Country United States / US City AUSTIN
Area
Texas

Workplace location AUSTIN-GAINES RANCH LOOP(USA) Employer company TotalEnergies Renewables USA, LLC Domain Maintenance & Inspection Type of contract Regular position Experience Minimum 3 years

Context & Environment

This position can sit in Austin, TX, Houston, TX, or remotely in the USA.

Activities

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience).
* 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting SCADA and OT/IT operations for utility-scale power generation in the U.S.
* Strong expertise with Ignition SCADA (implementation and maintenance).
* Experience with SCADA protocols and infrastructure including MODBUS, DNP3, OPC, TCP/IP, serial, fiber, switches, and firewalls.
* Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (routing, VPNs, firewalls).

* Experience integrating:
* Substation devices (SEL RTACs, relays, meters)
* Array devices (inverters, trackers, met stations)
* Utility-owned RTUs

* Familiarity with NERC compliance from a SCADA/OT perspective.
* Fluent English and a valid U.S. driver's license.

Preferred

* Official Ignition Certification (or completion of Inductive University training).
* Experience supporting multi-site or fleet-level operations.
* Knowledge of solar technologies; energy storage and wind experience a plus.
* Experience with SEL products and utility telemetry standards.

Core Strengths

* Strong communicator who can lead technical discussions across vendors and internal teams.
* Influential, collaborative, and results-oriented.
* Comfortable operating in fast-changing regulatory and operational environments.

Candidate Profile

Activities:

• Enforce Total Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policy in all his/her responsibilities and ensure that external third parties (O&M/EPC contractors, vendors, consultants) operate in a manner acceptable to TotalEnergies HSE standards
• Work with various SCADA/IT vendors, EPCs, O&M, equipment manufacturers, utilities and internal teams to meet all grid integration, internal IT/OT/Cybersecurity and operational requirements through all project phases
• Work directly on the SCADA Implementation and O&M on utility scale projects with various technologies and architectures.
• Know and follow TERUSA standards and exhibits for SCADA, OT/IT, and Cybersecurity.
• Review project submittal exhibits from vendors and ensure compliance with internal expectations.
• Ensure compliance with TotalEnergies internal IT and cybersecurity standards
• Implement third party data integrations (API, SFTP, OPC-UA, OPC-DA etc.) to enable end to end workflows and real-time data streams for automated system control and monitoring
• Build and manage tools that allow automated data acquisition and performance analysis with data from SCADA and other sources
• Ensure PPC (Power Plant Controller) operation meets grid integration and operational requirements.
• Facilitate and own the collection, organization and filing of all project documentation, both internally and for external third-party stakeholders.
• The position consists of work indoors with occasional travel to other offices and job sites. Travel expectations shall consist of approximately 1 week per quarter.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for critical event escalation.
• Know, respect and ensure compliance with the Company's Code of Conduct.
• Accountability for SCADA System Operability, project data flow, and OT/IT operation and conformity
• Support the operation of TotalEnergies Utility Power Plant business in the U.S.
• Accountability for safety and project operations.
• Operational role for the implementation and operation of the site SCADA & OT/IT system