SCADA Manager

Are you a forward-thinking leader passionate about advancing industrial automation and strengthening critical water and wastewater infrastructure? The City is seeking a collaborative and innovative SCADA Manager to guide the development, security, and performance of our highly specialized Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems. In this role, you will shape the future of essential community services by overseeing complex control technologies, empowering a talented technical team, and partnering across departments to support resilient, secure, and evolving operational systems.

If you’re motivated by meaningful work, enjoy solving intricate challenges, and are excited to lead with vision and inclusivity, we invite you to apply and help us deliver reliable, high-quality service to our community.

The SCADA Manager provides technical leadership and oversight for the City's industrial control systems, operational technology (OT) network, and SCADA staff while coordinating closely with Information Technology, Engineering, Capital Project Management and Operations. This position is responsible for maintaining system reliability, cybersecurity, SCADA infrastructure upgrades, managing vendor contracts, and ensuring the automation systems remain operational to support safe, reliable, and compliant utility operations.

Anticipated starting salary for this position may be up to mid-point depending on candidate’s experience and internal equity. The full salary range is listed above and mid-point for this position is $/annually.

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• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field from an accredited educational institution.
• Seven years of experience in the water industry, Water-Systems Related Technology, Engineering or related utility experience.
• Must have at least one year of Lead or Supervisory experience.
• Any equivalent combination of education and/or job-related experience that meets the minimum qualifications may be substituted.

• Must possess upon hire or promotion and maintain two Grade 1 Operator certifications from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in either Water or Wastewater; one in Water Treatment or Water Distribution and one in Wastewater Treatment or Wastewater Collections.
• Every person employed by the City of Scottsdale shall reside in the State of Arizona during his or her active employment by the City, regardless of whether the employee is approved to remote work.

For more information about Scottsdale, Arizona, visit our About Scottsdale site.

The City of Scottsdale offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 12 Paid Holidays, which includes 1 Floating Holiday
• Vacation Accrual; starts at 10.3 hours/month
• Sick Leave Accrual; 8 hours/month
• Medical (which includes behavioral health coverage), Dental and Vision Benefits
• City Paid Basic Life Insurance (equal to one times employee annual salary); option of Supplemental Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement; $2,500/year
• Participation in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) Defined benefit plan with mandatory employer and employee contributions currently at 12% which includes a Long-Term Disability benefit
• Supplemental Retirement Plans through Nationwide; 457
• Pet Insurance
• Bilingual pay compensation

Please visit the Human Resources and Benefits Information page for more information.

The application and supplemental questions are an integral part of the selection process and must be completed in full in order for you to be considered as a candidate. Please complete each section and answer all questions as thoroughly as possible. DO NOT state “See Resume” in lieu of answering. Unanswered questions, incomplete responses, omissions, or partial information may result in disqualification from the selection process.

Applicants whose education, training and experience most closely meet the needs of the position may…