SCADA Technician, Sustaining

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced SCADA technician to join the Manufacturing Control and Execution Systems - Sustaining team. In this role you will be responsible for both maintenance and continuous improvement of SCADA and HMI applications for novel equipment used to manufacture Form Energy’s Iron-Air battery. This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a mission critical team that owns control and execution systems throughout their lifecycle including design, development, deployment, and sustaining.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting industrial SCADA and HMI systems
• Provide operator interface support for the production operations and maintenance departments, including troubleshooting SCADA, HMI, MES, and problem resolution as they relate to equipment and process downtime, throughput improvement, and/or any safety concerns
• Ensure operator interfaces and data acquisition systems are functioning as designed/required
• Responsible for minor SCADA and HMI programming changes, including continuous improvement initiatives, and troubleshooting of existing equipment
• Utilize input from production, maintenance supervisors, operators, vendors, and service providers to provide troubleshooting assistance and make improvements
• Responsible for following all Safety and Environmental policies and procedures
• Work with Engineers and other Technicians on new HMIs and MES configurations for deployment into production
• Troubleshoot MES data records from Ignition Edge Gateways to the raw record database at the Ignition Gateway
• Work with engineers to deploy SCADA and HMI hardware as needed

What You'll Bring

• 2+ years of experience as a hands-on technician working on SCADA and HMI systems
• Technical communication skills, both written and verbal
• SCADA/HMI Systems: Ignition Perspective (Required, with supervision), Siemens WinCC (Required, with supervision), Rockwell FTView ME (Required, with supervision)
• IPC and Panel PC setup and deployment (Required, with supervision)
• MES: Ignition Integration for Data (Required, with supervision)
• Quickbase (Nice to Have)
• Electrical: Review/Redline/Read Electrical Schematics (Required, with supervision), Troubleshoot (Required, with supervision), OT Network: Configure Siemens Scalance Managed Network Switches (Nice to Have), Troubleshoot (Required, with supervision), iba (Required, with supervision), Octoplant (Required, with supervision)
• Problem-solving: Read and interpret schematics, diagrams, and blueprints to troubleshoot and repair controls components (Required)
• Attention to detail when testing and troubleshooting (Required)
• Recording data and documenting procedures (Required)

Where You'll Work

This role is based at Form Factory 1 in Weirton, WV—an easy commute from the city of Pittsburgh, PA. This 550,000-square-foot facility is our hub for high-volume battery production and a leader in the new era of American energy manufacturing.