SCADA Technician

Gfoat; Hutto (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Gfoat in Texas is seeking a SCADA Technician to support water treatment, distribution, and wastewater systems under general supervision. The role covers calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting outages, and documenting activities.

You will program and maintain SCADA using WonderWare, INSQL and Modicon Concept, repair field equipment, and ensure UPS and instrument calibration are up to spec.

Qualifications

• Experience installing/maintaining process control equipment (PLCs/RTUs).
• Ability to configure SCADA/HMI and troubleshoot instrumentation.
• Familiarity with Windows/Unix environments and IEC languages.

Responsibilities

• Program SCADA by developing new code and editing existing programs.
• Repair and maintain SCADA systems; diagnose problems with test equipment.
• Build and test SCADA components; deploy and integrate field equipment.
• Maintain UPS equipment; replace batteries and units as needed.
• Calibrate instruments and coordinate planned maintenance activities.

Skills

PLC/RTU maintenance

HMI/SCADA configuration

Windows & Unix

IEC programming basics

Fiber optic & electrical cabling

Tools

WonderWare

INSQL

Modicon Concept

Job description

Title: SCADA Technician
Department: Public Works
Status: Full-Time
FLSA: Non-Exempt

POSITION OVERVIEW

Under general supervision, the Supervisor Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Technician performs a variety of technical tasks in support of the SCADA system to include calibrating equipment, performing overall maintenance and correcting problems with equipment; providing technical support; serving as first responder to outages and equipment failures: coordinating work; and documenting work activities. Works under the leadership of SCADA Superintendent for water treatment, water distribution and wastewater collection system.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Programs SCADA by developing new code; querying the historian; edits existing programs; archives programs; works with software such as, WonderWare, INSQL, and Modicon Concept.
• Repairs and maintains SCADA by diagnosing problems using schematic drawings, monitoring software, and digital test equipment, repairs, replaces and reprograms by diagnosis; performs routine maintenance on SCADA system components; performs visual and machine aided inspections, installs and installs and inspects weatherization.
• Builds SCADA by assembling parts to form a working product; tests assembly prior to deployment; deploys. Assembles, and integrates field and human machine interface.
• Maintain UPS equipment by diagnosing software to measure uninterruptable power supply capacity; replaces batteries if capacity is low; replaces UPS if unit fails.
• Calibrates instruments by using test equipment; performs periodic calibrations to verify monitoring instruments are within limits; directs other to perform calibrations. Work with manufacturers of SCADA system and field instruments to plan, install, maintain, and repair existing and new field equipment/devices.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of installing and maintaining process control equipment including PLCs, RTUs, hubs, switches, and routers
• Knowledge with configuring and troubleshooting process control instruments
• Knowledge with installing and maintaining servers, workstations and human interfaces (HMI) for water and wastewater systems used in the Water Industry.
• Skill in running PC windows and Unix
• Skill with programming and configuration of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and remote terminal units (RTUs) using ladder logic and IEC Programming languages.
• Ability to install and maintain fiber optic cable, twisted pair cables, multi-pair cable and coax cable technologies.