Sr. SCADA Engineer

City of Seattle•Seattle, WA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) SCADA Section has an opportunity for a Sr. SCADA Engineer. The SCADA Section maintains the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system used to monitor and control SPU's water, drainage, and wastewater systems which serves the greater Seattle area. The SCADA Section interfaces with planners, engineering, operations, maintenance, information technology, and other functional groups impacted by SCADA. The section is responsible for long-term planning and system development, as well as 24 hour / 7 days per week continuous operations. The Sr. SCADA Engineer will ensure effective design, operations and maintenance of equipment comprising the SCADA system including hardware and communication systems.

Requirements

Five (5) years professional electrical engineering experience
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering OR other combinations of education and/or experience which provides preparation to do professional instrumentation and control engineering work
Registration as a Professional Engineer in Washington State
Current driver license or evidence of equivalent mobility

Nice To Haves

Experience with UL 508A national standard to the design of control panels.
Experience with ISA 5.4 national standards to design control loop drawings or Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's).
Experience with ISA/IEC 62443 national standard for the development of written control strategies.
Experience with ANSI/OSHA 29CFR1910.119 to identify, mitigate, plan, design, strategize and address industrial process hazards.
Experience with ANSI/ISA 84.00.01-2004 to address safety instrumentation life cycle.
Experience with IEC 61131 to support industrial controller programming strategies and development of life cycle.

Responsibilities

Instrumentation and control engineering support across all lines of business in SPU
Specifies process instrumentation and application
Process safety instrumentation compliance
Control panel project design cycle development and review
Test plan development in support of commissioning activities
Supports multiple projects flight and in various phases of planning.
Instrumentation and Control engineering best practice compliance
Capital project and Operations project design review, and development support
Control system Project management
Act as UO&M CxA and develop commissioning planning lead
Manages design standards and guidelines
Oversee and is responsible for designing quality