Substation Engineer - SCADA

Westwood Professional Services Inc•Charlotte, NC

13h

About The Position

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Substation Engineer - SCADA to join our team. The SCADA Engineer serves as an engineer on electric substation design projects for high-voltage utility systems and renewable energy interconnection projects. He/she will apply his/her engineering knowledge and experience to fulfill the principal duties and responsibilities listed below. He/she will also work with other internal and external project stakeholders to ensure project milestones and expectations of contracted services are met. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Requirements

Requires a degree in the STEM field
Minimum of 3 years related work experience in the SCADA and/or network and/or IT and/or OT fields
Experience with SCADA and/or network programming at the device level
Experience with IT and/or OT system development and/or operation
Ability to review IT and/or OT system designs and recommend improvements or efficiencies
Ability to travel and be onsite for commissioning support (1 to 2 weeks at a time, approximately 6 times a year)

Responsibilities

Perform SCADA, network and communication design and programming duties to include:
Develop
Network design
IT hardware specifications
IT deployment and integration strategies and processes
SCADA, network and Communications Specifications
Points Lists and Associated Mapping
HMI Configuration files
RTU and Substation computer programming files
Automation programming and associated logic files
Perform QA/QC
SCADA, network and communications schematics
Technical Support
Procurement
Construction (Testing and Commissioning) including phone and onsite support
Design Team
Off takers, Owners, Utilities, and any other entities that require interfaces with the substation SCADA system.
Active Coordination
Ability to work seamlessly with and provide guidance to the P&C Design Team in their development of the above-listed schematics
Ability to provide technical support for field personnel, remote entities, and equipment vendors (WTG and Solar equipment manufacturers) who are responsible for working and communicating with the substation SCADA network.
Ability to coordinate efforts with other various external and internal project team members, with familiarity in identifying when coordination is needed with certain design disciplines such as the protection and control design engineers, system protection engineers, transmission line engineers, distribution line engineers, telecom engineers, etc.
Keenly focused on the production of high-quality work and supports continuous improvement efforts.
Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects.
Responsible for assisting with the identification of key client interests and drivers.
Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work.
Serves as a technical specialist for SCADA, network and communication and has knowledge and skillset to provide consultation and guidance to project teams.
Remove any impediments that are obstructing the engineering team from achieving its goals.
Works to advise Management about how to maximize ROI for the team.
Attending all client technical review meetings.