and Distribution business units, it delivers industrial automation, process equipment, instrumentation and engineered solutions. The Automation team has supplied control systems to water, wastewater and industrial customers for over 40 years. The Opportunity You will design, develop and deploy automation and systems integration solutions for critical industrial and utility infrastructure. You will own complex programming and integration assignments involving PLCs, HMI/SCADA platforms, industrial networks, databases, telemetry and OT/IT connectivity. You will work with project teams and other programmers to make sure systems are reliable, secure, maintainable and aligned with customer requirements. What You'll Do Design, develop, configure and deploy HMI and SCADA systems using Ignition, AVEVA Wonderware and FactoryTalk View Develop, modify, optimize and troubleshoot complex PLC applications in Rockwell Studio 5000/Logix Designer and Siemens TIA Portal Design and implement secure integrations between OT networks, MQTT brokers, enterprise IT systems and SQL databases Configure and troubleshoot industrial protocols including Modbus, OPC-UA and Profinet over serial and Ethernet Build data logging and automated reporting solutions using Ignition, XLReporter and related tools Diagnose and resolve complex software, networking, database and hardware communication issues Apply OT cybersecurity principles to protect critical infrastructure Lead programming activities during testing, startup and commissioning Maintain network diagrams, control narratives, tagging structures and software version histories Make technical programming and integration decisions within assigned projects Coordinate with technical leads, engineers, project managers and customers throughout the project lifecycle What We're Looking For Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Automation Engineering or a related technical field 5+ years of hands-on systems integration experience, ideally in water, wastewater, municipal utilities or heavy industrial process control Proven deployment of automation systems on platforms such as Ignition, Rockwell, AVEVA Wonderware and Siemens Advanced PLC and
HMI/SCADA
programming and troubleshooting skills Strong scripting or programming skills in Python/Jython, SQL, Structured Text or similar Solid understanding of industrial networking, managed switches, firewalls, communication protocols and fieldbus architectures Experience integrating OT and IT systems Experience with SQL databases such as Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL for historians, reporting or asset management Ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex automation and integration issues Strong communication skills and the ability to act as a technical resource across project teams Other Requirements Regional travel of approximately 25% up to 50% Participation in an on-call rotation, including weekend emergency support when scheduled