SCADA Technician

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Installs, inspects, calibrates, tests, maintains, and repairs control systems, and associated equipment in accordance with applicable specifications, tolerances, procedures, and safety requirements.

· Performs loop checks and functional testing to verify proper operation and communication between field devices, control systems, and operator interfaces; identifies and corrects deficiencies.

· Monitors, evaluates, and troubleshoots process control systems, PLC programming, HMIs, instrumentation, communication infrastructure, and related production and safety equipment.

· Reviews and interprets technical documentation, including P&IDs[ME2] , schematics, loop drawings, data sheets, calibration records, procedures, and mechanical and electrical drawings.

· Supports system start-ups and commissioning activities by verifying system readiness, coordinating with involved personnel, and identifying and resolving control-system issues.

· Assesses system condition and performance through documentation review, inspection, testing, and analysis; performs or coordinates required maintenance and repairs.

· Maintains and supports reliable control and data-system infrastructure to ensure operational information is consistently available to applicable teams.

· Provides operational teams with accurate system data and technical support to enable informed, fact-based decisions.

· Participates in planning and coordinating control-system projects, including required personnel, materials, documentation, and other resources.

· Coordinates with employees, contractors, and other personnel performing control-system work by providing technical assistance, sharing job-related information, and helping align work with applicable procedures and requirements..

· Maintains accurate and complete calibration records, loop checks, maintenance records, standards, procedures, and other required documentation.

· Reviews and updates control-system standards, drawings, and technical documentation to reflect current and as-built conditions.

· Performs work in compliance with applicable company policies, site procedures, codes, standards, regulations, cybersecurity requirements, and change-management/Management of Change (MOC) processes.

· Performs all other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements
Education and Experience

Required

· High school diploma or equivalent.

· Experience with PLC programming, including Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, or FlexLogix, or comparable industrial control platforms.

· Experience installing, inspecting, calibrating, testing, maintaining, or troubleshooting industrial instrumentation or control-system equipment.

· Experience documenting technical work, which may include maintenance records, calibration records, MOCs, SOPs, loop checks, redlined drawings, or as-built documentation.

Desired

· HMI development experience.

· Experience with AVEVA System Platform, InTouch, or OMI[ME1] .

· Instrumentation installation, calibration, testing, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Required

· Ability to travel regularly to field and operational sites and perform work safely in office, field, and outdoor environments.

· Valid California driver’s license with a driving record deemed acceptable by the company’s auto insurance carrier is required due to regular travel to field and operational sites.

· Ability to follow applicable safety procedures, cybersecurity requirements, change-management processes, and site-specific work requirements.

· Ability to read and understand schematics, P&IDs, and pneumatic, electrical, and mechanical equipment engineering drawings.

· Working knowledge of electrical principles and safe work practices applicable to instrumentation, control systems, field devices, and related equipment.

· Working knowledge of industrial networking concepts applicable to SCADA systems, PLCs, HMIs, communication infrastructure, and field-device connectivity.

· Ability to follow established processes and understand how those processes affect the overall business.

· Strong attention to detail.

· Ability to collaborate with employees, contractors, and other personnel to share job-related information, provide technical assistance, and support work performed in accordance with applicable procedures and requirements.

Desired

· Ability to understand operational impact of technical activities and communicate improvement opportunities to appropriate stakeholders.