SCADA and Automation Engineer - Lead Professional

WSP; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 102,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking an experienced SCADA and Automation Engineer – Lead Professional for our Boise, Idaho office. You will provide technical leadership in the design, engineering, and commissioning of utility, industrial, and commercial power projects, with focus on ESSP.

This role involves leading data acquisition, networking, and control platforms, mentoring teams, and ensuring compliance with IEEE/IEC/NERC standards.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• 7 to 10 years of relevant post-education experience in electrical design for power projects.
• Ability to travel occasionally to project sites and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong knowledge of safety and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, engineering, and commissioning of utility and industrial power projects.
• Develop and commission SCADA, protection, and control systems.
• Coordinate data transfer between control centers and field devices; develop HMIs.
• Specify and design communication networks for RTUs, IEDs, HMIs, and related equipment.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship within project teams.

Skills

Electrical engineering

SCADA systems

Power systems design

Project leadership

Data communications

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s Degree in Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Wonderware

AcSELerator RTAC

NovaTech NCD/Inkscape

IEC 61850 System Configuration Tool

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an experienced SCADA and Automation Engineer – Lead Professionalfor our Boise IDoffice. Candidates for our offices in Clarkston WA, Portland OR, San Diego CA, Denver CO, Salt Lake City UT and Ft Lauderdale, FLwill also be considered.Be involved in projects with our Electrical Studies, SCADA, and Protection (ESSP) and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

WSP brings global expertise in power delivery, power generation, and program management—anchored by the acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc. TRC Companies have now joined WSP, deepening our power practice and expanding our energy advisory and intelligent grid services. We are partnering with clients to shape how energy systems evolve around the world—and we need your help.

Provides technical leadership and subject matter expertise for the design, engineering, and commissioning of utility, industrial, and commercial power projects. Responsibilities include the development and commissioning of transmission and distribution substations, power distribution and regulation systems, renewable energy facilities, and protection and control systems. Guides project teams, resolves complex technical challenges, and ensures designs meet industry standards for quality, safety, and functionality.

Your Impact

Candidates for this role will have familiarity, experience, or expertise with some of the items listed below. A willingness to learn in areas where you do not have experience and to teach others in areas where you do have experience is essential to being successful on our team.

• Leadership: Coordinate, review and approve electrical infrastructure design plans for mid-level and complex projects, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• Data Acquisition: Prepare points lists of all data to be transferred between control centers and controlled apparatus, assign and program data addressing and routing information, develop Human Machine Interface (HMI) screens, travel to project sites to test and commission data transfer schemes.
• Networking: Design and configure network and communication paths for Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), Data Concentrators, Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs), Human Machine Interface (HMIs), and other SCADA system equipment inside the substation or facility.
• Communications: Specify and design communication networks including data security and availability. Develop basic specifications for fiber optic, microwave, power line carrier, or radio communication paths; infrequent travel to project sites to troubleshoot and commission network and communication systems.
• Working knowledge or awareness of applicable industry SCADA practices outlined in IEEE, IEC, ANSI, CIGRE, or NERC standards and regulations for design work.
• Applicable network and communication protocols:
  • DNP, Modbus, and IEC 61850 specified protocols
  • Experience with legacy SCADA protocols a plus
• Applicable Logic and Control Platforms:
  • SEL RTAC, NovaTech Orion, Eaton SMP
• Applicable Software:
  • Wonderware, AcSELerator RTAC, NovaTech NCD/Inkscape
  • IEC 61850 System Configuration Tool experience a plus
  • Familiarity with SCADA/EMS/ADMS software a plus
• Logic and Control Systems: develop, document, and implement logic and control schemes for remote and local operation of power system equipment (Microgrid, Volt/Var Control, Load Shedding, Distribution Automation, and other custom logic); develop programs on various platforms for implementation of these schemes; travel to project sites to test and commission the control schemes.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 7 to 10 years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for capital projects in power generation, transmission, and distribution at a utility, industrial, or commercial scale.
• Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change.
• Occasional travel may be required, depending on project-specific requirements.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Engineer license.
• Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• Preference will be given to applicants with a proven history of completing similar projects in a consulting environment.
• Preference is also given to applicants with experience inmentoring others and in providing technical and commercial leadership in customer-focused engineering projects.

Disclaimer:

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $102,200yr- $195,800yr

WSP USA isprovidingthe compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right toultimately paymore or less than the posted range and offeradditionalbenefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $115,200yr- $195,800yr

WSP USA isprovidingthe compensation range that the company in good faith believes it mightpayand/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right toultimately paymore or less than the posted range and offeradditionalbenefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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