Control Systems Specialist/Engineer
Job Description
Position: Control Systems Specialist / Engineer
HDR offers an employee-owned environment where everyone is valued and respected, empowered to bring their authentic selves and new ideas to work. We pursue diversity, equity, and inclusion and aim to foster belonging across the company and communities.
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HDR believes building engineering is about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR’s Building Engineering Services (BES) Group, you’ll help design critical infrastructure for the digital age and spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. Our team integrates mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Your contributions will help define the future of the built environment.
HDR is currently seeking to hire a Control Systems Engineer to join our Building Engineering Services (BES) Group in Folsom or Walnut Creek, CA. This role supports a national Control Systems practice offering assessment, planning, design, automation programming/configuration, testing & commissioning, and maintenance for control systems across multiple industries.
The Control Systems Specialist / Engineer will work under the direction of a Senior Control Systems Specialist / Engineer as part of a team designing complex industrial and building control and SCADA systems. This position requires coordination with multidiscipline design teams and participation in developing control system construction documents for projects across market sectors including oil & gas; food & beverage; logistics; manufacturing; mining; general industrial; transportation; technology; media & telecom; healthcare; research; life sciences; and water/wastewater.
This role requires a self-motivated individual with attention to detail and initiative to deliver high-quality, technically sound control system designs.
In the role of Control Systems Engineer, we’ll count on you to:
- Perform complex assignments exercising judgment in evaluation, selection and modification of standard engineering techniques and procedures
- Coordinate workload through design development and construction document phases to complete documents on schedule
- Conduct systems integration of SCADA systems, including programming of PLCs/PCs and HMI customization for various control software programs
- Review electrical documents for conflicts with all disciplines
- Write and edit instrumentation and controls systems specifications, and select equipment and monitoring/control devices
- Develop biddable and technically accurate SCADA / I&C construction documents including P&IDs, network diagrams, control panel layouts and wiring diagrams, installation details, loop drawings, and technical specifications
- Coordinate with and assist affected disciplines with addenda, RFIs, CPRs and change orders, and incorporate agreed-upon changes into project documents
- Make decisions on significant design and engineering procedures as needed
- Function as a Technical Specialist or Project Manager on mid-size projects as needed (project management is not the sole focus)
- Supervise a small staff of professionals and technicians as needed
- Provide construction contract administration as needed
- Selection and specification of process instrumentation, control panels, and network equipment
- Produce and develop biddable and technically accurate control system construction documents including P&IDs, network diagrams, control panel layouts, wiring diagrams, installation details, loop drawings, and technical specifications
- Coordinate the work of control system team members with the full multi-discipline project team throughout design development and construction
- Develop PLC programs and HMI applications
- Participate in design review and planning meetings with the client
- Review supplier submittals, respond to RFIs, conduct field observations on construction sites and develop reports
- Establish and maintain client relationships; participate in marketing, design, and production meetings regarding instrumentation and control systems
- Utilize CADD software including AutoCAD, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Revit, Bluebeam, Microsoft Visio
- Manage workload to complete tasks on schedule