SCADA Solutions Engineer
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Summary
Seeking a SCADA Solutions Engineer to work with the automation control teams of Novotek's customers, using their technical knowledge and application of modern automation technologies. Responsibilities include designing and presenting automation solutions, communicating value propositions, supporting sales efforts and providing support to systems integration partners. The role offers flexibility and the opportunity for ongoing professional development.
- Establish detailed knowledge of customer automation footprints, and their ongoing needs for investment and support
- Design, validate and present automation solutions for greenfield and upgrade scenarios
- Effectively communicate different aspects of automation value propositions to a mix of customer roles, including non-technical people
- Evangelise our key partners’ (GE Digital, Emerson Machine Control) products to customer technical teams and influencers
- Support sales and marketing efforts by building and delivering demonstration solutions for key customers and markets
- Provide support and consultative services to systems integration partners that work with Emerson and GE technologies
- Help Novotek sales colleagues identify and qualify automation product opportunities in their customer and prospect base.
Key Skills: Proficy iFIX SCADA, PLC, OPC Communications, Automation protocols, Windows Server, SCADA
Your Goals & Responsibilities
Establish detailed knowledge of customer automation footprints, and their ongoing needs for investment and support
Design, validate and present automation solutions for greenfield and upgrade scenarios
Effectively communicate different aspects of automation value propositions to a mix of customer roles, including non-technical people
Evangelise our key partners’ (GE Digital, Emerson Machine Control) products to customer technical teams and influencers
Support sales and marketing efforts by building and delivering demonstration solutions for key customers and markets
Provide support and consultative services to systems integration partners that work with Emerson and GE technologies
Help Novotek sales colleagues identify and qualify automation product opportunities in their customer and prospect base.
What We Offer
Flexibility – this role will work across our entire territory, so the successful candidate may be home-based if not located near one of our offices
A place in a team that works together to create shared opportunities and shared success
Competitive salary and incentive scheme
Ongoing professional development, including opportunities to develop new technology skills and domain expertise
Ongoing personal development including opportunities to career options in different roles as Novotek grows.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in science, engineering, technology or related discipline or equivalent industrial experience such as a minimum of seven (7) years’ experience within a hands-on automation or systems engineering role
Technical Expertise
Substantial hands-on experience with GE Digital’s Proficy iFIX SCADA and ideally related solutions such as Proficy Historian (5-7 years)
Experience with PLC or other automation control platforms, including HMIs/panels
Practical experience with OPC communications, ideally OPC UA and OPC DA, and other automation communications protocols such as MQTT
Exposure to relevant automation standards such as ISA 95, ISA 101 (HMI), ISA 18.2 (Alarm Management), ISA 62443 (Security) or ISA-88
Practical experience configuring IT infrastructure to run in industrial environments, including use of Windows Server and virtualisation solutions such as Hyper-V or VMWare
Experience of any of the following would be beneficial:
Use of scripting languages such as VBA or Python
MS SQL Server
Use of trending and/or reporting tools to supplement SCADA and Historian functionality