Associate Automation & Controls (SCADA) Engineer
Posted Date: Jun 30, 2025
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, US, 15210
Company: American Water Works Company Inc
Requisition ID: 108488
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About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water’s 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.
As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $40 to $42 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.
American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense® Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.
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Primary Role
Reporting to the Regional Manager - Operational Technology, this position is responsible for assisting with (through a team as appropriate) all activities related to the state Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) capital plan and delivery of several SCADA investment projects from inception to completion, the size and importance of which have a significant impact to Company objectives related to Production, Networks, and/or other water resource or operations systems.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead with managing budgets and schedules for all Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Projects and programs. Assist with managing capital budget and program / procurement.
- Delivery of assigned Capital Projects in accordance with policies and procedures set for in the Capital Investment Management (CIM) system to meet asset needs.
- Driving efficiency into project delivery through the monitoring of delivery metrics (unit costs, target costs vs. actual, etc.) and pursuit of more effective delivery and procurement approaches.
- Asset Owner satisfaction in accordance with the scope of work agreed upon for each project. Interacts with Operations personnel to ensure project delivery program meets operations needs and is coordinated with operations personnel on operational impacts related to project delivery program.
- Interaction with Technical Services function regarding standards and requirements.
- Ensures compliance with established regulatory criteria, specifications and standards.
Knowledge/Skills
- Knowledge of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Engineering, Project Management and construction management practices related to planning, design, construction and operations for water resource management facilities, engineering and utility economics and contract administration and construction technology.
- Strong knowledge of P&IDs, control elementary drawings, ISA instrument specifications, and loop diagrams.
- Working knowledge of industrial control system platforms including PLC / DCS / HMI programming / design / configuration.
- Knowledge of process computers and data collection methods. Understanding of PC Networking technology, telemetry methods and historical archiving databases.
- Strong knowledge of project management and application development methodologies and tools.
- Knowledge of business applications, Microsoft Office products and productivity tools (e.g. MS Word, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes).
- Demonstrative knowledge of engineering concepts and their application; water/wastewater equipment and systems operations preferred.
- Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation process control equipment and systems.
- Demonstrated ability to configure programmable process controllers PLCs / RTUs (Allen – Bradley, Modicon, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Emerson)
- Demonstrated ability to configure HMI with Iconics, Intellution, or Wonderware.
Experience/Education
- Two-year (2) degree or equivalent preferred. However, significant additional experience and/or certifications or other education and training may be substituted for formal education.
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0 - 2 years’ experience in Engineering design, planning, construction, project delivery and/or project management.
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Significant additional experience and/or certifications or other education and training may be substituted for formal education.
- Maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, repair and installation of Process Control Systems (SCADA and DCS), configuration and programming of PLCs / RTUs (Allen – Bradley, Modicon, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Emerson) and HMIs (Iconics, Intellution, Wonderware), control and instrument loops.
- Experience with data communications systems, protocols, wired and wireless network systems, and radio telemetry.
- Experience with OPC, Visual Basic, and SQL applications.
Work Environment
80% Office with occasional work in the field.
Travel Requirements
20% Travel to support business requirements as necessary.
Competencies
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