SCADA Engineer

Infrastructure - Senior Recruitment Consultant EMEA

• Please note this role is inside IR35
• 9 months contract - 2+ year programme
• Remote with occasional visits to office in Edinburgh a few times per month

Responsible for the performance, reliability, and ongoing improvement of business-critical Operational Technology (OT) applications and infrastructure. Acts as technical design authority, ensuring system upgrades, architecture changes, and support services meet agreed standards and service levels.

• SCADA
• AVEVA PI
• GE Vernova Power On experience - or equivalent Siemens (Spectrum Power), Schneider (Eco Structure), Oracle Utilities, ABB etc
• ADMS system knowledge, OMS and/or DMS

• Drive continuous performance improvement of OT applications through enhanced monitoring, fault reduction, and strategic asset management planning.
• Serve as Design Authority for OT infrastructure, authorising architectural changes in collaboration with application suppliers, IT teams, network providers, and customers.
• Approve operational application upgrades, including Operational Acceptance Testing,over to support, and key go/no-go decisions.
• Develop and mentor RTS Technical Engineers, ensuring strong technical capability across support and project engineering activities.
• Maintain and advance technical expertise, setting standards for OT applications (e.g. Power On, PI, ODMS) and contributing to documentation, processes, and technical forums.
• Lead and support fault analysis for major incidents, working with internal and external providers to resolve issues in line with SLAs.

If interested, please apply with your latest cv

• Mid-Senior level

• Contract