Mining SCADA Engineer – Electrical Controls & Field Ops

Careermine; Elko (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k plan

Job summary

Nevada Gold Mines is seeking an Electrical/SCADA Engineer to support the SCADA, controls, and electrical monitoring systems across the Cortez operation. You will help improve data reliability, alarm quality, and system visibility while coordinating with operations, maintenance, and vendors.

This early- to mid-career role emphasizes practical field experience in SCADA, industrial networking, and power systems within a mining setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a closely related discipline is required.
• 3–5 years hands-on experience supporting SCADA, controls, or electrical systems in a heavy industrial/mining setting is required.
• Experience commissioning, troubleshooting, and supporting live industrial operations and root-cause analysis is required.
• Familiarity with SCADA/HMI/PLC/RTU platforms and industrial communications is preferred.
• Basic understanding of electrical power distribution and one-line diagrams is required.

Responsibilities

• Support SCADA system configuration, maintenance, and improvements across mine power distribution and process infrastructure.
• Assist with alarm configuration, tag development, and HMI screen updates for electrical and process systems.
• Troubleshoot data issues, communication failures, stale values, and nuisance alarms.
• Integrate electrical equipment into SCADA systems including switchgear, meters, transformers, and substation gear.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, IT/OT, and vendors to improve alarm quality and system reliability.
• Contribute to commissioning and testing of SCADA, controls, and instrumentation for projects.
• Develop and maintain SCADA documentation, diagrams, and change logs.

Skills

SCADA

PLC

RTAC

HMI

Industrial networking

Analytical thinking

Education

BSc Electrical/controls engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

SAP

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

Nevada Gold Mines is seeking an Electrical/SCADA Engineer to support the SCADA, controls, and electrical monitoring systems across the Cortez operation. You will help improve data reliability, alarm quality, and system visibility while coordinating with operations, maintenance, and vendors.

This early- to mid-career role emphasizes practical field experience in SCADA, industrial networking, and power systems within a mining setting.