Network Administrator

Description

• Ensures that OT/ICS/SCADA communications network systems have been installed per RES, owner, contract, and regulatory requirements and tested to meet QSE, Utility, Substation, and regional reliability council requirements.
• Deploys OT/ICS/SCADA communications network solutions according to timelines and budget.
• Provides guidance integrating communications network functions of wind, battery, and solar power systems to their associated substation, utility, and balancing authority.
• Supports the operations group throughout the life of the facility to maintain reliability of the energy facility on the grid.
• Creates and reviews designs for Wind, PV, BESS, and PV+BESS OT/ICS/SCADA Communications Networks that align with regional, owner, regulatory, and contractual requirements for renewable energy power plant SCADA systems.
• Operates Company aligned vehicle for site visits.
• Complies with Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and Company Policies & Procedures.
• Attends work regularly and punctually, as scheduled or expected.
• Partners with customers and subcontractors to ensure requirements, regulatory compliance, and expectations of key stakeholders are met.
• Provides guidance to Project Managers, RES OT team, Owners, Integrators and others as needed, for OT/ICS/SCADA communications network functions associated with renewable energy power plants.
• Presents, supports, and leads-by-example with a safety and quality-oriented attitude.
• Maintains project and department documentation in RES documentation control software.
• Troubleshoot problems until site requirements are met.
• Reviews, inspects, and validates communications network equipment to verify design criteria are incorporated and systems function as anticipated.
• Collaborates with other engineers to make sure renewable energy power plant communications network functions are incorporated, and meet generation, substation, utility, regional, contract, and owner requirements.
• Ensures SAFETY requirements are met.
• Collaborates with RES project managers to aggregate site requirements, create designs for construction, deliver procurement/deployment plans, create timelines, and control costs.
• Works closely with the client teams, as well as RES project managers, construction managers, electrical managers, and project engineers to guarantee a quality system is installed and tested to RES, owner, contract, and regulatory specifications.

Requirements

• Basic experience with factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), and other functional verification testing used to document equipment functionality.
• Junior level experience with communications network designs, inspections, and functionality testing.
• Intermediate knowledge of Power Plant Networking, Security, and Firewalls.
• Working knowledge of the renewable energy industry and projects a plus.
• Familiarity with and ability to stay current on SCADA regulations and standards.
• Must possess a valid Driver’s license.
• Basic knowledge of historians and data acquisitions.
• Basic experience with automation control device integration.
• Field experience testing/commissioning communications network functions in generational facilities that integrate power plants to utilities across multiple regions is a plus.
• Intermediate experience with regulatory compliance and communications networking best practices is required.
• Basic knowledge of generation meters, substation integration requirements, protection relays, inverters, and other electrical equipment used in renewable energy power plant systems.
• Intermediate experience with switches, routers, firewalls, transceivers, media converters, physical mediums, and other communications networking systems in electrical generation projects.
• Basic knowledge of regional Balancing Authority, and Local Utility requirements.
• Basic experience with Power Utility scale system development and design.
• Intermediate knowledge of communications network protocols for base-level devices: Modbus, Modbus TCP, OPC, DNP3, SEL-Fast, IEC 61850, ICCP, etc.
• Ability to travel domestically 16 to 30% required.
• 1 or more years of proven OT/ICS/SCADA communications network experience that includes a track record of working on capital intensive construction projects required.
• Basic experience with complete OT/ICS/SCADA system project life cycles: Basis of design, design, procurement, construction/configuration, testing/commissioning, turnover, and operations.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to key stakeholders in a collaborative fashion.
• Intermediate knowledge of NERC CIP requirements.
• Associate’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, or information technology and at least 3 years' experience (or 5 years of OT/ICS/SCADA Communications Network experience) required.
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, or information technology and at least 1 year of experience preferred.

Benefits

• 401 (k) plan with 6% company match
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO) and 10 Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement and Green Car Reimbursement
• Wellness Reimbursement
• Paid Parental Leave and Paid Sabbatical Leave
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Employee Discounts and Wellness programs
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Accident, Hospital, and Critical Illness
• 4x pay Basic Life and Voluntary Life
• Medical, Dental and Vision

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance