Senior EMS Engineer

TAPP Workforce Solutions Inc.; Washington; Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid eligibility

Field work possible

Competitive compensation

Job summary

TAPP Workforce Solutions Inc. seeks a senior engineer to own the EMS/SCADA environment for a critical electric utility. You will lead EMS, SCADA, AGC, ICCP, and historian platforms, driving upgrades and architecture across the grid operations team.

You’ll mentor engineers, manage procurement and vendor relationships, and shape OT modernization while maintaining hands-on development in a dynamic, mission-critical setting. Hybrid office work with potential field involvement is available.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in 24x7 critical operations applications
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, Technology, or MIS or two additional years of related experience
• Ability to meet NERC CIP access eligibility and background check
• Experience with electrical utility standards and real-time EMS/SCADA systems
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and time-management skills
• Washington State EIT or Professional Engineer license

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, configuration, and upgrades of EMS and data historian
• Rebuild substations configurations from engineering docs and verify with vendor
• Design and maintain Automatic Generation Control
• Administer ICCP changes and model configuration impacts
• Diagnose communications, telemetry, and data issues using Wireshark
• Own NERC CIP compliance tasks including change control and patch management
• Lead procurement, contract management, and onboarding of vendors/contractors
• Mentor engineers and develop SOPs and best practices

Skills

EMS/SCADA systems

NERC CIP compliance

SQL & data analysis

Vendor management

OO programming concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Wireshark

ICCP/configuration tools

SQL databases

Vendor management tools

Job description

Own the control systems that keep the grid running.

This is the senior-most engineering seat on an electric utility's Energy Management Systems team. You'll lead the EMS, SCADA, AGC, ICCP and historian platforms behind a Bulk Electric System that runs 24x7. You'll own this environment, not just support it.

Why this role stands out

• Top-of-ladder technical ownership: lead EMS and historian upgrades, design AGC, and represent the utility to neighboring utilities on ICCP
• Real breadth: cross-train across every focus area (GMS, EAS, Cyber-Infrastructure) while staying hands-on with custom application development
• Leadership without losing the technical work: mentor engineers, lead vendor and procurement strategy, and shape engineering standards and OT modernization
• Stability and strong pay: $130,666 to $228,062, in mission-critical infrastructure built to last

What you'll be doing

• Leading maintenance, configuration, and upgrades of the EMS and data historian, including operator displays and visualizations
• Rebuilding substation configurations from engineering documentation, modeling EMS changes, and running point-to-point verification with the controls vendor
• Designing, configuring, and maintaining Automatic Generation Control
• Administering ICCP changes with other utilities and modeling configuration impacts
• Leading diagnosis of communications, telemetry, and data issues using Wireshark and similar tools
• Owning NERC CIP compliance work: failover documentation, change control, patch management, firmware upgrades, security testing, and SQL-based compliance evidence
• Leading procurement and contract management, and onboarding vendors and contractors
• Mentoring less experienced engineers and building SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and best practices

What we're looking for

• 10+ years maintaining applications that provide 24x7 support of critical operations
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Technology, or MIS, or two additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Ability to meet and maintain NERC CIP access eligibility, including a Personnel Risk Assessment and background check
• Knowledge of NERC standards and electrical engineering industry standards
• Software engineering depth: program design, code development, and client-server and object-oriented patterns
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and time management skills
• Washington State EIT or a Professional Engineer license
• Electric utility operations experience with real-time EMS or SCADA systems
• Supervisory or team lead experience

The salary range is $130,666 to $228,062 per year.

Work is primarily office-based, with possible partial hybrid eligibility and 8, 9, or 10 hour shifts. Some field work may require operating a vehicle.