Senior SCADA Engineer

Summary

Join Key Capture Energy as a Senior SCADA Engineer and contribute to the development, testing, commissioning, and management of SCADA solutions for grid-connected energy storage systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define SCADA requirements, review contracts, and generate documentation. This role involves hands-on engineering, commissioning, and troubleshooting, as well as managing SCADA servers and data pipelines. You will ensure vendor compliance, deliver project documentation, and support regular updates and issue resolution. The position requires 24/7 on-call availability and expertise in SCADA design and implementation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of SCADA design and implementation experience and minimum BS degree in associated field
• Experience in HMI/UX design (experience in renewables preferred)
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing requirements and priorities
• Excellent oral and written communication skill
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols DNP3.0, Modbus, OPC-UA, BACnet
• Programming language experience Structured Text (IEC 61131-3), Python, Jython, C, C++, SQL
• Familiar with IEC standards for Industrial Controller Development (IEC 61131-3), Associated Data Types, and other IEC defined programming languages (Structure Text, Continuous Function Charts, Ladder Logic, Functional Block Diagrams, and Instruction Lists)
• Experience in server staging, deployment and management
• Experience in database deployment and management (MySQL, MSSQL)
• Experience with hypervisor and or containerized server deployment
• Familiar with Agile work practices
• Proven experience delivering time-pressured projects on-time and on-quality
• Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work in a small team
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Prolonged periods of working at a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time
• Must be able to climb or balance
• Must be able to stop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Must have the ability to identify and distinguish colors

Responsibilities

• Work with other teams within the business to develop and determine the SCADA requirements needed to support overall business objectives
• Commercial – Contract review, document generation, input as subject matter expert
• Development – Contract review, document generation, input as subject matter expert
• Engineering – Hardware engineering, document creation and review
• Commissioning – On-site commissioning, documentation creation and review, 3rd party contractor management
• Performance Engineering - Document generation and review, respond to data requests, Real-time troubleshooting (Site control and telemetry)
• Operations - Document generation and review, respond to SCADA requests, Real-time troubleshooting (Site control and telemetry)
• Market Operations - Respond to data and/or SCADA requests, real-time troubleshooting (telemetry)
• Software Development - Respond to data and/or SCADA requests, real-time troubleshooting (telemetry)
• Design, configure, and manage SCADA architecture across KCEs existing and future BESS sites (Local and Centralized)
• Perform engineering due diligence of any SCADA/Controls design (i.e., design trade-off analysis, etc.)
• Develop, deploy, and manage SCADA servers, including physical and virtualized systems
• Develop and manage data pipelines to both local and remote databases
• Ensure vendors are following proper procedures, documentation standards, testing procedures etc. to meet KCE’s needs & compliance requirements
• Deliver project documentation including commissioning instructions, operator manuals and training material
• Work with field and system operators to collect voice of customer requirements to improve usability of SCADA
• Support regular updates for feature improvements and fixes (HMIs, etc.)
• Manage and support issue ticketing closure for controls related field issues
• Act as a subject matter expert for SCADA in New or Merger/Acquisition project contractual reviews
• 24/7 on-call availability
• All other duties as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Inductive Automation Ignition
• Experience with SEL RTACs and associated software
• Knowledge of NERC CIP cybersecurity standards and practices
• Basic understanding of AC Power