Carollo Engineers is a leading engineering firm dedicated exclusively to water. For over 90 years, we've specialized in the planning, design, and construction of water, wastewater, stormwater, and reuse facilities, bringing innovative and sustainable solutions to the water sector's most complex challenges.

We work with water agencies, municipalities, utilities, research organizations, and private companies across various industries, including technology, manufacturing, and beyond. These clients choose Carollo because we employ some of the most knowledgeable and experienced professionals in the world. When you join our team, you'll work alongside industry leaders who are advancing the science of water, protecting public health, and building resilient communities.

Carollo's vision is to be the best water consulting firm and the best place for you to build your career. If you're passionate about making a difference in this critical field, we invite you to explore a career with Carollo.

• Establishing, leading, and growing Carollo’s in-house PLC, SCADA, and controls programming capabilities across Canada
• Strengthen Carollo’s internal programming depth, reduce reliance on third-party integrators, and deliver consistent, high-quality automation solutions for municipal water and wastewater clients

• Serve as the technical authority for PLC, HMI, and SCADA programming on Canadian projects

• Lead development, review, and QA/QC of control logic, HMI standards, SCADA architectures, alarm philosophies, and system integration

• Provide hands-on programming support in the near term to support active and anticipated contracts

• Establish programming standards, workflows, templates, and best practices aligned with Carollo’s programming group

• Lead or support commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, and operator training activities

• Act as Programming Lead or Project Manager for programming-centric scopes

• Maintain accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk for programming deliverables

• Coordinate closely with Carollo design teams, contractors, and clients to integrate programming activities into overall project delivery

• Emphasize reliable, on-time delivery as a core expectation of the Canadian programming practice

• Establish and grow a Canadian programming team, starting with direct leadership and mentoring

• Identify staffing needs and support recruitment and onboarding of programmers as workload increases

• Provide technical mentorship and professional development to junior and mid-level programming staff

• Define a phased growth plan for programming resources aligned with forecasted workload

• Provide technical review and coordination support for electrical and I&C designs to ensure alignment with programming and operational requirements

• Serve as the primary programming interface with Electrical and I&C teams until dedicated Canadian discipline leads are established

• Support integration of field instrumentation, control panels, and communications systems with programmed solutions

• Support proposal development, scope definition, and fee estimates for programming and controls scopes
• Participate in client meetings and interviews as the Canadian programming lead
• Help identify opportunities to transition outsourced programming work into Carollo’s internal services
• Build trusted advisor relationships with Canadian clients, with a focus on automation and operational performance

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

• 15+ years of work related experience 

• PMP certification preferred

• Extensive experience in PLC, HMI, and SCADA programming for municipal water and wastewater systems

• Strong understanding of control system architecture, networking, and system integration

• Demonstrated experience leading programming teams and delivering complex automation projects

• Experience working in remote, northern, or resource-constrained environments preferred

• Ability to balance hands-on technical work with leadership and team development

$160,000 to $185,000 annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Carollo is committed to providing employees with a competitive, comprehensive benefits program that provides support for employees and their families to lead healthy, productive lives. Carollo’s benefits package includes paid time off and holidays, extended health care coverage, disability insurance and life insurance options for you and your dependents as well as a travel assistance program. Other compensation that may be available includes: RRSP company contribution matching, tuition reimbursement, discretionary bonuses, career advancement bonuses, professional registration bonuses, employee referral bonuses, and compensatory time for exempt employees. Flexible work arrangements may also be available.