Water and environmental engineering with integrated operations delivery
Woodard & Curran operates as an integrated engineering and operations firm for water infrastructure, not a pure consulting shop — their tech stack (SCADA, PLC, HMI, Ignition, Rockwell Automation) and active hiring in operations roles reveal deep hands-on involvement in plant control systems and day-to-day treatment facility management. The pain-point list (SCADA maintenance, plant compliance, treatment efficiency) and project portfolio (PFAS treatment, wastewater upgrades, predictive maintenance programs) show they're solving real operational friction points, not just designing systems and walking away.
Notable leadership hires: Stormwater Technical Lead
Woodard & Curran is a 1,001–5,000-person engineering and operations company based in Portland, Maine, serving water utilities, municipalities, and industrial water clients. Beyond traditional consulting, they provide design-build services and contract operations for water and wastewater treatment systems. Their project work spans drinking water infrastructure, municipal wastewater treatment, stormwater management, industrial process water, and remediation. The company runs predictive maintenance programs, system upgrades, and compliance management for client treatment plants, supported by control-system expertise in SCADA, PLCs, and HMIs from vendors including Rockwell Automation, Siemens, ABB, and Yaskawa.
Primary: SCADA, Ignition, Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk, Allen-Bradley controllers (ControlLogix, CompactLogix), ABB, Siemens, and Yaskawa VFDs. Also Microsoft Office, Teams, Power BI. Currently adopting PLC and HMI technologies.
United States and New Zealand. A stormwater technical lead role is among notable open positions.
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