Systems Integrator​/OT Systems Manager

A world leader in water treatment solutions, IDE specializes in the development, engineering, construction and operation of desalination, water reuse, and industrial water treatment plants.

Design, development, and maintenance of SCADA/PLC systems for small to large water treatment plants, including sub-systems. Involving:

• Hardware design and commissioning of control panels and PLC hardware architecture.
• PLC’s, RIO (Remote Input Output) racks,
• Fieldbus devices communicating Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), and Profibus.
• SCADA IO (input output) servers and Historian Database servers
• Network switches and network ring supervisors, Fiber Optic converters, etc.
• SCADA Operator workstations and Engineering workstations
• Field instrumentation interfacing through Digital and Analog RIO cards

• Develop new and maintain existing software of PLCs and SCADA applications (editions based on future process and operation requirements, updates to resolve vulnerabilities)
• Management of the company's unique software subroutines and faceplates
• Version and firmware updates
• Commissioning and troubleshooting SCADA/PLC systems

• Monitor and maintain the Industrial Control System (ICS) components, e.g., network devices, PLC I/O communication modules, and computer peripherals.
• Prepare purchase requests for parts and materials, contact vendors for pricing specialized parts and services, and oversee and inspect work performed by outside vendors.
• Perform electrical wiring for control installation for additions or modifications according to schematics and test correct installation and functionality after completion.
• Maintained accurate documentation of parts and materials withdrawn from inventory.
• Supervision of Cybersecurity

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in electrical, Mechanical, or Process engineering.
• Experience with PLC/SCADA design, programming, and deployment.
• Experience with IEC 61131 programming languages, particularly Structured Text, Function Block Diagram, and Ladder Diagram.
• Experience with RS Logix Designer/RS Studio
  5000, AVEVA System Platform and AVEVA Intouch based SCADA, RS Factory View and RS Studio View designer.
• Experience with Industrial network topology and protocols, involving:
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an equivalent position, preferably in a continuous process or generating plant.
• Familiar with AutoCAD.
• Ability to work in a demanding and busy environment.
• Ability to work independently, involving fieldwork and ability in traveling to other Plant sites when necessary.
• Willing to work long hours, weekends, and holidays and be on call when required.
• Successfully pass a background and drug test.

• Willingness to lend your efforts wherever needed
• Self-motivated
• Effective communication skills both written and spoken
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Work successfully as a team member or independently
• Commitment to quality of work and company goals
• Enthusiastic to learn new systems, process and technologies
• Effectively perform in stressful situations
• Complete work within assigned timeframe
• Willing to travel in the US, occasional trips to Santa Barbara

• Ability to lift up to 50lbs and over 51lbs with assistance
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, crouch, kneel, climb, balance, push/pull, and walk for long periods of time
• Finger dexterity to work keyboard or operate tools, grasp tools and carry objects
• Ability to see in the normal range of vision with or without correction sufficient to read computer screens, documents, dials, gauges, meter-reading equipment, and operate motor vehicles and equipment
• Hear in the normal audio with or without correction

Industrial environment working both indoors and outdoors continuously around:

• Dust
• Heat
• Salt and fresh water
• Uneven, rough or slippery surfaces
• Hazardous chemicals in solid, liquid, and vapor form