Control Systems -SCADA Designer

Job description :

• Control System Designer February '25 South of Fort Pitt Tunnels. Easty commute from Washington County and Southern Allegheny County!
• Enjoy working in a zero micromanagement and highly supportive, professional work environment!
• Low travel with greater flexibilities in scheduling.
• Opportunity increase and broaden your skills in a variety of different applications.
• This Control System's Designer will work with both new control panel design and existing controls panel retrofit design. The role involves creating innovative designs for control systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality projects. This opportunity is best suited for an individual who thrives with learning the inner workings of SCADA control systems. This candidate will work with AutoCAD Electrical for the design and will be heavily involved with making these solutions work in the local & regional field. All work is local travel to the surrounding S.W. PA and the need for an overnight is VERY rare. There will be opportunity to grow into other positions within the SCADA engineering department as well, to include programming, service, networking, and other miscellaneous SCADA system operations.
• Role and Responsibilities
• Perform system design evaluations to identify potential improvements or modifications.
• Control panel design and reverse engineering existing control panel retrofits.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all design processes, changes, and specifications.
• Develop schematics, bills of materials, and wiring drawings using AutoCAD.
• Develop design-build quality panel drawings for local panel shop.
• Work closely with local panel shop to answer questions and / or finalize designs, BOM, etc.
• Determine electrical equipment wiring connections for functionality and operability.
• Determine electrical system requirements by sizing breakers, fuses, transformers, and other electrical equipment as required.
• Work with SCADA engineers on wiring requirements and connections for PLCs and other SCADA controls related equipment
• Assist with installation of controls equipment in the field.
• Work within control panels and equipment, typically in low voltage environment, using Multimeters and other test equipment to troubleshoot issues.
• Control system design, upgrades, and retrofitting outdated PLC and HMI equipment, mostly focused on Allen Bradley / Rockwell appliances.
• Field service and troubleshooting is a key component to support numerous clients who have control systems with PLCs, HMIs, and other related SCADA equipment. Travel to LOCAL / CLOSE regional client sites and interact with clients on a regular basis. Qualifications : REQUIREMENTS :
• Control Panel, Instrumentation and Control equipment.
• Read and understand electrical drawings.
• Hands on experience in reverse engineer electrical panels, electrical wiring and termination and troubleshooting electrical systems.
• AutoCAD electrical drafting.
• Electrical Safety.
• Experience with AutoCAD electrical drafting, electrical schematic, control panel drawings & design, and Bill of Materials.
• Problem solving and deductive reasoning skills.
• Basic understanding of SCADA control systems, ideal, and the desire to learn more.
• Able and willing to continuously maintain clearly written documentation of design specifications, changes processes.
• Good sense of humor and ability to interact well with others.
• Able to work well in a team environment or independently when needed. Personable, helpful, and professional at all times with all audiences.Must be a US Cit or Perm Res. with excellent english communication skills.Will can bring people up-to-speed with support and trainingso if you don't meet 100% of the requirements but you aren't very far off, we encourage you to apply anyway. Thank you.Coachable with a positive attitude and desire to learn.LOVES HANDS-IN & HANDS-ON action and variety.A four year degree is a plus but NOT a must-have. Why is This a Great Opportunity : HIGHLY STABLE and steady with outstanding job security even during recessionary and troubled market times!Professional and fun culture. Bring your sense of humor! We all do!!!!Promotional opportunities and outstanding mentorship in a supportive environment and fun culture.In addition to outstanding and competitve compensation, we offer paid time off, tuition reimbursement, family oriented health care which includes vision, dental and an amazing expense saving health savings account (HSA). 401(K) retirement savings with company match. We're told by our employees that our scheduling is more flexible than most and that there are more freedoms here. We are happy to discuss our compensation package with you over the phone. All you need to do in inquire!