SCADA Administrator

Description

The City of Fort Myers strives to be an employer of choice and most of our employees turn jobs into long term careers. The salary shown in the job description is the full range for this position from entry to later career.

NEW EMPLOYEES ARE HIRED AT, OR NEAR THE ENTRY POINT SHOWN, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

FLSA Status:
Exempt Safety Sensitive:
Yes Level II Screening :
No

Under the general direction of the Public Utilities Director performs highly responsible administrative and professional work managing all activities of the Utilities SCADA function. Manages and provides direction and leadership to the Utilities Department in carrying out its assigned function of providing SCADA expertise in the planning, design, construction and maintenance for all utilities SCADA infrastructure improvements as well as for repair and maintenance of existing infrastructure.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities and Reporting During an Emergency Situation:

Essential Employees may be required to work during a declared emergency. Depending on the nature of the emergency, this may require working around the clock for several days on short notice.

Non-Essential Employees will not be required to work during a declared emergency. The employee's Department Head will determine when the employee will be required to work.

Perks and Benefits

* Free city-paid employee health coverage, additional for spouse or family

* 3 weeks Paid Time Off (sick & vacation)

* 13 paid holidays

* Pension plan & optional Deferred Compensation

* City-paid life insurance

* Optional Vision, Dental, and Disability Insurance

* Tuition reimbursement

* On-site Gym facility

* And much more!

Duties/Responsibilities

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

* Leads secure operation and maintenance of the SCADA/OT network, including PLCs, RTUs, HMIs, and field communication systems.

* Leads the technical and operational resolution of SCADA problems; administers, troubleshoots SCADA, real-time data, and control systems, and coordinates the resolution of hardware/software problems.

* Coordinates with IT to implement industrial control system (ICS) security measures; maintains network segmentation between IT and OT systems.

* Proficient with PLCs and other process controllers in regard to programming, configuration and modification to the configurations to support operational processes.

* Proficient with SCADA software in regard to programming, configuration and modification of configurations to support operational process, including HMI modifications, additions and troubleshooting.

* Proficient with instrumentation and signaling - 4-20 ma, DI, DO and other low voltage signals - to support process automation and control through the control system.

* Proficient with mechanical and electrical process information including documentation and drawings including P&IDs.

* Proficient with electrical functionality including low voltage and up to medium voltage to ensure continued operations of existing and future equipment and its automated and manual control requirements.

* Supports and manages Operational requests to help maintain compliance of the varied processes across multiple treatment plants, well fields, lift stations and other systems.

* Participates in establishing work standards, policies and procedures for the use, security, and operation of the computer systems; plans and prepares for events to ensure business continuity and restoration if/when required.

* Performs emergency response and triage for Plant operations for all SCADA systems.

* Supports and provides guidance, direction for the design and development of changes to the SCADA system to support operational changes and engineering projects.

* Maintains(develops) standards for SCADA system and ensures application to capital upgrade projects.

* Provides support, implementation and guidance in maintaining system change management processes staying within customary and accepted audit practices.

* Create scripts, reports and troubleshooting skills using  and SQL queries.

* Confers with and advises internal resources on procedures; makes decisions regarding work methods and approaches in order to produce desired products most efficiently.

* Supports and provides guidance for the purchase of hardware, software, or service required to repair, replace, enhance, update or improve the SCADA environment; coordinates with vendors for product support.

* Works with communication vendors and internal support personnel and other Departments such as IT to quickly resolve data communication problems during outages.

* Responsible for writing and maintaining documentation for technical processes (examples: control narratives, SOP's, policies, training materials) to support job…