Senior Engineer, SCADA Projects

Senior Engineer, SCADA Projects

Senior Engineer, SCADA Projects

Apply remote type On Site locations: Louisville, Arlington, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, San Diego. Time type: Full time. Posted on: Posted 7 Days Ago. Time left to apply: End Date: February 28, 2025 (13 days left to apply). Job requisition ID: R1059556.

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We are currently looking for a dynamic and passionate Senior SCADA Project Engineer to provide strategic planning, commercial negotiation, oversee and execute the SCADA process on Utility Scale Solar, Wind, BESS and Hybrid Power Plants. This is a technical position with an emphasis on pre-construction, oversight, and project execution. Seeing the ?big picture? and understanding the full project lifecycle from Development through hand-off to Operations and Maintenance is critical for this role.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities: ? Technically oversee and manage the SCADA Implementation on multiple simultaneous utility scale renewable projects split between various technologies and architectures (Solar, Wind, BESS, Hybrid, etc.) ? Understand and stay on top of project specifics including Interconnection, Substation and PV/BESS/Wind Array architectures to manage the SCADA process around the project. ? Directly manage the SCADA Process and SCADA Vendor/integrator to meet project requirements and timelines. ? Review preliminary designs (5%-30% design level) and provide contract documentation, and Exhibits to support the EPC Agreement effort prior to construction. ? Support negotiations and convey SCADA approach to potential EPC?s and Approved SCADA Vendors. ? Provide early coordination with EPC and SCADA Vendors to deliver the Basis of Design and set up project for success during the transition from 30% to 60% engineering phases. ? Review internal exhibits, create Scopes of Work (SOW) for SCADA bids and pass directly to vendors as needed, to support Direct to Owner SCADA deployments. ? Review external designs and provide red-flag memos to support Merger & Acquisitions efforts. ? Provide input and verbiage to Interconnection Team to support RFP?s to utilities and LGIA assignments. ? Review and approve proposals. ? Work with Telecoms, Information and Operational Technology to ensure proper equipment selection, project networking and reliable and secure connectivity. ? Work with HV/Substation engineering and management teams to ensure proper substation SCADA and Meter Integration. ? Work with PV and BESS Engineering and management teams to ensure appropriate SCADA integration. ? Review and approve 30%, 60%, 90%, IFC, As-Built SCADA Design packages. ? Create and review point lists with SCADA Vendors and utilities/ISOs/PPAs, equipment manufacturers and other subsystem integrators. ? Develop and review PPC (Power Plant Controller) control logic narratives and schemes. ? Develop and review HMI narratives to show organization of pages, devices, points, controls, alarms and more. ? Review Factory Acceptance Testing documentation and plans, attend FAT tests and approve equipment assembled, configured and programmed for deployment. ? Oversee and support system install and integration, site commissioning, troubleshooting and Control Testing. ? Lead, oversee and support telemetry and control (Point to Point) testing with various interconnection utilities, ISOs/RTOs, PPA off takers and other 3rd Parties. ? Lead, oversee and support site performance testing (Capacity, Availability and more). ? Support in NERC testing requirements.

Skills and Experience
? Hands on SCADA design and testing experience with a minimum of 5 years.
? Experience with current concepts of EPC Contracting.
? Bachelor?s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
? Familiarity with at least one SCADA Platform.
? Familiarity with grid interconnection SCADA telemetry and control requirements.
? Experience in integration of relevant SCADA communication protocols.
? Understanding of NERC compliance from the SCADA perspective.
? Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions.
? Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize projects and tasks.

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