SCADA Technician: PLC & HMI Specialist

Sentinel Peak Resources LLC; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentinel Peak Resources LLC in California is seeking a SCADA Technician to troubleshoot instrumentation, SCADA systems, PLCs, HMIs, and related control-system equipment while supporting safe, reliable operations. The role involves documentation, system start-ups, and cross-department collaboration.

The position offers growth through defined levels (Journeyman, Senior, Lead) and requires travel to field sites, and a non-exempt status as regular full-time.

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.
• Provides operational teams with accurate system data and technical support to enable informed, fact-based decisions.
• Participates in planning and coordinating control-system projects, including required personnel, materials, documentation, and other resources.
• Coordinates with employees, contractors, and other personnel performing control-system work by providing technical assistance, sharing job-related information, and helping align work with applicable procedures and requirements.

Skills

PLC programming

Instrumentation experience

Technical documentation

Safety procedures

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

AVEVA System Platform

InTouch

OMI

Job description

Sentinel Peak Resources LLC in California is seeking a SCADA Technician to troubleshoot instrumentation, SCADA systems, PLCs, HMIs, and related control-system equipment while supporting safe, reliable operations. The role involves documentation, system start-ups, and cross-department collaboration.

The position offers growth through defined levels (Journeyman, Senior, Lead) and requires travel to field sites, and a non-exempt status as regular full-time.