Energy Storage Applications & SCADA Lead

About the job

Employment Type: Full-Time

FSLA: Salary/Exempt

Division:  Arch Energy

Department: Arch Energy

Reports to:

Supervisory Duties: Yes

The Energy Storage Applications & SCADA Lead provides technical leadership for the controls, integration, and communications systems that enable utility-scale energy storage facilities to operate as a single coordinated system. This role is responsible for managing interfaces between battery storage systems, plant controls, SCADA, substations, communications networks, and utility requirements throughout design, construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Lead system integration activities across BESS, BMS, PCS, EMS, plant controls, SCADA, substations, metering, communications, cybersecurity, and utility interfaces.

• Develop responsibility matrices, interface documents, points lists, network boundaries, and sequence-of-operations requirements.

• Review controls narratives, network architecture, panel layouts, I/O lists, alarm strategies, communications pathways, redundancy requirements, and system designs.

• Coordinate with OEMs, system integrators, utilities, engineers, commissioning teams, and project stakeholders.

• Support implementation and testing of communication protocols including DNP3, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, ICCP, and related systems.

• Validate active and reactive power controls, charge and discharge functionality, voltage and frequency response, ramp rates, curtailment, and operating modes.

• Support preconstruction activities, including technical reviews, RFP development, bid evaluations, scope clarification, and contract requirements.

• Develop standard architectures, specifications, templates, testing procedures, and best practices for repeatable project delivery.

• Plan and support FATs, SATs, point-to-point testing, network validation, software testing, and integrated system testing.

• Support commissioning, energization, troubleshooting, performance testing, and issue resolution.

• Coordinate cybersecurity requirements, remote access, firewalls, backups, system recovery, and network reliability.

• Lead technical punch-list activities and verify final software, documentation, training materials, testing records, and turnover deliverables.

Key Skills

• Utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS)

• SCADA and plant control systems

• Energy Management Systems (EMS) and Battery Management Systems (BMS)

• Power Conversion Systems (PCS)

• Utility communications and telemetry systems

• Network architecture and industrial controls

• DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA, and related protocols

• Controls integration and system testing

• Commissioning and troubleshooting

• Cybersecurity and network reliability

• Technical documentation and interface management

• Strong communication and leadership skills

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

• 8+ years of experience in BESS, power plant controls, SCADA, industrial controls, utility automation, or grid-connected energy systems.

• Experience integrating BMS, PCS, EMS, plant controllers, SCADA, RTACs, protection systems, metering, communications, and remote monitoring platforms.

• Working knowledge of SEL RTACs or similar platforms, PLCs, HMIs, historians, managed networks, firewalls, time synchronization systems, and utility communications protocols.

• Experience reviewing controls narratives, network drawings, I/O lists, alarm matrices, interface documents, test procedures, and vendor submittals.

• Hands-on FAT, SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and integrated-system testing experience.

• Knowledge of utility interconnection requirements, plant controls, telemetry, performance testing, and grid-support functions.

• Experience translating EPC requirements, OEM obligations, and utility standards into technical scopes, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate utilities, owners, OEMs, integrators, engineering teams, and commissioning providers.

• Ability to travel to project sites, OEM facilities, and testing locations as needed.