Associate SCADA Engineer

Colonial Pipeline Company; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards benefits

Competitive benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Colonial Pipeline Company seeks an Associate SCADA Engineer to support and enhance the SCADA environment across our pipeline operations. You will partner with field teams, engineering, and control centers to troubleshoot instrumentation, RTUs, PLCs, and SCADA software while aligning with safety policies and core values.

The role emphasizes maintaining and extending SCADA applications, systems documentation, and after-hours support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline; or three years SCADA experience in liquids pipeline.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience; internships or co-ops may qualify.
• Valid driver's license and strong communication, analytical, and computer skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver on deadlines.
• Safety-minded with proactive problem solving and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the SCADA environment with commercial and custom software.
• Collaborate with field technicians, analysts, and engineers to resolve instrumentation and PLC/RTU issues.
• Develop and implement methods and systems for internal/external reporting.
• Prepare reports requested by control center, engineering, and executives.
• Design, document, and maintain software that enhances SCADA capabilities.
• Back up data, source code, and files per standards.
• Provide after-hours and rotating on-call SCADA support for 24/7 operations.
• Build end-to-end knowledge of the SCADA system and its integrations.
• Support emergency response efforts, including training and travel as needed.

Skills

SCADA systems

Industrial automation

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IT

SCADA experience in pipeline/energy

Tools

AVEVA Enterprise SCADA

Windows Server

Microsoft SQL Server

.NET Framework

C

C#

Visual Basic

Job description

Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount.

Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company?

Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company?

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

About the Associate SCADA Engineer Position

The Associate SCADA Engineer supports the hardware and software that keep Colonial Pipeline Company’s SCADA environment operating reliably. In this role, you will partner with technology, field, engineering, scheduling, and control center teams to troubleshoot issues, maintain applications, and strengthen your end-to-end knowledge of the SCADA system and its connected technologies.

You will complete your work in alignment with Colonial’s safety policies and procedures while demonstrating our core values of Safety, Personal Integrity, Respect, Innovation, and Teamwork.

What You Get to Do

• Maintain the SCADA environment through commercial and custom-developed software applications.
• Partner with field technicians, analysts, and engineers to analyze and resolve issues involving instrumentation, remote terminal units (RTUs), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), computers, human machine interfaces, communications equipment, and SCADA software.
• Review, analyze, develop, design, and implement manual and automated methods and systems that support internal and external reporting requirements.
• Prepare, coordinate, or assist with special reports requested by the control center, engineering, executive, or other departments, including research, analysis, programming, and data compilation.
• Design, write, document, and maintain software applications that supplement core SCADA capabilities and align with published standards.
• Back up data, source code, and supporting files according to published standards.
• Provide after-hours and rotating on-call SCADA support for 24/7 control center operations.
• Build and maintain end-to-end knowledge of the SCADA system, including its connectivity to and functions with other systems.
• Support departmental goals and assist the business with emergency response efforts, which may include training, short-term travel, and backfill duties.

What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline. In lieu of a related bachelor’s degree, three years of SCADA experience within the liquid pipeline industry will be considered.
• One to three years of relevant experience. Recent graduates with a strong aptitude for technology and enterprise systems will also be considered, and internship or co-op experience may qualify.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, and computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and technical software.
• A detail-oriented, results-focused approach with reliable attendance and the ability to maintain focus through task completion.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong initiative, sound judgment, a safety-oriented mindset, and the ability to work extended periods at a computer.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Skills That Set You Apart

• Three years of experience maintaining liquid pipeline SCADA applications and databases, including hardware configuration, system tuning, application development, documentation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• SCADA experience in a pipeline, process, or energy environment.
• Knowledge of SCADA systems in a liquid pipeline environment.
• Experience with, or the ability to rapidly learn, AVEVA Enterprise SCADA, Windows desktop, Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, .NET Framework, C, C#, and Visual Basic in a Microsoft Windows Server environment.
• SCADA certification, such as AVEVA Enterprise SCADA.

Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company

• Getting to work for a company that helps to meet our country’s energy needs and keeps us moving!
• Team members who care about each other while accomplishing remarkable things.
• Highly competitive benefits. Check out Colonial’s Total Rewards.

Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.