Scada/OT Control System Engineer

Imagine a future where you play a significant role in our engineering team focussing on SCADA/OT systems across our generation assets.

Join us in this role where you’ll work as SCADA/OT engineer at our UK East Coast Hub which forms part of the UK Generation Portfolio. Working in the UK , you’ll provide first line response and technical solutions to SCADA/OT events across the UK to drive continuous improvement & increase reliability of generation assets. Reporting directly to the Head of Electrical and control systems you will have responsibility in developing and enhancing our SCADA/OT engineering capabilities.

Welcome to Generation Europe You’ll be part of UK Generation where you, together with your colleagues, will represent and be part of the Electrical and Control systems Engineering Team for the UK Portfolio and will work closely and collaborate with engineering managers and their teams as well as engaging with key stakeholders in site operation, Global Support & Functional Teams.

You’ll play an important role in:

· end to end decision making on technical issues escalating where required to internal and external stakeholders

· being the point of contact for SCADA/OT events and monitoring of our systems ensuring system health, availability and compliance including WTG and SCS systems

· ensuring compliance of critical energy production infrastructure with the IT/OT security standard

· ensuring that the correct cyber security level is implemented on the SCADA systems to fulfil country-specific and global company requirements

· effectively manage SCADA/OT systems and improvements upgrades through implementation of software/hardware to all our assets

· aligning important interfaces with internal and external stakeholders to ensure uninterrupted control and monitoring of electrical components.

To succeed in the role, you:

· hold a degree in engineering (Control Systems, Automation or similar), or similar.

· will be available to visit all our sites for planned and unplanned events

· have strong communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to establish, maintain, and develop effective relationships

· ensure technical changes are managed to a high standard protecting the integrity, safety and compliance of the assets utilising and improving where required existing processes

· have good knowledge in SCADA protocols : IEC 61850, IEC60870-5-101/103/104, Modbus & TCP/IP, OPC, SNMP, SNTP, Profinet, DLMS -Devices: Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), Energy Meters, Protection relays, Bay controllers, SCADA Gateways, Protocol Converters, GPS time servers -Windows Server, server administration, VMware Esxi, back up strategies, hardening, server hardware maintenance Click or tap here to enter text.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us

Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

Position salary range:

72,000.00- 108,000.00 + pension + benefits

Pre-employment screening:

All offers of employment in the UK are conditional on successful completion of a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Further details will be given at offer stage.