SCADA Engineer

About the role

The SCADA Engineer will design, commission and maintain SCADA systems for utility‑scale solar PV and battery storage plants. Working closely with the commissioning team, you will ensure high data accuracy, availability and functionality to support reliable plant operation.

Key responsibilities

• Design and configure the physical and logical network architecture for solar PV power plants.
• Develop and maintain SCADA and HMI platforms using Ignition (Inductive Automation).
• Lead Eskom signalling compliance tests and assist with commissioning plans.
• Create signal and IP lists, draft network/logic drawings and signal schematics.
• Configure and commission primary and secondary plant devices, including RTUs and HMIs.
• Implement Software‑Defined Networking (SDN) to improve security and traffic segmentation.
• Establish DevOps practices for SCADA deployment: version control, automated testing and containerisation.
• Architect and manage time‑series databases for plant data storage and analysis.
• Author coding manuals, scripting guidelines and standard operating procedures.

Required profile

• Proven experience designing and commissioning SCADA systems for utility‑scale solar projects.
• Strong understanding of industrial control systems and communication protocols.
• Ability to work collaboratively with vendors, service providers and commissioning teams.
• Attention to detail in producing technical documentation and network drawings.

Required skills

• Ignition (Inductive Automation) SCADA platform.
• Software‑Defined Networking (SDN) in industrial environments.
• RTU and HMI configuration and programming.
• DevOps tools: version control, automated testing, containerisation (e.g., Docker).
• Time‑Series Database design and management.
• Network architecture design and signal/IP list development.
• Technical documentation and coding manual creation.