SCADA Engineer - Renewables & Grid

Company:
Black & Veatch Corporation

Job Title:

SCADA Engineer – Renewables & Grid

Locations:
Overland Park, KS;
Greenwood Village, CO;
Houston, TX;
Atlanta, GA (KCP, RGATLANTA2, RGGREENWD, RGHOUSTON)

Black & Veatch is seeking a SCADA engineering professional to assist in the technical design of substation and renewable energy Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. This role involves conceptual and detailed design of SCADA hardware, networking equipment, fiber networks, datalinks, points list, RTU configurations, remote I/O module configurations, meter configurations, PMU/PDC device configurations, and Human Machine Interface (HMI) screens.

The engineer will perform quality assurance, man‑hour estimates, specification writing, standards development, factory acceptance testing, cyber security auditing, and commissioning support at sites or remotely.

Working directly with the project team to generate engineering design documents and deliverables (drawings, points list, configuration files, etc.) for systems and components related to the substation and renewable energy SCADA systems.

Provide oversight and lead lower‑level engineering work or assignments.

Previous controls system design experience for power projects.

Ability to teach other engineers the fundamental SCADA concepts.

Utilize effective verbal communication skills to convey, teach and/or sell ideas.

Excellent writing skills.

Coordinate SCADA project work for timely execution.

Provide client‑recommended solutions based on standards, best practices and industry standards.

Experience in developing control system network architecture diagrams, datalink points list, control narratives, control logic diagrams, protection and control drawings, and procurement specifications for SCADA equipment.

Experience in reading one‑line diagrams, three‑line AC schematics and DC schematics.

Understand how to configure devices’ ethernet communication settings in IPv4 addressing with end devices, ethernet switches and router (default gateway) present.

Understand how to configure devices’ serial communication settings in ethernet RS‑232 or RS‑485.

Experience in RTU configuration development.

Experience in understanding protective relays, substation and renewable energy automation systems configuration files.

Experience in configuring devices for Synchrophasor data work: PMU devices, PDC devices and DFRs.

Providing remote support to the field construction team on how to troubleshoot and fix issues.

• Substation and renewable energy (wind, solar, battery energy storage) experience.
• Experience with IEC 61850, Modbus, OPC UA, and other control system protocols over TCP/IP or serial.
• Experience with VMware, Factor Talk, Ignition, AVEVA HMI software, Cloud View, Subnet Solutions, Factory Studio, Cimplicity or other virtual/HMI software platforms.
• Experience with protective relays, substation and renewable energy automation systems.
• Experience with SEL RTAC and IED architecture design and configuration.
• Experience with Allen Bradley Control Logic PLC configuration.
• Experience with NERC‑CIP cyber security standards.
• Experience with IEEE 1547 inverters controlled as a system.
• Experience with OT single mode fiber optic network design.
• Network troubleshooting skills and experience with network analysis tools such as Wireshark, Modbus Poll, etc.
• Experience with Excel macros and VBA language.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to be both an individual contributor and work effectively in teams.
• Ability to accept both internal and external (client) feedback.
• Willingness to learn processes and procedures specific to the power industry.
• Maintain some flexibility in work hours, if required by the client or project.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer.

Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science from a recognized accredited program. Minimum of 5 years related work experience. All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements (criminal/civil background check, drug screen, motor vehicle records search). Applicants must comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.

• State of Colorado: $126,423 – $211,134

REG:
Registered Engineering

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