SCADA/EMS Commissioning Lead – Transmission Grid

Acciona; Mudgee; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Camp-style accommodation

Job summary

ACCIONA is seeking a Commissioning and Integration Specialist to verify system functionality and manage EMS/SCADA testing for major energy projects in Australia. You will lead commissioning activities across EMS, SCADA, and plant communications, ensuring compliance with Australian standards and project requirements.

The role involves coordinating with OEMs, validating architecture, configuring real-time monitoring, and performing FAT/SAT/IST tests.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with substation commissioning and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning activities for EMS, SCADA, Plant Controller, and power plant communication systems.
• Verify installation and configuration of SCADA servers, workstations, RTUs, gateways, switches, firewalls, and historian systems.
• Review and validate SCADA architecture, communication topology, and network design.
• Configure and test real-time monitoring, control, alarm management, event recording, and reporting functions.
• Coordinate with OEM for EMS/SCADA design finalisation, perform FAT, SAT and IST.
• Integrate EMS/SCADA with SAS, protection relays, meters, weather stations, and control centres.
• Verify LAN/WAN connectivity between plant equipment and control centers.
• Troubleshoot communication issues involving switches, routers, firewalls, gateways, and fiber optics.
• Conduct redundancy and failover testing for communication infrastructure.

Skills

Substation commissioning

SCADA systems

EMS/SCADA integration

HV power systems

Network security familiarity

Australian Standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SCADA software

Job description

ACCIONA is seeking a Commissioning and Integration Specialist to verify system functionality and manage EMS/SCADA testing for major energy projects in Australia. You will lead commissioning activities across EMS, SCADA, and plant communications, ensuring compliance with Australian standards and project requirements.

The role involves coordinating with OEMs, validating architecture, configuring real-time monitoring, and performing FAT/SAT/IST tests.