Technical Control Systems Manager

Title: Technical Control Systems Manager

Location: Addison, TX

Duration: Full Time

Job Description

Oversees all aspects of maintenance, planning, design, development and administration activities related to Operational Technology and SCADA systems.

Primary Duties

• Manages the planning, engineering, development, testing and implementation of hardware and software enhancements and maintenance for real-time Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, control and monitoring systems, cybersecurity systems, ancillary systems, communications systems, including voice and telemetry for measurement and diagnostics systems.
• Coordinates proper RTU (Remote Telemetry Unit) and PLC (Programmable Logic Control), project execution, programming, and commissioning activities to assure standardization, reliability, safety and security, to meet company business requirements.
• Researches, develops, recommends, implements and monitors policies and procedures relating to OT design and infrastructure. Also, reviews and approves documentation of new or modified networks and systems; provides a detailed description for reference; and manages compliance with governing OT policies. Includes software patch management and hardware maintenance needs.
• Maintains a relationship with services and equipment providers to direct the optimum design, installation, and maintenance of a multitude of control, communications, network, and cybersecurity technologies.
• Oversees the design, maintenance, and support of gas control center technical systems to insure a highly functional and dependable control environment.
• Plans and directs the design and implementation of a disaster management plan and incident response plan for functional area.
• Maintains and applies extensive knowledge of the business and regulatory environment.
• Determines future system requirements and develops and submits projects and programs including budgetary inputs, schedules and oversight within business constraints to meet requirements.
• Reviews O&M and Capital budgets and develops controls to assure that expenditures are within limits of approved budget parameters.
• Recruits, develops, trains and manages a diverse staff to perform assigned work. Staffing includes SCADA programmers, Infrastructure and Application engineers, and other related personnel.
• Evaluates and appraises staff performance regularly and provides feedback for employee development and career planning.
• Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 7 years experience in SCADA programming and systems development; or equivalent.
• COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Requires exceptional ability to communicate verbally with internal and external audiences; must possess excellent writing skills.
• NUMERIC SKILLS: Requires the ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages and simple statistical methods.
• COMPUTER SKILLS: Requires advanced computer skills for personal computer and special applications used in the SCADA environment.