What are the responsibilities and job description for the Control Systems -SCADA Designer position at NPAworldwide?
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- Control system design, upgrades, and retrofitting outdated PLC and HMI equipment, mostly focused on Allen Bradley / Rockwell appliances.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.
