GlobaLogix, Inc. serves mid-market Energy and Utility clients by delivering engineering, design, and installation of industrial control systems on time and on budget. We have deep industry knowledge and experience to provide complete solutions.
Location: GlobaLogix Corporate Office, Houston, TX
Travel Requirement: Approximately 15-20%
Job Summary: As a Senior SCADA Engineer at GlobaLogix, you will lead the design, development, and administration of sophisticated SCADA systems for our clients across the energy and utilities sectors. This senior role not only requires advanced technical skills but also leadership acumen and sales engineering capabilities to foster client relationships and drive business growth.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the engineering and development of complex SCADA systems for new installations, system expansions, and integrations with third party systems.
- Act as a technical lead, guiding junior engineers and project teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.
- Engage directly with clients to understand their operational needs, develop trusted relationships, and provide consultative support.
- Design custom solutions and develop detailed proposals that align with client requirements and business objectives.
- Oversee and provide technical and maintenance support, ensuring the highest level of system performance and reliability.
- Support rotational after-hours support schedules to guarantee continuous system operations.
- Proven experience in leading SCADA system projects, with a strong portfolio in Trihedral VTScada, Weatherford Cygnet, or Inductive Automation Ignition platforms.
- Expertise in object-oriented programming languages and familiarity with industrial protocols such as Modbus, OPC UA, and MQTT Sparkplug B.
- Demonstrated ability in sales engineering, including creating rapport with clients, consulting to define solutions, and proposal development.
- Strong background in working with relational databases (MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL).
- Strong background administering applications hosted in a cloud environment (Azure preferred).
- Network engineering experience, including working with data centers, virtual private networks, Internet of Things, and wireless communications desirable.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in SCADA system design and implementation, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science from an accredited institution. A master’s degree is preferred.
- Relevant certifications such as Ignition 8.1 and VTScada are highly desirable.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous paid time off and health savings account options.
- Competitive 401(K) with company matching.
- Life insurance and additional perks.
- A commitment to a drug-free workplace; participation in pre-employment and periodic drug testing is required.
- Comprehensive background checks, including driving record and criminal history.
- Adherence to safety-sensitive standards is essential for maintaining our high safety standards.
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What We Do
We connect equipment, systems and processes – old with new, modern with legacy. We never give up with meeting a customer’s needs. We’re relentless in the face of your uncertainty.
Got part of a process that needs controls and monitoring improvement? Got legacy equipment that does not connect? Confused with constantly changing requirements, technology, service demand and necessary skill sets?
We can connect YOUR world. We’ll combine or break out whatever works for your field, plant or process.
GlobaLogix is a control and automation engineering firm, delivering information based solutions to the Oil & Gas and agricultural feed and storage markets. You get our expertise in instrumentation, measurement, PLC integration, programming, communication network design and installation services to connect your world, not ours.
GlobaLogix delivers complete or fit to purpose solutions for monitoring and controlling connected systems starting at the endpoints, taking it through PLCs and RTUs, over a secure communications network and SCADA system and into your control rooms and corporate back offices for analysis.
This means you get a customized solution that takes your entire data path into account, whether it’s measurement at the end point, a SCADA system that incorporates operational needs, or a program that monitors huge volumes of operational data based on change points, reducing transmissions and preserving bandwidth.
As we are not tied to or dependent upon any one type equipment or controlling software we are able to connect legacy systems with disparate components. We use what's there that's usable to solve the problem at hand.
Our involvement in each stage of the data path creates a more secure system. Our respect for the importance of your data results in a usable system with clear benefits for users in the field, in the corner office and anywhere in between.
