SCADA Technical Sales Consultant

Schneider Electric; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 103,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness benefits

Paid holidays

Retirement plan

Career development

Job summary

Schneider Electric Canada seeks a SCADA Technical Sales Consultant to advise customers on modernizing operations through automation, remote monitoring, and digital technologies. You will design and propose SCADA-based solutions, deliver engaging demonstrations, and support RFIs/RFPs while collaborating with channel partners and internal teams.

The role requires a degree in engineering or related fields, strong communication and presentation skills, and up to 50% travel within Canada with

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience in technical sales, sales engineering, application engineering, or industrial automation.
• Experience with SCADA, RTU, PLC, or related automation technologies.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of industrial communications protocols such as MQTT, OPC UA, Modbus, DNP3, or EtherNet/IP.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% within Canada and occasionally internationally.

Responsibilities

• Consult with customers to understand their operational, technical, and business needs.
• Design and recommend solutions leveraging SCADA software, RTUs, industrial communications, and connected technologies.
• Deliver compelling product demonstrations, workshops, and technical presentations.
• Support RFIs, RFPs, specification development, and solution proposals.
• Provide guidance on system architecture, cybersecurity considerations, integration, and communications protocols.
• Enable channel partners and sales teams through technical training and solution support.
• Represent Schneider Electric at customer events, webinars, and industry conferences.

Skills

Technical sales

Communication

Presentation

Travel willingness

Education

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Tools

SCADA systems

RTU/PLC integration

Industrial automation

IIoT/cloud

Job description

What will you do?

As a SCADA Technical Sales Consultant, you will serve as a trusted advisor to customers looking to modernize and optimize their operations through automation, remote monitoring, and digital technologies. Working closely with channel partners, sales teams, and internal stakeholders, you will support solution development, customer engagement, and business growth.

In this role, you will:

• Consult with customers to understand their operational, technical, and business needs.
• Design and recommend solutions leveraging SCADA software, RTUs, industrial communications, and connected technologies.
• Deliver compelling product demonstrations, workshops, and technical presentations.
• Support RFIs, RFPs, specification development, and solution proposals.
• Provide guidance on system architecture, cybersecurity considerations, integration, and communications protocols.
• Enable channel partners and sales teams through technical training and solution support.
• Represent Schneider Electric at customer events, webinars, and industry conferences.

What qualifications will make you successful?

Required Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience in technical sales, sales engineering, application engineering, or industrial automation.
• Experience with SCADA, RTU, PLC, or related automation technologies.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of industrial communications protocols such as MQTT, OPC UA, Modbus, DNP3, or EtherNet/IP.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% within Canada and occasionally internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• SCADA software expertise.
• RTU or PLC integration experience.
• Experience with IIoT, cloud-based architectures, and data management platforms.
• Knowledge of OT cybersecurity, Active Directory, or Microsoft Entra ID.
• Linux and Python experience.
• Experience supporting customers in energy, water/wastewater, or industrial markets.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

The expected pay range is CAD 102,850 - CAD 145,200 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives.

Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team*:

Care for yourself and your family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: insurance coverage for health, inclusive of medical, dental, vision, basic life, accident, and disability insurance; Wellness Wallet (reimbursement for medical / wellbeing expenses); telemedicine program; 13 paid holidays annually; up to 19 days paid time off in first year; paid family leaves; parental and care leave; Recharge Break (savings plan for a future paid leave of absence); employee assistant program with mental, family, and legal counselling and flexible work arrangements.

Invest and plan your future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs: base salary; incentive plans; employee share ownership plan; retirement plan with employer pension match.

Grow your skills and career. We commit to helping you grow with ongoing performance and development conversations, Senior Talent Program, global career opportunities, access to our Schneider Career Hub for new positions, projects, and mentors, and learning platforms like Coursera to equip you with the skills for today and tomorrow.

Team up in the workplace. We encourage teaming up through project opportunities on the Schneider Career Hub, smart ways to collaborate, celebrating contributions via a recognition program (including service anniversary), sharing your voice in our engagement survey, and fostering an inclusive, caring workplace.

Support your community. We make a difference in your community with volunteer leave, programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation, and initiatives that support youth education.

Participation and coverage levels for specific benefit programs are determined based on employment status (e.g., full-time, part-time, temporary, or fixed-term) and are subject to applicable plan terms, conditions, and eligibility waiting periods.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here.

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.