SCADA Engineer

Come join us at Bandera Electric Cooperative (BEC) and BEC Fiber, where we are lighting the grid to empower our members!

Help us Reimagine Rural America!

Bandera Electric Cooperative proudly distributes electricity to members across seven counties in Central Texas. The BEC Fiber division, began offering 100% fiber broadband in 2017 and currently provides fiber internet service to members and subscribers in eight counties in the Texas Hill Country.

We offer Highly Competitive Wages and a Generous Benefit Package!! (no waiting period – benefits start on first day). Paid time off and ten paid holidays.

Our Engineering department is looking for a SCADA Engineer who collaborates with Engineering,

Technical Systems, and System Operations teams to manage a SCADA (Supervisory Control and

Data Acquisition) system that guides substation controls, distribution automation devices, and utility

system strategies. With strong technical knowledge and skills, the SCADA Engineer ensures that

the electrical system meets present and future requirements and provides safe, efficient, and

dependable services to its members and owners at the lowest possible cost. The individual in this

role also has the opportunity to apply and provide recommendations for current and future

technologies for the distribution, substation, and transmission system and smart grid systems. The

SCADA Engineer plans and directs the analysis of complex engineering and business problems to

be solved by the Cooperative while considering applicable regulations.

SCADA

Project Management

Member Relations

Training & Development

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Qualifications And Requirements

Education

Experience

Additional Requirements

Working Conditions

This position requires working indoors and outdoors under varying weather conditions (temperatures from 32

degrees or below to 100 degrees and above). While working outdoor this work includes the risk of fire or

explosion, risk of electrical shock, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of radiation

and/or prolonged exposure to vibration. Mental demands may include working on multiple and complex tasks

in a fast pace working environment with attention to detail, performing complex or varied tasks, performing

simple and repetitive tasks, ability to control one's own pace and plan of work, ability to work under close

supervision and follow instructions, influencing people, working in confrontational situations, irregular hours,

overtime, reading, working alone and in a group, and traveling. Tobacco free environment.

Physical Requirements:

This position requires the following physical requirements on a frequent basis: walking, standing, sitting,

driving, bending forward, twisting, reaching above shoulder level, below chest level, chest-to-shoulder level

and/or reaching behind the body, elbow extension, wrist extension and rotation, the twisting and tilting of the 3

neck, and also occasionally crouching, squatting, kneeling, and climbing, and the ability to exert force up to

100 lbs. Sensory demands may include hearing, speech, color vision, near vision, spatial perception, tactile and smell.