SCADA MANAGER
Charlotte, VT - USA
Job Summary
Salary: $135000 $170000 per year
Job Type: Full-Time
Industry: Industrial Automation / Controls / Operational Technology
We are seeking an experienced SCADA Manager to lead our SCADA engineering team and oversee SCADA operations project delivery and technology initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in SCADA controls Ignition and operational technology (OT) along with proven experience managing engineering teams projects budgets and stakeholder relationships.
This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who can balance people management project execution technical quality and strategic planning.
- Lead and manage the SCADA engineering team including workload priorities performance and resource allocation.
- Oversee day-to-day SCADA operations and project portfolios ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.
- Establish priorities based on business requirements available resources and project demands.
- Manage project budgets schedules deliverables SLAs and stakeholder expectations.
- Provide technical oversight of SCADA and process control (PT) engineering activities and ensure high-quality solutions.
- Review engineering work and make informed technical decisions regarding SCADA and OT systems.
- Coordinate with architecture cybersecurity engineering and other technical teams to ensure compliance with cybersecurity safety and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee incident response system improvements and ongoing SCADA operational initiatives.
- Participate in the hiring onboarding coaching mentoring and career development of SCADA engineering staff.
- Develop processes for evaluating and implementing emerging SCADA and OT technologies.
- Establish and manage budgets for SCADA technology evaluation training upgrades and implementation.
- Identify opportunities to improve system reliability performance security and operational efficiency.
- Support the development and implementation of SCADA standards procedures and best practices.
- 812 years of experience in SCADA controls industrial automation or a closely related field.
- Proven experience managing SCADA projects programs or project portfolios.
- Demonstrated experience managing SCADA operations project delivery budgets and stakeholder expectations.
- Strong technical knowledge of SCADA and process control systems.
- Experience leading and developing engineering or technical teams.
- Ignition Core Certified required.
- Strong understanding of OT/industrial cybersecurity safety and regulatory requirements.
- Excellent communication leadership problem-solving and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with Ignition SCADA / Inductive Automation.
- Experience with PLCs HMIs industrial networks and control systems.
- Experience with OT cybersecurity and industrial control system security.
- Experience developing SCADA standards architectures and engineering processes.
- Experience managing technology rollouts system upgrades and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Controls Engineering Automation Engineering Computer Engineering or a related technical field preferred.