Senior SCADA Engineer

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• Senior SCADA Engineer Salary : $150,000 - $160,000 Employment : Full-time Benefits : Full and comprehensive benefits package Location : 1 of 4 Locations (Dependent on where you live)   1 North River Wastewater Treatment Plant W 135th St, New York, NY 10031 2 Red Hook Wastewater Treatment Plant  63 Flushing Ave #300, Brooklyn, NY 11205 3 Port Richmond Water Pollution Control Plant 1800 Richmond Ter, Staten Island, NY 10310 4 Jamaica Wastewater Treatment Plant 50-20 134TH ST JAMAICA, NY 11430   Staff at Red Hook will also work at Port Richmond and Vice Versa  Staff at North River and Jamaica will be isolated to those Locations     Job Description Scope The SCADA Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that monitor and control critical industrial processes.
• A key focus for this role is supporting municipal water and wastewater-treatment facilities , so prior experience with water / wastewater process control is highly desired.
• The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize plant operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and introduce new technologies that boost reliability, cybersecurity, and overall system performance.
• Duties & Responsibilities Area Key Tasks System Design & Development
• Design, configure, and maintain SCADA architectures for water & wastewater plants (lift stations, pump stations, clarifiers, digesters, dechlorination skids, etc.).
• Develop HMI / GUI screens that clearly represent process equipment such as influent pumps, aeration blowers, UV disinfection banks, sludge press lines, and chemical-feed skids.
• Integrate SCADA platforms with Allen-Bradley PLCs / RTUs Installation & Commissioning
• Oversee field installation, I / O check-out, loop calibration, and full functional testing at treatment plants and remote sites.
• Validate process-control logic for flow pacing, PID aeration control, pump VFD ramping, and wet-well level sequencing.
• Maintenance & Troubleshooting
• Perform routine firmware upgrades, tag database modifications, and network-switch patching in accordance with AWWA and ISA / IEC 62443 guidance.
• Diagnose sensor issues (e.g., pH, DO, ORP, turbidity), telemetry faults (cellular, fiber, licensed radio), and PLC / RTU failures, restoring systems to minimize plant downtime.
• Documentation & Reporting
• Produce P&IDs, network topologies, and control narratives; maintain redlines / as-builts.
• Generate regulatory and operational reports (flow totals, chemical-feed rates, SCADA alarm histories) to support DEC / EPA compliance.
• Collaboration & Support
• Coordinate with process, mechanical, and electrical engineers, integrators, and plant operators to ensure seamless system performance.
• Train plant staff on alarm management, trending, and basic HMI navigation.
• Compliance & Standards
• Ensure all designs adhere to NYC DEP, NYS DEC, and EPA wastewater regulations, NFPA 820 electrical safety, and ISA 101 HMI, ISA 18.2 alarm-management standards.
• Implement defense-in-depth cybersecurity measures (network segmentation, firewall rule-sets, VPN, multifactor authentication).
• Requirements Education Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Control Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• Required Experience 8+ years designing and supporting SCADA systems for water or wastewater-treatment plants or other continuous-process utilities.
• Hands-on work with AVEVA System Platform Allen-Bradley programming experience  Field startup / commissioning of process instrumentation (flow meters, level transmitters, AUMA / SIPOS valve actuators, VFDs).
• Technical Skills Strong understanding of biological nutrient removal (BNR), aeration control, pump-station automation, and distributed telemetry networks.
• Proficiency in SCADA-related programming / scripting (C#, VB.NET, Python, SQL, JavaScript for web HMIs).

Solid grasp of industrial protocols :

Networking fundamentals :