Energy Storage Applications & SCADA Lead

Consigli Construction • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Energy Storage Applications & SCADA Lead provides technical leadership for the controls, integration, and communications systems that enable utility-scale energy storage facilities to operate as a coordinated system. The role manages interfaces between battery storage systems, plant controls, SCADA, substations, communications networks, and utility requirements through design, construction, commissioning, and turnover.

The position supports project preconstruction, technical reviews, system design, integration, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and turnover. It also develops repeatable architectures, specifications, templates, testing procedures, and best practices, and coordinates cybersecurity, remote access, network reliability, and system recovery requirements. The role has supervisory duties and requires travel to project sites, OEM facilities, and testing locations as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 8 years of experience in BESS, power plant controls, SCADA, industrial controls, utility automation, or grid-connected energy systems.
• Experience integrating BMS, PCS, EMS, plant controllers, SCADA, RTACs, protection systems, metering, communications, and remote monitoring platforms.
• Working knowledge of SEL RTACs or similar platforms, PLCs, HMIs, historians, managed networks, firewalls, time synchronization systems, and utility communications protocols.
• Experience reviewing controls narratives, network drawings, I/O lists, alarm matrices, interface documents, test procedures, and vendor submittals.
• Hands-on FAT, SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and integrated-system testing experience.
• Knowledge of utility interconnection requirements, plant controls, telemetry, performance testing, and grid-support functions.
• Experience translating EPC requirements, OEM obligations, and utility standards into technical scopes, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate utilities, owners, OEMs, integrators, engineering teams, and commissioning providers.
• Ability to travel to project sites, OEM facilities, and testing locations as needed.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) knowledge.
• SCADA and plant control systems knowledge.
• Energy Management Systems (EMS), Battery Management Systems (BMS), and Power Conversion Systems (PCS) knowledge.
• Knowledge of utility communications and telemetry systems, network architecture, and industrial controls.
• Knowledge of DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA, and related protocols.
• Controls integration, system testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, cybersecurity, network reliability, technical documentation, and interface management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead system integration activities across BESS, BMS, PCS, EMS, plant controls, SCADA, substations, metering, communications, cybersecurity, and utility interfaces.
• Develop responsibility matrices, interface documents, points lists, network boundaries, and sequence-of-operations requirements.
• Review controls narratives, network architecture, panel layouts, I/O lists, alarm strategies, communications pathways, redundancy requirements, and system designs.
• Coordinate with OEMs, system integrators, utilities, engineers, commissioning teams, and project stakeholders.
• Support implementation and testing of communication protocols, including DNP3, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, ICCP, and related systems.
• Validate active and reactive power controls, charge and discharge functionality, voltage and frequency response, ramp rates, curtailment, and operating modes.
• Support preconstruction activities, including technical reviews, RFP development, bid evaluations, scope clarification, and contract requirements.
• Develop standard architectures, specifications, templates, testing procedures, and best practices for repeatable project delivery.
• Plan and support FATs, SATs, point-to-point testing, network validation, software testing, and integrated system testing.
• Support commissioning, energization, troubleshooting, performance testing, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate cybersecurity requirements, remote access, firewalls, backups, system recovery, and network reliability.
• Lead technical punch-list activities and verify final software, documentation, training materials, testing records, and turnover deliverables.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior