Lead SCADA U.S. Specialist

Ørsted North America Inc is seeking a Lead SCADA U.S. Specialist in Providence, RI. The role involves aligning U.S. and European SCADA designs, ensuring compliance with NERC-CIP standards, and providing technical expertise for offshore wind farm projects. The candidate must have a relevant master’s degree and experience in SCADA systems within the offshore wind industry. The position requires some domestic and foreign travel.
Employer: Ørsted North America Inc.

Job Title: Lead SCADA U.S. Specialist

Location: 500 Exchange Street, 10th Floor, Providence, RI 02903

Duties:
• Align and link the U.S. and European Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) designs in an effective and compliant manner that aligns with the SCADA Globalization Strategy.
• Design all SCADA automation functions for the onshore and offshore windfarm projects.
• Ensure U.S. asset projects comply with North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Critical Information Protection (NERC-CIP) standards.
• Provide technical expertise specific to local legislation and its impact on SCADA systems and offshore communication design.
• Serve as the technical subject matter expert regarding SCADA for offshore wind farms.
• Provide expertise for negotiations with Joint Venture (JV) and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partners.
• Develop and design a SCADA Hub for offshore windfarms in the United States.
• Facilitate and drive technical communication and alignment between the Denmark-based and U.S.-based SCADA teams.
• Manage all project-related activities required for the Substation Control System (SCS) delivery.
• Review technical documentation related to SCADA, both for internal (SCADA team and Operations) and external use (customers).
• Analyze system performance and suggest improvements, particularly ones related to SCADA, before handover to Operations & Maintenance (O&M).
• Requires up to 15% domestic and 5% foreign travel.

Requirements:
• Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in electrical engineering, control engineering, or related field; plus 4 years (or 48 months) of experience in job offered or as a SCADA engineer/specialist within offshore windfarm industry.
• Bachelor’s degree plus 6 years (or 72 months) of experience also acceptable.
• Knowledge of operational technology (OT) security and SCADA systems integration for independent system operators (ISO) and/or transmission system operators (TSO).
• Experience with SCADA system design, NERC-CIP compliance, substation control system design for offshore windfarms, network protocols: parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) and/or high-availability seamless redundancy (HSR) protocols, and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards: 61850 and/or 62443.

Apply: https://us.orsted.com/careers.