Description

Wood is recruiting for a Solutions Architect within the Systems Integration Team.

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The Role

Reporting to the Business Manager of Digital Integration, the Solutions Architect will be accountable for Digital Integration business growth and delivery across Energy and Materials industries within North America. The Solutions Architect will provide principal consulting on OT hardware and software integration for ‘Edge to Cloud’ solutions to customers, project personnel and project teams while helping to build Wood’s Digital Integration service portfolio and business volume.

Applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship from Wood, now or in the future.

Advise clients and promote, develop, and implement integrated digital solutions for industrial control systems in the Energy and Materials industries across North America
Consult clients on their Digitalization roadmap development and implementation
Support the growth, development, and delivery performance across projects in Digital Integration solutions and other cross cutting drivers across multiple industry verticals
Maximize the long-term customer relationship and commercial return by positioning Wood for contract extensions and renewals
Consult on solutions to strategic, contractual, technical, commercial, operational and personnel related challenges which impact on customer service and performance
Keep yourself and the team apprised to technical practice, standards, and technology trends in the industrial information industry
Support Business Development with presentations, estimates, proposal responses
Build practice knowledge base and resources within the organization
Represent Wood in the professional community by attending industry forums, publishing white papers and participating in professional organization committees as a subject matter expert maintaining contact with key customers and potential customers
Accountable for maintaining relationships with strategic/key clients (together with Growth & Development) and execution partners and supporting the development of new relationships in line with Wood’s strategy
Implement Digital Integration solutions including:
- Facilitating client meetings
- Engaging with client stakeholders including Operations and IT
- Managing technical interfaces with 3rd parties e.g., control system vendors
- Preparing execution plans including consideration of operational constraints and technical assurance
- Specifying, selecting, configuring and testing material and equipment
- Supporting project teams in solution delivery
- Commissioning equipment at client facility
- Managing technical and commercial change
- Delivering to budget and schedule targets

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world

Wood’s consulting business is comprised of 4,000 of the world’s foremost deep domain and technical experts, engineering specialists and industrial scientists, focused on advising and implementing solutions that drive real value for our clients at any stage of the asset life cycle.

What we can offer

Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across Energy and Materials industries
Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual need. Hybrid in Houston, TX
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities:

Typical KPIs; applicable to end-market / customer contract(s) are key indicators to success, including:
- Revenue growth
- Project / Program Delivery Excellence
- Pipeline growth (indirect; influence/collaborate with G&D)
- Regular key client engagement
- Customer satisfaction
Support development and delivery of a robust business growth plan, whilst driving and supporting corporate initiatives, ensuring company values are at the core of all activities
Partially billable as a consultant, project lead or technical advisor. Billability percentage is a function of growth/execution priorities
Develop and implement a focused strategy at practice level, support scope of work development, estimation, bid and tender activity as required and assume responsibility for positioning and new growth opportunities
Accountable for maintaining positive customer relationship, fostering, and enhancing relationship management with open, honest, and effective communications
Act as a “seller-doer”, develop opportunities, presentations, proposals, present, build and maintain relationships with customers through work execution
Work with leadership and peers to improve delivery performance and maximize delivery opportunities throughout wider business where required
Understand customer needs beyond the immediate scope and introducing other Wood services to the Customer to grow the overall scope for Wood and add value to the Customer/Asset
Ownership of HSSEA matters across customer contract(s): ensure HSSEA values are always delivered and adhered to, continuously influencing and personally role modelling safety behavioral values
Be a champion and role model for ethical behavior and compliance with applicable laws and policies
Maintain personal competency, expertise in Industrial Information System standards, practices, and technology; inform the organization, provide training on identified trends
Support recruitment, selection, and development of talent, ensuring effective performance and capability management, acting as a coach/mentor, and encouraging and supporting open and effective communication to optimize delivery of objectives, maximize team performance and achieve continuous performance improvement
Role will have about 5% travel which could expand to 25% travel depending on location/opportunities
Currently located in domestic US with the ability to obtain required security clearances

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Qualifications:

University Degree (bachelors or masters) in relevant discipline or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience.

Knowledge, skills, and experience:

Understand client needs and value drivers to develop customized solutions, strategies and scopes of work
Work self-directed making own decisions and organizing own work with minimal guidance and supervision
Proven track record successfully delivering industrial information projects
Demonstrated experience in development and application of reference architectures and frameworks (such as TOGAF, SABSA, Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture, Industry 4.0, Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture, NAMUR architecture) in an industrial automation environment
Hands-on experience developing data models an implementing data connectors / extractor from multiple sources (historians, ERP, 3rd party systems) for ETL of operational data
Cloud based solutions architect certifications such as Azure, Cognite, AWS would be preferred
Working knowledge of information security practices and principles is required
10+ years of experience in Industrial Control Systems, preferably in the Oil & Gas, Refining & Chemicals, Mining & Mineral Processing, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences industry verticals
Executed industrial projects as a Project Lead or Systems & Networks SME in Consulting or Project delivery scopes
Knowledge of industrial network protocols such as OPC, Modbus, Profibus, PROFINET, HART, Modbus TCP, Ethernet/IP, and IIoT protocols such as Industrial MQTT/Sparkplug B
Experience with a diversity of plant and enterprise historians such as AspenTech IP.21, AVEVA PI, PHD
Exposure to different control system vendors, industrial networking equipment and industrial wireless
Hands-on experience specifying, selecting, and implementing industrial firewalls, backup and recovery solutions as well as deploying antivirus, network monitoring, patch updates and VM / HCI
Recognized SME in the eyes of the client – able to command respect for data integration knowledge and experience in a constructive and collaborative manner
CUSTOMER-FOCUSED - builds profitable solutions based on customer insights
ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY - Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
ENTERPRISE EXECUTION – Builds and coordinates organizational capabilities to provide rapid, versatile, and targeted service to an array of customers
STRATEGIC - Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies

Personal Attributes

Collaborative – establishes rapport with internal and external stakeholders within matrixed, diverse and international organizations
Adaptable – adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
Action oriented – takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
Outgoing – finds it easy and enjoyable to connect with people and speak publicly

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