Renewable Controls Specialist (Mid or Senior Level) - Salt Lake City, Utah or Portland, Or. #113776

The Renewable Controls Specialist provides technical work and directs others in technical work in the planning, designing, procurement and construction of additions, changes or maintenance to the organization’s renewable units plant logic, SCADA, and control systems. The renewable controls specialist will participate in the direction of work for the engineer I and II, technical specialists, contractors. The technical specialist will also provide guidance to Engineer I and II, Senior Engineers, Managers, and Principal engineers on higher level projects.

• Maintain professional competence, knowledge, and skills to effectively complete responsibilities; enhance job knowledge and abilities by taking personal responsibility for professional development and training.
• Provide organization, planning and control of high-level project assignments. Project assignments will routinely involve expenditures of $1 million or more.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external contacts.
• Perform/assist in programming and upgrades in the SCADA system(s). Improve current process by auditing current programs and other renewable performance parameters and positively affect availability or reliability.
• Perform responsibilities as directed within determined time frames and with a high degree of accuracy.
• Provide technical support for remote equipment monitoring and data collection including maintaining an accurate alarm management system and data history.
• Maintain sensitive and confidential information regarding company information.
• Provide technical direction for troubleshooting, calibrating, and maintaining plant control systems, communication equipment and software.
• Perform work independently and direct the work of renewable engineers I, II, senior engineers, renewable technical specialists, and contractors.
• Provide technical support for control system administrative functions including patches, upgrades, and troubleshooting of the renewable control systems, PLC control systems, SCADA systems and electronic control instruments.
• Assist in troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and operational issues.
• Provide accurate input into the budget process and contribute to meeting the actual targets.
• Assist in control equipment maintenance, calibration, and control logic diagnosis.
• Provide superior technical knowledge and expertise related to renewable units.
• Investigate and solve extremely complex problems relating to renewable units.
• Provide technical support for the planning, design and construction of project additions or maintenance of the renewable control systems.

Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.

• Ability to use Microsoft Office tools, Excel, Access, and Word.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, power plant appropriate science discipline or business.
• Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.
• Advanced project management skills.
• Effective problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Advanced Degree.
• 7 or more years of experience in PLC programming with hands-on practical experience needed to fully understand the plant processes and ability to make modifications as needed to reduce equipment downtime and minimize costs.
• 10 or more years of experience in PLC programming with hands-on practical experience needed to fully understand the plant processes and ability to make modifications as needed to reduce equipment downtime and minimize costs.
• Demonstration of advanced technical knowledge and an advanced understanding of the company's business processes.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.
• Five or more years of experience in PLC programming with hands-on practical experience needed to fully understand the plant processes and ability to make modifications as needed to reduce equipment downtime and minimize costs.
• Diagnose OPC communication, and control system issues and implement enhancements or solutions.
• High level of technical knowledge, judgment and capability in controls and instrumentation.
• Eight or more years of experience in PLC programming with hands-on practical experience needed to fully understand the plant processes and ability to make modifications as needed to reduce equipment downtime and minimize costs.
• Effective communicator with technical and managerial personnel.

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 15% of salary.

Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US