SCADA Controls Engineer

Intersect is a company focused on innovative energy solutions and modern infrastructure, seeking a SCADA Controls Engineer to design and lead control systems for utility-scale clean energy assets. The role involves overseeing SCADA architecture, plant control integration, and ensuring grid compliance for energy projects.

Responsibilities:

• Design and review SCADA system architectures for large-scale energy facilities operating in ERCOT and other ISOs
• Establish scalable standards for data mapping, alarm management, HMI development, and configuration control
• Ensure documentation integrity and version control across project and fleet deployments
• Develop and troubleshoot SCADA-integrated control logic, including PPC interfaces, active and reactive dispatch, Volt/VAR optimization, and frequency response
• Coordinate multi-fuel plant control strategies to ensure seamless operational performance
• Integrate plant controls with third-party optimization and asset performance management platforms
• Lead CHIL, FAT, SAT, and on-site commissioning activities to validate performance and grid readiness
• Own ERCOT nodal protocol implementation, telemetry standards, and performance validation processes
• Partner with ERCOT, TSPs, OEMs, and vendors to ensure seamless telemetry and control system integration
• Collaborate with Engineering, Construction, and Operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve control system challenges
• Provide technical leadership during grid compliance and commissioning activities
• Build strong working relationships with ERCOT stakeholders, TSPs, OEMs, EPCs, and SCADA vendors

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in utility-scale power generation, independent power production, or clean energy infrastructure
• Direct experience supporting large-scale power plants operating within ERCOT or similar nodal markets
• Demonstrated expertise in SCADA system architecture design and review for utility-scale facilities
• Hands-on experience with Power Plant Controller integration, dispatch logic, Volt/VAR optimization, and frequency response controls
• Experience troubleshooting PLCs and SEL-RTAC systems
• Proven success leading grid compliance testing, telemetry validation, and commissioning activities
• Strong working knowledge of ERCOT nodal protocols, TSP coordination, and grid interconnection requirements
• Experience integrating SCADA systems with third-party optimization and performance management platforms
• Ability to travel to project sites during construction and commissioning phases
• Strong documentation discipline and configuration management practices
• A detail-oriented, systems-focused mindset with the ability to lead troubleshooting efforts while collaborating cross-functionally
• Calm, intellectually curious, and composed under pressure in high-stakes compliance environments
• Commitment to technical rigor, accountability, long-term reliability, and alignment with Intersect's core values
• Established relationships with ERCOT stakeholders, TSPs, OEMs, EPCs, or SCADA vendors are highly valuable