Senior SCADA Engineer - Ignition & OT Leader (Remote)

Kimmel & Associates; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: $150,000–$180,000

Job summary

Kimmel & Associates’ client, a leading independent power platform operator, seeks a Senior SCADA Engineer to support OT, SCADA, and data infrastructure across its generation assets in the United States.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and oversee projects with Ignition, CIMPLICITY, WonderWare, and other systems, while ensuring NERC CIP compliance.

Travel up to 40%, with remote-friendly options in Charlotte or Denver offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6–10 years of relevant experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Ignition (backend and frontend).
• Strong expertise with SCADA systems, RTUs, PI data historians, and related OT equipment.
• Experience supporting renewable energy projects is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of NERC CIP requirements and compliance.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and multitasking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the SME for OT and SCADA equipment, including servers and point configurations.
• Provide mentorship and expertise to other SCADA engineers.
• Troubleshoot and maintain connections between OT equipment, including SEL RTACs, RIGs, RTUs, and Campbell Scientific data loggers.
• Support facilities utilizing Ignition, CIMPLICITY, WonderWare, ABB SYS600, and SEL RTAC HMI.
• Maintain data connections between operating facilities, remote operations centers, corporate data servers, OEM SCADA systems, RTUs, and OPC servers.
• Partner with internal and third-party IT teams to support plant operations.
• Provide guidance to ensure compliance with NERC CIP requirements.
• Develop long-term strategies for standardizing OT equipment across the fleet.
• Lead SCADA and OT projects with minimal oversight.
• Support technical analysis, emerging technology evaluation, system improvements, and reliability initiatives.
• Provide field support and work directly with site teams to troubleshoot and maintain SCADA systems.

Job description

Kimmel & Associates’ client, a leading independent power platform operator, seeks a Senior SCADA Engineer to support OT, SCADA, and data infrastructure across its generation assets in the United States.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and oversee projects with Ignition, CIMPLICITY, WonderWare, and other systems, while ensuring NERC CIP compliance.

Travel up to 40%, with remote-friendly options in Charlotte or Denver offices.