Job Summary
Black & Veatch is seeking a Senior SCADA Design Engineer to lead in the technical design of substation and BESS Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.
You’ll take a leading role on a variety of SCADA engineering and design activities in support of substation modernization and BESS integration. The role can be based in our Glasgow or London office 3 days per week with flexibility to work from home 2 days.
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Key Responsibilities
• Collaborate with the project team to generate engineering design documents and deliverables (drawings, points lists, configuration files, etc.) for systems and components related to the substation and BESS SCADA systems.
• Oversight of lower-level engineering work or assignments.
• Conceptual and detailed design of SCADA hardware, networking equipment, fibre networks, datalinks, Human Machine Interface (HMI) screens, and points lists.
• You may also support with quality assurance checking, specification writing, standards development, factory acceptance testing, cyber security auditing, and commissioning support at sites or remotely.
Minimum Qualifications
• Previous controls system design experience for power projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Significant relevant work experience with proven ability to work independently and guide others
Preferred Qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years relevant Substation and BESS experience
• Experience in developing control system network architecture diagrams, datalink points lists, control narratives, control logic diagrams, reading one-line diagrams, and procurement specifications for SCADA equipment
• Experience with IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, OPC, and other control system protocols
• Experience with VMware or other virtual environments
• Experience with protective relays, substation and BESS automation systems
• Experience with HMI screen development
• Experience with UK NIS cyber security standards
• Network troubleshooting skills and experience with network analysis tools such as Wireshark
• Excellent writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer.