Senior SCADA/Controls Engineer - Critical Infrastructure
Listed on 2026-09-11
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer, Automation & Mechatronics Engineer
Location: Aberdeen City
Contract
- Senior SCADA / Controls Engineer
- Critical Infrastructure - £70-£80 p/h
- Outside IR35
Senior SCADA / Controls Engineer required for an urgent 6 month contract on a critical infrastructure project, integrating generators, battery storage (BESS) and wind generation into a single automated control system. £70-£80 per hour, Outside IR35. Immediate start.
The RoleYou'll be joining a live, business critical project as a Senior SCADA/Controls Engineer, developing and supporting the automated control system that manages power generation across multiple sources on site. This is high-consequence work on infrastructure where reliability is essential, and you'll be working closely with an experienced in-house engineering team to deliver it.
What You'll Be Doing- Developing and supporting SCADA/EMS control logic integrating generators, battery energy storage (BESS) and wind generation into one automated system
- Working with an Enercon-based wind SCADA platform, coordinating closed-loop automatic control across energy sources
- Building HMI screens, alarm management and historical data logging
- Supporting automatic transitions between generation sources, load management and diesel dispatch logic
- Working to a Functional Design Specification (FDS) and contributing to its ongoing development
- Liaising directly with site engineering teams on the safe delivery of control changes
- Proven, hands‑on experience developing SCADA systems for power generation, renewable energy, microgrids or similar critical infrastructure environments
- Strong PLC/SCADA development background
- Beckhoff TwinCAT experience highly desirable - Experience integrating multiple asset types (generators, BESS, renewables) into a single control platform
- Familiarity with industrial protocols such as Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, IEC 61850 or OPC UA
- Comfortable working in a high‑consequence environment where errors carry real operational impact
- Available to start at short notice for a 6 month contract
- Job Title:
Senior SCADA / Controls Engineer - Contract Length: 6 months, with potential to extend
- Rate: £70-£80 per hour, Outside IR35
- Location:
Aberdeen, Bromsgrove, Hull or Sheffield - Start Date:
ASAP
This is a genuinely niche skill set and the client needs someone in place fast. A one stage interview can be quickly arranged
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