Scada Project Manager

RRC Companies is a multidisciplinary engineering firm specializing in energy projects, particularly renewable energy. The SCADA Project Manager will provide SCADA engineering expertise and manage project execution for wind, battery, solar, and PV-plus-storage power systems, coordinating design, procurement, deployment, commissioning, schedules, budgets, clients, and subcontractors.

Responsibilities:

• Provide SCADA engineering expertise and project execution on wind, battery, solar and PV + Storage power systems
• Coordinate with EPC/Owner SCADA engineering design, development, implementation, and commissioning phases of each project
• Work with EPC clients/Owner to deliver procurement and deployment plans, timelines, and costs
• Work with and manage clients to ensure requirements/scope and expectations are clear
• Manage the project schedule and budget closely
• Maintain detailed project schedule for all SCADA related tasks and drive the internal and external parties to meet the schedule
• Schedule and run the recurring project meetings internally and with clients wth appropriate agenda
• Be mindful of possible scope creeps/gaps and update the budget and scope with client as needed
• Manage IT consultants and subcontractors for network security deliverables, testing, budgets, and system completion
• Coordinate project site TELCO installation, scheduling and manage schedules and owner’s expectation
• Deploy SCADA solutions and submittal according to timelines and budget
• Coordinate with substation subcontractor on substation devices, communication hardware using standard SCADA protocols
• Work closely with the client’s team, as well as RRC SCADA team, and project engineer to warranty a quality system is installed and tested to design specifications
• Ensure that SCADA systems have been installed per project requirements and tested to meet QSE,CAISO, Utility, and regional reliability council requirements

Requirements:

• BS degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Science Engineering
• Minimum 5 or more years of proven utility or industrial SCADA project management experience
• Ability to communicate complex SCADA and controls concepts to non-domain experts in a collaborative fashion
• Must have working knowledge of the renewable energy industry and projects
• Familiarity with and able to stay current on SCADA regulations and standards
• Extensive management experience on SCADA projects and well-versed in SCADA integration life cycles
• Demonstrated experience in SCADA design and execution in the power and renewable energy sectors
• Experience with communication protocols for base-level devices: Modbus, Modbus TCP, OPC, DNP3, SELFast, IEC 61850, ICCP… etc
• Experience with Power Utility scale SCADA system development and design
• Travel 10%
• Working experience with SCADA software programming, SCADA historians, MS SQL servers (a plus)
• Working experience with Wonderware or Inductive Automation Ignition 7.x or 8.x software (a plus)
• Working experience with automation control systems: RTAC programming, Rockwell PLC and Control Logix programming (a plus)
• Experience with BESS EMS system (a plus)