As a Regional Automation & SCADA Specialist, you’ll need excellent problem-solving skills and customer service skills, and experience designing, implementing, and maintaining Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems as well as their underlying PLC systems and control panels. You'll maintain a diverse deployment of SCADA systems from Inductive Automation, Rockwell Automation, Aveva (Wonderware), and Allen Bradley PLC systems from Rockwell Automation. You'll also be responsible for developing and implementing upgrades across projects of differing sizes and budgets. In this role, you'll be service-oriented and proactive in anticipating and resolving problems while maximizing the efficient use of resources, as well as be eager to learn more and develop skills in primary and secondary areas, such as networking and Industrial Cyber Security.
Typical Duties:
- Traveling to facilities throughout the region (Approximately 1 week every other month)
- Configuring, commissioning, and maintaining Control Panels, PLCs, and SCADA Systems
- Supporting the installation of Control Panels, PLCs, & SCADA Servers, and Workstations
- Troubleshooting process control issues
- Troubleshooting SCADA communications issues
Remote Work, Home/Local Facility
- Remotely monitor assets across facilities and identify maintenance needs or service degradation
- Remotely Assist with troubleshooting process control issues
- Remotely Apply minor updates and fixes to existing SCADA & PLC systems
- Work with facility managers to identify technology needs
- Document existing infrastructure
- Develop plans to improve facility control systems in alignment with facility needs
- Collaborate with other disciplines on equipment installation, startup & commissioning
- Configure equipment to conform to process control and resiliency standards
- Manage SCADA user accounts and access controls
- 8+ years’ experience in Control System Design, PLC Programing, & SCADA Development
- A solid technical foundation focusing on electrical and/or control system design
- Certifications/Training: Relevant SCADA & PLC OEM certifications
- Background in networking or information systems management.
- Must have a valid driver’s license with no major infractions
Ideally, You’ll Also Have:
- Other corollary skills: Automotive repair, Mechanical skills, process, manufacturing knowledge, etc.
Physical Requirements:
- Sitting at desk. Phone use and PC or laptop. It may require lifting and carrying boxes of supplies or files up to 25 lbs. Extended periods of sitting while on PC/laptop or phone.
- Extended periods of walking throughout industrial facilities both inside and outside.
- May require climbing, working at heights, and in small, confined spaces such as under raised floors, inside closets, and server racks. Must be able to sit, stoop, kneel, or crouch for long periods. Work in loud areas with hotter and colder temperatures than standard office environmental conditions. Lift and transport equipment up to 50 pounds.
Tools & Equipment:
- General office equipment, which includes telephone, copier, PC/laptop, and other miscellaneous office equipment.
- Servers, switches, routers, and other computer equipment that supports the commercial and industrial network environment.
- Industrial Control Equipment: VFDs, PLCs, HMIs, Embedded devices, Radios, etc.
- Operating hand tools, power tools, ladders, and test equipment.
Travel:
- Estimated (12.5%) travel throughout the ‘North’ (CT, DE, IL, MI, NJ, NY, PA, RI) region will be required
- Candidate must maintain a valid driver's license with no major infractions
- Candidate must maintain a valid ‘REAL ID’ driver’s license or other TSA-approved identification
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:
The physical and environmental demands required to perform the essential duties of this position include standing, walking, sitting, coordination, balance and agility demands, which may include the ability to stoop, kneel, squat, grasp, reach, perform repetitive hand movements. Additional demands may involve a specific level of dexterity, grip strength, climbing and cardiorespiratory demands. The work areas may be indoor, outdoor, have loud noise, active machinery, high pressure fluid systems, electrical equipment, confined spaces, heights and depths, fumes, air borne particles, noxious gases, and chemicals. The use of appropriate safety equipment will be mandatory in these areas to prevent hazardous contact.
