Electrical Engineer; SCADA)

Overview

SCADA Engineer

Location:

Remote, Canada

Employment Type:

Full-time, Permanent

Travel:
Up to 20% within Canada and the United States

Department:
Engineering/Control Systems Integration

About Shermco Canada

Shermco Canada is a leading provider of electrical testing, maintenance, commissioning, engineering, and control systems integration services. Our teams support critical power systems and industrial infrastructure across Canada, helping customers improve safety, reliability, and operational performance.

We are committed to an industry-leading safety culture, technical excellence, employee development, and providing meaningful career opportunities for our people. Shermco Canada’s services include field services, power systems engineering, control systems integration, disaster recovery, locating services, and electrical equipment repair.

About the Opportunity

Shermco Canada is seeking an experienced SCADA Engineer to design, program, integrate, commission, and support SCADA and industrial automation systems.

This is a remote position open to qualified candidates residing in an approved location within Canada. The successful candidate will collaborate with customers, engineering teams, field personnel, contractors, and vendors to deliver reliable automation solutions for electrical power and industrial infrastructure projects.

• Design, program, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot SCADA systems, PLCs, HMIs, RTUs, gateways, instrumentation, edge devices, and industrial networks.
• Configure and support Ignition SCADA applications, including Perspective HMI, scripting, alarming, Tag Historian, reporting, and data visualization.
• Develop SCADA specifications, network drawings, I/O lists, control narratives, commissioning records, and operational handover documentation.
• Lead or support Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, systems integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, and operational handover.
• Review electrical drawings, P&IDs, control schematics, network diagrams, communication architectures, and panel designs.
• Coordinate with customers, internal teams, contractors, and vendors to meet technical requirements and project schedules.
• Identify opportunities to improve SCADA standards, cybersecurity, system performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Complete work in accordance with applicable safety, electrical, regulatory, customer, and Shermco requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Automation, or a related engineering discipline. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of experience in SCADA design, programming, systems integration, commissioning, or troubleshooting.
• Experience with Ignition SCADA, including Perspective HMI, Python or Jython scripting, alarming, Tag Historian, and reporting.
• Hands-on experience configuring, programming, and troubleshooting PLCs, RTUs, industrial controllers, gateways, and edge devices.
• Knowledge of industrial networks, fibre optics, VPNs, remote access, OT communications, and protocols such as OPC UA, DNP3, Modbus TCP/RTU, and RS-485.
• Ability to interpret electrical single-line diagrams, P&IDs, control schematics, network diagrams, and I/O lists.
• Strong technical documentation, communication, problem-solving, and project coordination skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating with geographically dispersed teams.
• Legally entitled to work in Canada and able to travel within Canada and the United States, subject to applicable border-entry requirements.

• Experience with electrical substations, protection and control systems, three-phase power, or power system automation.
• Experience…