Scada & Automation Engineer

SCADA & Automation Engineer

• Work on meaningful projects with the latest Automation technologies
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities
• Support the sustainable delivery of an essential service to the Lower Hunter community

Hunter Water are seeking a SCADA & Automation Engineer to join our Customer Delivery division. This role is responsible for the planning, design and support of SCADA and Automation related projects within the ever-evolving Hunter Water network.

Our Company

Hunter Water provides drinking water, wastewater, recycled water and some stormwater services to a population of more than 600,000 people in homes and businesses across the Lower Hunter.

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Benefits and Inclusions

Hunter Water offer a range of employee benefits. For this position, these will include, but are not limited to:

• Access to hybrid work and other flexible options
• 3 Additional Public Holidays per year
• 5 days additional paid Carers Leave per annum
• Paid Community Service Leave
• 14 weeks paid Parental Leave for both parents

Learning and Development benefits including:

• Access to training, conferences, seminars and other professional development activities
• Internal mentoring programs
• Access to Education Assistance Support and study leave

Health & Wellbeing benefits including:

• Fitness passport
• Access to discounted health fund and health services
• Access to the Employee Assistance program

Remuneration & Hours:

• 35 hour working week.
• Reward and Recognition Program
• A base salary starting at $125, 000 plus Superannuation.

The Opportunity

The role has become available due to an internal promotion. As the SCADA & Automation Engineer you will be supporting the modernisation and automation projects across the Hunter Water network.

What you'll do:

• Engineering support in the fields of Instrumentation, Automation and Control, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), telemetry systems including Remote Telemetry Units (RTU) as well as radio and networks.
• Provision of advice in optimising the operation of existing plant and infrastructure and developing and designing future asset operation.
• Provision of commercial and technical input to contract documentation, schedules and negotiations.
• Provide input and review for infrastructure upgrades and engineering project management including specification and contract document preparation for capital and recurrent projects.
• Fulfil both Quality Assurance and Quality Control responsibilities to ensure effective SCADA and PLC Configuration management and Change Control.

What you'll need to be successful:

Essential Criteria:

• Qualifications in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent professional qualifications and/or relevant experience
• Experience and understanding of the automation systems, control coding and logic structure, hardware components, applications etc.
• Strong experience and understanding with SCADA systems.
• Demonstrated experience with PLCs, Automation, Instrumentation and RTUs
• High level oral and written communication with the ability to involve others in identifying issues and solutions.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience in the preparation of specifications and contract documents
• Experience and understanding of water & wastewater treatment processes.
• Experience with Schneider PLC programming using Unity Pro/Control Expert and RTU programming using Schneider E-Configurator

Application Steps:

To be considered for this position applicants must submit a cover letter addressing the Selection Criteria and provide a current resume.

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Application closing date: Sunday 25th February 2024...... Applications will be reviewed on submission and may progress prior to this date.

Contact: Christian Huff Phone: 0498 559 ***

Please advise if you require any adjustments to actively participate in the application and recruitment process.

We are proud to be an Inclusive Employer committed to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity. People with disability, women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are encouraged to apply. Applicants can request a reasonable adjustment at any stage during the recruitment process by getting in contact with the recruiter, please see below for contact details.

Employment with Hunter Water Corporation may be subject to pre-employment checks including but not limited to criminal background checks, functional assessment, drug and alcohol testing and psychometric assessment for preferred external applicants.