Lead Controls Engineer – Major Projects Group

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $121.7k - $176.4k / year

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Blattner

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1908

🏗️ Construction

⚡ Energy

Construction • Energy • Renewable Energy

Blattner is a leading utility-scale engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company focusing on renewable energy and energy storage. With significant experience in building wind, solar, and storage projects, Blattner is committed to driving the transformation towards a cleaner and more sustainable world. The company has constructed 25% of the U. S. utility-scale wind, solar, and energy storage capacity, solidifying its role in powering America to a clean energy future. Blattner prioritizes safety and quality, ensuring their projects are executed without compromise. They also offer comprehensive career opportunities, promoting a culture of collaboration and success.

📋 Description

• Drive design quality, consistency, and innovation across concurrent wind, solar, BESS, and gas projects • Serve as the overall SCADA and Controls systems architect for large-scale multi-technology projects • Provide technical support throughout the controls engineering lifecycle from pre-award development through design delivery, simulation, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and closeout • Own the control and data contract between the facility energy controller and third-party power plant controllers • Define facility energy controller sequences of operation and degradation behavior • Specify point maps, interlocks, and constraint classes; prototype integrations and test point maps against live devices • Translate electrical and software constraints into implementable requirements • Prove controls interfaces in simulation before energization and carry work into automated commissioning • Serve as lead controls engineering contact for Owners and EOR teams on submittals, reviews, procurement deliverables, page turns, and AHJ outreach • Ensure designs comply with local, state, and national codes, Owner contracts, and company standards • Support Basis of Design development and RFI management • Perform drawing, control narrative, point list, network architecture, constructability, and commissionability reviews • Validate controls equipment, I/O, network material takeoffs, design schedules, resource plans, and cross-discipline coordination • Review contracts and subcontracts and provide technical recommendations • Coordinate equipment and material selection with ISC, Estimating, and Construction teams • Champion change management, lead lessons learned, and incorporate findings into future work • Mentor, train, and onboard engineers; support hiring and promotion decisions • Establish and enforce standard control philosophies, point maps, and design details • Lead department initiatives to improve processes and standards • Communicate with Owners, EOR teams, vendors, software and project engineering staff, and internal stakeholders • Assist with special projects and other duties as directed

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited college required, or relevant equivalent industry experience • Professional Engineering (PE) license or master’s degree in engineering is preferred • Eight or more years of progressive engineering and/or engineering supervisory experience in a related energy or construction industry • Demonstrated experience leading and developing engineers and driving technical standards • Microgrid, behind-the-meter, and utility-scale generation controls experience across wind, solar, BESS, or gas is strongly preferred • Deep knowledge of utility-scale controls and integration equipment across wind, solar, BESS, and gas generation • Working knowledge of MQTT, OPC UA, and REST APIs • Ability to read one-line diagrams and panel schedules and determine how protection, breakers, and sources will behave under a fault • Experience designing data contracts between systems and writing control narratives where multiple controllers must agree • Fluency in controls and software integration • Effective oral, written, listening, and presentation skills • Ability to supervise, influence, and persuade people and groups toward common objectives • Knowledge of engineering science and technology applied to generation facility design • Excellent organizational, scheduling, and prioritization skills; ability to manage multiple concurrent projects • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) and Procore • Working knowledge, experience, or interest in AI (Artificial Intelligence) • Accounting skills, including math, record-keeping, and cost tracking to manage budgets • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information • Must have a valid driver’s license and an acceptable motor vehicle driving record (MVR) • Up to 25% travel required • Candidates must hold valid, independent U.S. work authorization; Blattner cannot sponsor H-1B visas or permanent residency

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive pay • 100% employer paid HDHP insurance premiums for employees • 401(k) with company match • HSA and FSA options • Dental and Vision insurance • Education Assistance (Tuition Reimbursement) • Work/Life balance • Employee/Family focused culture • Gym on site

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