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Job Title: SCADA Technical Lead

Job Location: Houston, TX/ Calgary, Canada

Job Type: Full Time- Hybrid (50% of time in office)
Due to the hybrid nature of the job, a successful candidate must already reside within a commutable distance (
Compensation Range for this role in Houston, Texas is: $103,000- $171,800 USD
This range should not be used for any other locations outside of Houston, TX.

About the Role

This position is accountable for technical leadership for large scale/high complexity customer project orders, which may span over multiple years, from start to finish, ensuring it is completed on time and within budget. This includes serving as the lead software project engineer during initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing of customer projects/programs.

The successful candidate in this position will confirm customer requirements, which includes software system development requirements, software and hardware specifications, bill of material alignment with specifications & clarify exceptions.

Responsibilities

• Project Initiation - Assist in the project management as lead software project engineer in developing and/or finalizing technical elements of the project's statement of work with the customer. Maintain role as lead project engineer and technical contact for customer for balance of project order.
• Project Planning - Assist in the project management as lead software project engineer in developing a project schedule, risk management plan, and communication plan to ensure expectations are being met internally and externally.
• Project Execution - Assist system architect in system design effort of the customer's project order and serves as lead software project engineer to project technical team.
• Monitor and Control Project Work - Monitor and control the performance of the customer's project through its lifecycle. Key activities include: task completion verification, project team monitoring, managing project updates across team members, schedule reporting, issue resolution, contract administration, and risk management.
• Project Close - Lead the closeout of the project to include financial reconciliation, verification of job site equipment arrival, installation, start-up, and training support completion through review of internal system information, contact with the customer, and coordination with support services such as field services, after-shipment support, and training functions. Validate project performance against target profitability.
• Provides technical guidance to technical team members.

Qualifications

Required Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Computer Science and 5+ years of industry experience.
• Software Engineer responsible for development of industrial automation, information and facilities monitoring solutions involving the following software: Required (Significant Experience with One of the following): Enterprise SCADA, OASyS DNA, Vijeo/Citect SCADA, Ampla MES, ClearSCADA, WonderWare SCADA, WonderWare Historian, Other significant experience with another SCADA and/or MES software package

Desired Experience:

• Microsoft SQL Server
• SQL
• C#
• Microsoft reporting services

Other programming languages and web interface software development experience is desired but not required.

Successful candidate should be able develop, install and commission custom systems (hardware and software).

Successful candidates will be expected to handle high pressure situations on customer sites. Candidate should be able to think on their feet and offer creative solutions to unexpected site challenges. Candidate should be able to handle interactions with both Government and Private Sector customers.

Position involves domestic and international travel. Travel requirement is 20 - 50%

USA Benefits include:

Flex work hours, 20 days PTO rising to 25 with service, three paid volunteering days, primary and secondary parental leave, well-being support, medical, dental, vision, and 401K.

It's possible we're hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

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Hybrid working

We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office-based depending on the nature of the work, and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.

Hiring process

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process