SCADA Engineer

Company Overview

rPlus is a team of committed energy industry professionals working together to develop large-scale renewable energy generation and electric storage projects in the United States. rPlus is a market leader in the western US with a proven track record of delivering projects to utility and corporate customers on time and on budget. rPlus specializes in bringing projects to market through partnership with the private sector, municipalities, utilities, and industry-leading technology and service providers. Its portfolio consists of a strategic mix of solar, solar plus battery, wind, and pumped storage hydro facilities. rPlus is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and is backed by Gardner Group and Sandbrook Capital.

Position Overview

The SCADA Engineer will implement and support SCADA and plant network control systems for utility-scale solar, wind, and battery energy storage assets. Architect secure control networks, integrate field devices and grid interfaces, co54487mmission new sites, and ensure high availability, data quality, and cyber compliance across an operating fleet.

General Responsibilities SCADA Design and Integration:

- In conjunction with SCADA contractor, oversee development of site SCADA architecture, I/O lists, points databases, cause-and-effect matrices, and network drawings for wind, solar, BESS, and substation systems

- Assist in the configuration of HMI/SCADA platforms, historians, alarming, and reporting; and the build out of dashboards and KPIs for operations and asset performance.

- Help integrate PLCs/RTUs and plant controllers; interface with inverters, turbine controllers, relays, meters, meteorological stations, and BMS/EMS.

- Review the implementation and tune plant-level controls (active/reactive power, Volt/VAR, PF control, AGC/ramp-rate, frequency-watt, curtailment).

- Set up reliable time synchronization (PTP/NTP/IRIG-B) and GPS clocks.

Commissioning And Operations

- Lead FAT/SAT, network and protocol testing, point-to-point checkout, and performance verification.

- Oversee delivery of grid interconnection telemetry and control to utilities/ISOs (e.g., ICCP, DNP3), including acceptance testing and model validation.

- Provide Tier 2/3 support, incident response, root-cause analysis, and on-call coverage; drive MTTR reduction and reliability improvements.

- Manage changes and configuration baselines; maintain as-built documentation and MOP/SOPs; train operators and site technicians.

- Design and maintain OT networks (Layer 2/3, fiber/serial, cellular, microwave); ensure redundancy and QoS for control traffic.

- Administer data historians and data pipelines; ensure data quality, retention, and integrations with APM/CMMS/BI tools.

- Build scripts and small tools to automate testing, data validation, and reporting.

Cybersecurity And Compliance

- In conjunction with Managed Security Service (MSS) provider, apply defense-in-depth and least-privilege principles; harden endpoints, servers, and network devices; manage patching and backups.

- With MMS. implement firewall rules, VPNs, segmentation/VLANs, and secure remote access; monitor logs and alerts.

- Support compliance with ISA/IEC 62443 and applicable NERC CIP or regional standards; lead audits.

Vendor And Stakeholder Coordination

- Coordinate with EPCs, OEMs, utilities/ISOs, integrators, and internal teams from design through handover.

- Review vendor submittals and ensure conformance to specifications, grid codes, and cybersecurity requirements.

Required Skills

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Controls/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.

- 3+ years hands-on SCADA/controls experience in power, renewable energy, substation automation, or industrial OT

- Proficiency with common industrial protocols: Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, OPC UA/DA; familiarity with ICCP/TASE.2 and IEC 61850 (MMS/GOOSE).

- Experience with one or more SCADA/HMI platforms (e.g., Ignition, AVEVA/Wonderware System Platform, OSI Monarch) and historians (OSIsoft PI/AVEVA PI, Canary, Ignition).

- PLC/RTU configuration (e.g., SEL RTAC, Siemens S7/TIA Portal,) and basic HMI development.

- OT networking skills: switching/routing, VLANs, firewalls, VPNs, serial/fiber media, time sync (PTP/NTP).

Preferred Skills

- Scripting and data skills: SQL and one of Python/PowerShell; experience with dashboards/reporting. Understanding of power systems and grid-connected IBR controls (inverters, BESS, relays, metering, protection basics).

- Utility-scale solar/wind/BESS commissioning experience, including plant controller tuning and grid compliance testing

- ISO/utility telemetry and control delivery (e.g., CAISO, ERCOT, PJM, ISO-NE, National Grid, AEMO) and grid code knowledge

- Cybersecurity in OT environments; familiarity with ISA/IEC 62443 and NERC CIP; experience with SIEM and system hardening

- SEL relay configuration and substation automation; IEC 61850 engineering (GOOSE, SCL)

- OSIsoft PI AF/Analytics, event frames, and integrations to APM/CMMS/BI; cloud or edge data pipelines.

- Certifications: ISA CAP, GICSP, CCNA/Network+, vendor SCADA/PLC certs.