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Woodard & Curran is an employee-owned engineering, science, and operations firm dedicated to clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. We foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that supports professional growth, flexibility, and meaningful work, empowering our employees to make a lasting impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.

We are seeking a service-oriented SCADA Services Engineer with strong problem-solving abilities, excellent customer-facing skills, and proven hands-on experience supporting, maintaining, troubleshooting, and upgrading Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and their underlying PLCs and control panels. In this role you will be the go-to technical expert for a diverse installed base of SCADA systems including Inductive Automation (Ignition), Rockwell Automation (FactoryTalk), Wonderware, iFix, VTSCADA and Allen-Bradley PLC platforms. Day-to-day responsibilities include remote and on-site troubleshooting, break/fix support, system optimization, patch management, and implementing upgrades and enhancements on existing systems across projects of varying size and complexity. This is a customer-facing, service-focused position that requires a proactive mindset: anticipating issues before they escalate, resolving problems efficiently, and maximizing system uptime and performance while making the best use of available resources. You will regularly interact with end-users, plant operators, and internal teams to diagnose issues, explain technical concepts clearly, and deliver sustainable solutions.

 

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this job opening.

 

 

Who are we looking for:

 

The successful candidate will join a strong team of motivated professionals who provide ongoing support and lifecycle services for municipal and industrial water and wastewater clients. You will be the primary technical resource for service contracts, maintenance agreements, and post-implementation support of medium to large SCADA installations (both standalone and multidisciplinary systems). Strong communication skills are essential, as you will interface daily with operators, plant managers, IT/OT teams, and other stakeholders. Ideal candidates are eager to deepen their expertise in supported platforms and expand into related areas such as industrial networking and OT cybersecurity.

 

Offering Flexible Remote/Hybrid Work/Onsite Schedule: Hybrid work schedule (consisting of office, remote, and onsite, pending project needs)

 

 

This position is eligible for a $5,000.00 sign-on bonus.

 

 

Travel & Physical Requirements:

 

This position involves regular travel to client facilities (typically within driving distance) for on-site troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, system upgrades, emergency response, and scheduled service visits. Regional travel up to 50-70% (mostly day trips), with occasional overnight stays required depending on call-out needs and multi-day service work.

 

- Must be physically able to lift and carry 40 lbs repeatedly

- Comfortable working from heights (ladders, scissor lifts, platforms) and in confined spaces

- Able to safely work on live control panels while wearing proper arc flash PPE and following NFPA 70E protocols

- Candidate must maintain a valid driver's license with no major infractions

- Candidate must maintain a valid REAL ID driver's license or other TSA-approved identification

What you will be doing at Woodard & Curran:

What you will need to succeed:

$75,000 - $90,000 a year

This role has the option for remote work, and the anticipated pay range is flexible, depending on factors such as the employee's primary work location, skills, experience, and education. 

 

The anticipated pay range for this position is provided above; the final exempt salary or non-exempt hourly pay will depend on the candidate's experience level and a percentage-based geographic differential, considering the location where the candidate will be working. Geographic differentials recognize and reflect the cost of labor differences between geographic markets.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.