SCADA Integration Engineer
The Woodlands, TX - USA
Job Summary
Location: Spring TX 77380
Duration: 6-month contract-to-hire
Job Summary
- 6 years of experience in SCADA systems engineering including hands-on Ignition development and administration.
- Experience migrating or integrating SCADA systems from a variety of legacy platforms into Ignition strongly preferred.
- Oil and gas industry experience required with a focus on Midstream sector operations strongly preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of SCADA architecture PLCs (Allen-Bradley preferred) OPC servers and polling engines (AutoSol ACM preferred) and industrial control systems.
- Experience developing Ignition Perspective HMI screens tags and UDT structures in a production SCADA environment.
- Proficient in Python applied to both Ignitions native Jython-based scripting and the development of standalone tools or utilities such as bulk tag creation data mapping or validation scripts that improve the speed or consistency of integration workflows.
- Solid database management experience including SQL and data acquisition/historian systems.
- Experience with system testing methodologies such as point-to-point and system acceptance testing and production cutover planning.
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and deliverables against a project schedule.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical details for both engineering and business stakeholders.
- Self-motivated and able to operate independently with minimal oversight.
- Serve as the technical lead for integrating acquired SCADA systems into the Ignition platform.
- Assess existing SCADA architecture tags and HMI screens at acquired assets to define migration scope and requirements.
- Develop and migrate Ignition Perspective HMI screens in accordance with the Screen Style Guide and HPHMI Philosophy.
- Create and organize Ignition tags UDTs and folder structures consistent with company standards.
- Configure and integrate polling engines and OPC servers such as AutoSol ACM to bring field data from acquired assets into Ignition.
- Design build and maintain tools and utilities that automate recurring integration tasks such as bulk tag/UDT creation data mapping and tag reconciliation as needed to support current and future integrations.
- Coordinate and execute point-to-point and system acceptance testing before cutover.
- Plan and execute production cutover activities minimizing disruption to ongoing operations.
- Verify that Management of Change (MOC) documentation is in place for regulated changes and execute PHMSA control room management tasks (49 CFR 192.631) as required.
- Collaborate with vendors contractors and internal engineering IT/OT and operations teams throughout discovery design and implementation.
- Develop and maintain documentation for integrated systems and tools including architecture diagrams tag mapping and testing records.
- Provide technical support during post-cutover stabilization for newly integrated systems.
- Bachelors degree preferred with an emphasis in Engineering Computer Science or a related field. Instead of a degree equivalent hands-on experience in oil and gas SCADA systems with a strong background in SCADA integration or migration projects will be considered.
- Grade and salary will be commensurate with relevant education and experience.
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