Licensed Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Freese and Nichols

Instrumentation and Controls Engineer serving as a senior technical authority for complex instrumentation, controls, SCADA, and OT work. Contributing to high-risk water and wastewater projects with firm-level technical leadership.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeOrlando • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide firm-level technical leadership for critical I&C, SCADA, OT, control-system architecture, modernization, commissioning, resilience, and risk decisions
Define technical direction for the I&C Team, including standards, design frameworks, reference architectures, specification strategy, review expectations, and governance methods
Guide critical design, integration, commissioning, cutover, startup, and turnover approaches for high-risk water and wastewater projects
Advise project managers, discipline leaders, client-service leaders, and executive leadership on technical strategy, risk posture, staffing approach, fee assumptions, and recovery actions
Serve as a senior advisor to clients, owners, project partners, contractors, vendors, and firm leadership on complex technical issues, disputes, claims support, and failure investigations
Establish QA/QC expectations for I&C deliverables, technical reviews, standards application, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and lessons learned
Lead coordination across I&C, process, electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, operations, IT/OT, cybersecurity, vendor, contractor, and owner stakeholders on major projects
Represent the firm externally through industry leadership, committees, technical guidance, publications, presentations, and client forums

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline relevant to instrumentation and controls design from an ABET-accredited program
Active Professional Engineer license (P.E.)
15+ years of relevant experience in instrumentation and controls, SCADA, OT systems, automation, utilities, industrial facilities, infrastructure, or related technical design work
Recognized technical authority with significant impact on standards, quality, governance, risk controls, and complex I&C/SCADA decisions
Advanced knowledge of engineering drawings, specifications, P&IDs, instrument indexes, I/O lists, loop diagrams, control narratives, control architecture, instrumentation, electrical interfaces, SCADA/OT systems, commissioning, and construction documentation
Experience defining process control and SCADA strategy for modernization, migration planning, alarms and interlocks, redundancy, telemetry, HMI requirements, cybersecurity coordination, resilience, and operational readiness
Experience establishing QA/QC expectations, technical review practices, standards application, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and quality improvement
Executive-level communication skills with clients, leadership, project teams, contractors, vendors, and interdisciplinary stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits package
Paid overtime for salaried employees
Annual bonus
Access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina
Flexible work environment including a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work
Alternative work schedule program providing a day off every other Friday

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Hard Skills & Tools

instrumentation and controlsSCADAOT systemsautomationengineering drawingsP&IDscontrol architecturecommissioningroot-cause analysisquality improvement

Soft Skills

technical leadershipexecutive-level communicationadvisory skillsstakeholder coordinationrisk managementgovernancedispute resolutionclient serviceteam leadershipstrategic planning

Certifications

Professional Engineer license (P.E.)