Sr. SCADA Engineer

Position Description

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) SCADA Section has an opportunity for a Sr. SCADA Engineer. The SCADA Section maintains the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system used to monitor and control SPU's water, drainage, and wastewater systems which serves the greater Seattle area. The SCADA Section interfaces with planners, engineering, operations, maintenance, information technology, and other functional groups impacted by SCADA.

The section is responsible for long‑term planning and system development, as well as 24 hour / 7 days per week continuous operations.

• Instrument & control engineering support across all lines of business in SPU.
• Specifies process instrumentation and application.
• Process safety instrumentation compliance.
• Control panel project design cycle development and review.
• Test plan development in support of commissioning activities.
• Supports multiple projects flight and various planning stages, e.g., drainage and wastewater rehab program, ship canal water quality projects, solid waste line of business compactor replacements, water distribution system reservoirs, pressure reducing station and pump stations.
• Prioritizes day‑to‑day services: instrumentation and control engineering best practice compliance, capital project and operations project design review, control system project management, act as UO&M CxA and develop commissioning planning lead, manages design standards and guidelines, oversees and is responsible for designing quality work environment/physical.

• Field assignments may entail exposure to all types of weather, traffic, hazardous/toxic substances, and high voltage energized equipment.
• May be required to work nights, evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.

Experience: Five (5) years professional electrical engineering experience.

Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or other combinations of education and/or experience that provides preparation to do professional instrumentation and control engineering work.

License/Certification:

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in Washington State.
• Current driver license or evidence of equivalent mobility.

Desired Skills/Experience

• Experience with UL 508A national standard to the design of control panels.
• Experience with ISA 5.4 national standards to design control loop drawings or Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&'s).
• Experience with ISA/IEC 62443 national standard for the development of written control strategies.
• Experience with ANSI/OSHA 29
  
  CFR to identify, mitigate, plan, design, strategize and address industrial process hazards.
• Experience with ANSI/ISA to address safety instrumentation life cycle.
• Experience with IEC 61131 to support industrial controller programming strategies and development of life cycle.

This position allows for the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule. Employees will be required to come into the office a minimum of twice a week. Individual schedules will be agreed upon by the employee and their supervisor and may be subject to change based on business needs.

The full salary range for this position is $74.99 - $87.31 per hour.

Benefits:
The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long‑term disability insurance for employees and their dependents.

The City of Seattle encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with diverse life experience. This position is open to all qualified candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. Applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity.