Scada Engineer

Overview

Position:
Lead SCADA Engineer/PM – Offshore Wind

Location:

Norfolk, VA

Summary:

The Lead SCADA Engineer/PM will support a major offshore wind construction program, serving as a key engineering and project management resource for SCADA and systems communications. This role provides technical leadership across design, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and operational readiness activities for large-scale offshore wind assets. The position supports a 2,600 MW offshore wind farm consisting of 176 wind turbines, three offshore substations, and related high-voltage subsea infrastructure.

The successful candidate will manage complex SCADA and multi-network communication scopes, collaborating closely with internal teams, external stakeholders, and equipment suppliers.

• SCADA & Communications Engineering
  • Lead and coordinate commissioning of large-scale project SCADA systems
  • Oversee complex multi-network SCADA scopes for inverter-based renewable power generation
  • Work on SCADA, ACMS, HMI, project networks, telecom systems, monitoring equipment, and navigational aids
  • Validate systems and authorize work prior to energization
  • Provide troubleshooting, technical guidance, and leadership across multiple independent communication networks
  • Support documentation development and review: plans, reports, as-builts, procedures

• Project Management & Coordination
  • Serve as technical leader for SCADA and communication systems during all project phases
  • Manage, supervise, and coordinate installation and commissioning activities onsite
  • Track progress against schedule and provide input to project managers and schedulers
  • Coordinate supplier, contractor, and stakeholder interactions
  • Represent owner during inspections, audits, walkdowns, and acceptance of work
  • Manage and authorize SCADA-related work in energized work perimeters

• Compliance & Standards
  • Support and coordinate documentation and activities relevant to NERC compliance
  • Ensure network configurations meet regulatory requirements and separation criteria
  • Apply project-specific safety processes including PTW, LOTO, and SIMOPS

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field preferred
• Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of degree

• Minimum 7+ years of SCADA and communication systems engineering experience
• Experience commissioning or operating power plant control centers
• Experience with inverter-based resources, wind (onshore or offshore), solar, or large-scale utility generation
• Preferred experience with SGRE, GE, Vestas, SEMCO Maritime, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
• Familiarity with supplier networks and integration with utility systems for renewable power
• Experience with multi-network SCADA systems and network segregation requirements

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lead, collaborate, and contribute effectively within multidisciplinary teams

• Professional Engineering (PE) license is a plus but not required

• Ability to support offshore work as needed
• Availability for overtime, including up to 60-hour workweeks and routine weekend work
• Willingness to travel up to 25%

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment.

The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

• Offshore work (vessels/platforms/wind turbine generators): 10–25%
• Exposure to heat, cold, loud noise, dust, grease, oil, energized wires: up to 25%
• Office…