Senior SCADA PLC Programmer

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Your impact

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Your Impact:

We’re looking for a Senior SCADA PLC Programmer located in Florida to execute exciting and challenging projects throughout the region. Bring your curiosity, talent for multi-tasking and collaboration, and extreme organizational skills, and we’ll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what drives you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.

As a senior SCADA PLC programmer, you will be involved in all parts of the projects solving complex problems, taking a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions, identifying applications of functional knowledge, and applying existing methodologies to complex problems. You’ll work with the best Engineers and Project Managers in the business, as well as working directly with our clients. We want you to be empowered to deliver the boldest solutions for everyday living leading functional teams or projects and serving as a best practice, quality resource.

Each day you will be an important part of the team as you complete a variety of engineering and programming responsibilities for the design and operation of SCADA systems for water and wastewater clients. You will work with minimal supervision, both independently and in a team environment, and multi-task effectively.

The successful candidate will work as part of project teams to perform the following tasks:

•Programming for PLC control systems, SCADA systems, and Human Machine Interface (HMI) software to effectively design and implement instrumentation and control systems for large water/wastewater and industrial clients.

•Provide engineering support for water, wastewater, municipal, and industrial clients for our regional offices and occasionally at client sites.

•Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients.

•Design and troubleshoot ICS related components including PLCs, servers/workstations, control panels, field instruments, radios, industrial network switches, and firewalls.

•Have familiarity with ICS applications including event logging, domain controllers, network behavior anomaly detection systems, Operational Technology (OT) networks, hyperconverged and traditional servers, and anti-virus software.

•Conduct site evaluations and make recommendations for control systems improvements and designs.

•Work with other engineering disciplines on large, complex design projects to incorporate equipment, process, and facility control concepts.

•Prepare specifications, drawings and control system process narratives.

•Complete the scope of work to the satisfaction of the client, while simultaneously ensuring Jacobs staff safety, product quality, project financial, risk management, business, and policy expectations are met.

•Lead small teams executing small to medium complexity SCADA projects for large state and local government, municipal, and industrial organizations.

•Lead small teams on several projects of various sizes and durations at the same time.

•Lead small project teams during start up and commissioning activities.

•Participate in all phases of project estimating, planning, execution, and closeout, consistent with established project delivery processes to the meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements stated in the contract.

•Participate in business development activities resulting in the award of a contract. This could include client relationship development, project-specific positioning activities, proposal preparation, oral presentation, and contract negotiation consistent with established business development processes.

•Be responsible for development and execution of SCADA Master Plans.

•Provide general supervision and mentoring to junior staff for development of design drawings, specifications, instrumentation, and programming.

•Travel as needed for projects to support control system commissioning and startups.

•Drive ownership of health & safety in all aspects of project execution, office, and personal environments.

•Have general knowledge to specify, setup, and troubleshoot field process instruments.

•Display strong communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work in a fast-paced consulting environment with multiple deadlines.

Here's what you'll need

Here’s What You’ll Need:

•Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering or a related engineering field or equivalent experience.

•Ten years of experience in programming PLC control systems, development of control system architecture, development of control system narratives, PLC program testing and site commissioning services.

•Experience with SCADA System Integration including panel building, field wiring, testing, and commissioning of systems.

•Experience with reviewing and creating designs for control systems, panel layouts, SCADA network architectures, and instrument location plans.

•Experience with training client staff on PLC control logic functions.

•Experience with HMI control system programming.

•Experience with IT or OT networking and virtual machine (VM) implementation.

•Team player, ability to work independently.

•Excellent oral and written communication skills.

•Excellent presentation skills to large audiences.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

•Knowledge of municipal water/wastewater treatment processes and control systems, and information solution products.

•Experience with development of SCADA Master Plans, Radio Telemetry systems, SCADA Network design, development of P&IDs, perform the role of lead design engineer.

•Programming experience in Allen Bradley PLC5, SLC, CompactLogix and ControlLogix, Modicon PLC, Siemens PLC, Emerson ControlWave programming, and/or in GE iFix, Allen Bradley FTView, GE iFix, AVEVA Wonderware, VTSCADA, Ovation programming.

•Experience managing SCADA programming, information solutions, and design projects.

•Professional Engineer registration for Florida.

Why Jacobs?

We’re invested in you and your success. Our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. By supporting one another and through our culture of caring, we all succeed. The biggest questions spark our curious minds. We clear the way for inventive thinking and exploration, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. We redefine what’s possible. There’s something that drives everyone – and we want you to keep evolving your career, discover unexpected opportunities and ensure you can deliver on tomorrow.

Jacobs’ health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $116,400.00 to $175,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.