SCADA System Technician (AVEVA System Platform, Ignition, Modicon M580)

**SCADA Engineer** (aka Systems Integrator, Automation Engineer, PLC Programmer, Controls Engineer) You'll be part of our team supporting customers in Southern California with SCADA screen development, device configuration, and PLC programming for Water, Wastewater, and Electric Power Utilities. **Pay: $44\-72/hr (**with benefits estimated total of **$110,000\-$200,000/yr)** **Benefits:** * Health insurance allowance * Hybrid "work from home" for remote development off\-site days * \- Paid travel reimbursement for customer site visits * \- Paid special 1\.5x and 2x rates for applicable client work (e.g. overtime, urgent, etc.) * \- Paid overnight lodging and meals for applicable overnight stays * Flexible schedule *(giving priority to urgent client tasks, taking days off as needed, rearranging hours worked within a day for doctor's appointments etc.)* * Paid learning opportunities and training courses for learning or certifications * CalSavers retirement program * Bonuses for great performance, leadership, quality, and hard work **Schedule: Day shift M\-F** (start at 7am) **Work on site in Southern California.** Our main clients are in the areas of Oceanside, Pasadena, and Big Bear, CA. Paid travel and lodging as applicable. **Requirements:** * SCADA Automation/Control Systems design, development, testing, and commissioning best practices. Object oriented programming best practices. * Project experience with SCADA Platforms: **AVEVA System Platform** (ArchestrA IDE) or **Ignition** v7\.9 or v8\.1\+. SCADA screen design and development, assigning tags, updating bindings, integrating and adding device and UDT instances. * Experience programming **Modicon M580 PLCs** (or M340\) using **EcoStruxure Control Expert (Unity Pro)**; and/or Allen Bradley PLC's (e.g. CompactLogix, ControlLogix, Legacy SLC 5/05\). Design of Add\-On Instructions, Function Blocks, etc. For SCADA, design and developing visual and tag templates. **Additional skills you may have:** * Knowledge of water/wastewater industry processes and/or Electric power, voltage, and current relationships, industrial environments * Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Power Engineering, Information Systems or similar * Strong leadership, troubleshooting, customer service, conflict resolution, management and skills * Excellent technical writing and documentation skills, experience writing proposals and reports for SCADA upgrade projects * Layer 2 \& 3 networking (e.g. RUGGEDCOM switches), good understanding of infrastructure and networking capabilities to design highly resilient systems * Read \& interpret schematic or process drawings to identify, troubleshoot, and repair systems and document updates needed * Communication protocols \- **DNP, Modbus** TCP, OPC UA, Ethernet/IP, etc. * Object oriented programming best practices (e.g. Python, SQL (Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL), Database programming, understanding of RDBMS) * Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Google Drive, Google Calendar