Instrumentation - Automation - SCADA Specialist - Southeast Region

Jacobs; Wethersfield (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a dynamic Instrumentation Automation SCADA Specialist to support our water and wastewater facilities across our Southeast Region of North America. You will design, implement, and maintain SCADA systems and underlying PLCs, helping ensure reliable operations for multi-site projects.

This role requires travel to project sites, strong problem-solving and customer service skills, and hands-on experience with Inductive Automation, Rockwell, Aveva Wonderware, and Allen-Bradley PLCs.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining SCADA systems.
• Experience with PLC systems and control panels.
• Willingness to travel regionally.

Responsibilities

• Travel to projects across the region.
• Configure, commission, and maintain panels, PLCs, and SCADA systems.
• Support installation of panels, PLCs, SCADA servers and workstations.
• Troubleshoot process control and SCADA communications.

Skills

Problem-solving

Customer service

Troubleshooting

Tools

Inductive Automation

Rockwell Automation

Aveva Wonderware

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. Through the delivery of our operations and maintenance services, you’ll make it simpler and more seamless for our municipal clients to operate safely and efficiently, empowering communities to focus on what matters most to them – people.

Jacobs is seeking a dynamic Instrumentation Automation SCADA Specialist to support our water and wastewater facilities across our Southeast Region of North America. Your role at Jacobs enables our regional Operational Technology team to better “Understand and serve the needs of project teams by taking ownership of and supporting practical, resilient, & secure technology.” As a member of our team, you will support the Operational Technology Manager & the Regional Services Group as we work with our projects to provide world-class OT services that enable the daily treatment of more than 1.7 billion gallons of water and the protection of water resources throughout the region.

In this role, you'll need excellent problem-solving skills, customer service skills, and experience designing, implementing, and maintaining Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems. as well as underlying PLC systems and control panels. you'll maintain a diverse deployment of SCADA systems from Inductive Automation, Rockwell Automation, Aveva (Wonderware), and Allen Bradley PLC systems from Rockwell Automation. Automation Specialists will also be responsible for developing and implementing upgrades across projects of differing sizes and budgets. You'll be service-oriented and proactive in anticipating and resolving problems while maximizing the efficient use of resources as well as eager to learn more and develop skills in primary and secondary areas, such as networking and Industrial Cyber Security.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Traveling to projects throughout the region
• Configuring, commissioning, and maintaining Control Panels, PLCs, and SCADA Systems
• Supporting the installation of Control Panels, PLCs, & SCADA Servers, and Workstations
• Troubleshooting process control issues
• Troubleshooting SCADA communications issuesImplementation may generate more elongated due to length?