Senior Controls Specialist

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AECOM is seeking a Senior Controls Specialist to join our team. This position is based on-site, out of Mississauga.

We are seeking professionals to join our team to help us build one of the most advanced, sustainable and passenger-friendly airports in the world.

Major Responsibilities:

• Oversees control and specialty systems throughout the program, including programmable logic controllers (PLC), low-voltage (LV), and high-voltage (HV) systems.
• Leads controls work across all project phases, from procurement and design to construction, commissioning, and acceptance.
• Serves as the lead project representative for the controls review process during procurement.
• Evaluates Alternative Technical Concepts proposed by General Contractor teams during the proposal development phase.
• Aligns technical project execution with established control system goals for each project.
• Provides oversight of controls design and construction, ensuring compliance with technical requirements through design and submittal reviews.
• Manages controls integration across all program projects.
• Coordinates interfaces between the program and adjacent projects.
• Reviews and approves design deliverables at various stages to ensure scope compliance and adherence to best practices, providing a Professional Engineer's record for each review.
• Ensures consistency and quality across all control system designs delivered by different projects and stakeholders within the program.
• Monitors designer involvement during construction, including RFIs, shop drawings, material approvals, mock-ups, and punch lists.
• Ensures timely and budget-compliant completion of design reviews in coordination with all projects.

Minimum Requirements:

In order to be considered for this position, candidates must possess, at a very minimum:

• No less than a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering/Instrumentation Engineering plus 6 years of experience as a controls engineer associated in the design of large-scale airport or infrastructure projects.

Demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education may be considered.

Preferred Requirements:

• Registered Professional Engineer.
• 10 years of experience as a controls engineer in the design of large-scale airport or infrastructure projects.
• Proficiency in developing piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID).
• Expertise in control systems, including PLC- and DCS-based automation and programming.
• EIT/FE certification or eligibility to obtain certification.
• Knowledge of industry codes and standards, such as NEC, NESC, IEEE, PIP, and NFPA.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Additional information

This position requires work on-site/out of the office 5 days a week.

Sponsorship is not offered for this job

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