SCADA Systems Engineer

SUMMARY

The SCADA Systems Engineer will serve as a member of the SCADA & IT team and will be primarily responsible for configuring, testing and maintaining enterprise level systems such as Terra-Gen’s Monarch EMS/SCADA system and enterprise historian. They will collaborate with the operations team to resolve daily technical issues and serve as technical experts to enhance the organization's technical capabilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned as needed)

• Adhere to, support, and comply with all company safety and environmental policies and practices. Ensures all employees, contractors, and visitors conduct themselves safely and within company policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Program, configure, and integrate new renewable energy sites—including wind, solar, and battery energy storage systems—into Terra-Gen’s centralized Monarch EMS/SCADA system, CHRONUS, and enterprise historian.
• Design and maintain SCADA signal databases, alarm logic, control logic sequences, openCALC executables and real-time data visualization for remote operations.
• Develop and test SCADA screen graphics, dashboards, and control room interfaces to ensure consistent and reliable operator experience across sites.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to gather site-specific requirements and translate them into functional SCADA solutions.
• Create, review, and maintain project documentation such as SCADA points lists, controls narratives, data flow diagrams, and test plans.
• Ensure SCADA implementations meet market and interconnection control requirements, including ISO/RTO specifications such as CAISO and ERCOT.
• Ensure alignment with all applicable NERC/CIP cybersecurity and reliability standards.
• Identify and address deficiencies in SCADA and EMS systems to improve data quality, control performance, and system reliability.
• Perform regularly scheduled system maintenance tasks. 
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to respond to critical SCADA and control room issues after business hours.
• Collaborate with operations, development, engineering, and IT teams to ensure new site integrations support long-term operational objectives.
• Ability to travel up to 25% or more if required.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or another applicable technical field.
• 3+years of experience with utility or renewable EMS and SCADA systems.
• Knowledge of principles around SCADA engineering.
• Working knowledge of OSI Monarch EMS and SCADA.
• Knowledge of industrial automation protocols including but not limited to; Modbus RTU/TCP, DNP3, OPC UA and DA.
• Proficient with programming languages including but not limited to; C, C++, Java, Python, Structured Text (IEC61131-3).
• Experience with common SCADA database structures, including in-memory, relational (RDBMS), time-series, and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with enterprise historians such as PI or Canary. 
• Authorized to work in the U.S.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

• Ability to read and interpret work from simple and/or complex instructions. 
• Ability to effectively communicate with others. 
• Ability to write routine correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Ability to read and interpret work from simple and/or complex instructions. 
• Ability to effectively communicate with others. 
• Ability to write routine correspondence.

REASONING ABILITY & DECISION-MAKING SKILLS

•  Ability to exercise good judgment and maintain confidentiality in maintaining critical and sensitive information, records, and reports. 
• Possess great attention to detail and have excellent time management skills. 
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to provide, understand and complete written and verbal instructions and communication. 
• Ability to problem solve and work independently and/or in a group setting. 
• Must be organized, with an ability to stay focused on assigned tasks and possess an attention to detail. 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS 

• Possess a valid driver’s license for the state in which you are applying.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to type, handle, or feel. 
• The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. 
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. 
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to ten pounds and up to 20 pounds with assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Terra-Gen is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with Americans with Disabilities Act and related laws and regulations as applicable. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to age, race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and drug screening. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with federal, state or local requirements such as the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Employees must be authorized to work in the US and employment is contingent upon presentation of acceptable documents as evidence of identity and employment authorization, as detailed on Form I-9.

Terra-Gen provides a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off, paid holidays, and 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.

The posted compensation is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California. This salary range may also be modified in the future, depending upon skills, experience, education, and geographical location.