SCADA Technician: Field PLC & HMI Expert

Sentinel Peak Resources LLC; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentinel Peak Resources Management LLC in California is seeking a SCADA Technician to troubleshoot instrumentation, SCADA systems, PLCs, HMIs, and related networks to ensure safe, reliable control operations. The role supports start-ups, documentation, and cross-department collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Position levels include Journeyman, Senior, and Lead, with responsibilities ranging from installation and testing to complex programming guidance and project leadership.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with PLC programming, including Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, or FlexLogix, or comparable industrial control platforms.
• Experience installing, inspecting, calibrating, testing, maintaining, or troubleshooting industrial instrumentation or control-system equipment.
• Experience documenting technical work, which may include maintenance records, calibration records, MOCs, SOPs, loop checks, redlined drawings, or as-built documentation.

Responsibilities

• Installs, inspects, calibrates, tests, maintains, and repairs control systems, and associated equipment in accordance with applicable specifications, tolerances, procedures, and safety requirements.
• Performs loop checks and functional testing to verify proper operation and communication between field devices, control systems, and operator interfaces; identifies and corrects deficiencies.
• Monitors, evaluates, and troubleshoots process control systems, PLC programming, HMIs, instrumentation, communication infrastructure, and related production and safety equipment.
• Reviews and interprets technical documentation, including P&IDs, schematics, loop drawings, data sheets, calibration records, procedures, and mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Supports system start-ups and commissioning activities by verifying system readiness, coordinating with involved personnel, and identifying and resolving control-system issues.
• Maintains and supports reliable control and data-system infrastructure to ensure operational information is consistently available to applicable teams.

Skills

PLC programming

SCADA systems

HMIs

Safety procedures

Industrial networking

Reading schematics

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

AVEVA System Platform

InTouch

OMI

Job description

Sentinel Peak Resources Management LLC in California is seeking a SCADA Technician to troubleshoot instrumentation, SCADA systems, PLCs, HMIs, and related networks to ensure safe, reliable control operations. The role supports start-ups, documentation, and cross-department collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Position levels include Journeyman, Senior, and Lead, with responsibilities ranging from installation and testing to complex programming guidance and project leadership.