Head of SCADA Engineering - Bangalore

Desired Knowledge and Skills:

• Should have 15+ years of experience in SCADA systems.
• Must have extensive experience in architecting, designing and implementing SCADA systems.
• Must have knowledge of Wind Turbine.
• Must have experience in SCADA Network solutions and Cyber Security and communication interfaces.

Roles Responsibilities:

• Lead the SCADA systems engineering team in designing, architecting, and implementing SCADA systems for large wind farms using state-of-the-art open-source or commercial OS platforms.
• Develop and maintain networking solutions to ensure seamless data communication within wind farms and between the wind farm and the central monitoring system.
• Oversee periodic checkups, tracking, and coordination with wind farm operations and customers to ensure proactive maintenance of SCADA systems and subsystems.
• Handle configuration and troubleshooting of wind farm networks, including fibre-optic and Ethernet networks, switches, and radios (WAN and LAN).
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation for internal (SCADA team, operations) and external (customers) use.
• Ensure SCADA systems comply with OPC UA, IEC 61400-25, and IEC 61850 standards, and possess a complete understanding of various communication protocols such as TCP/IP.
• Ensure accurate time synchronization across all systems to maintain data integrity and reliability.
• Analyse data to optimize wind turbine performance, predict failures, and improve overall wind farm efficiency.
• Coordinate with various stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation and maintenance of SCADA systems.
• Oversee regular operation and maintenance activities for SCADA systems at both wind farm and central monitoring levels, ensuring configuration meets internal and external customer requirements.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in wind power SCADA and wind turbine control.
• Ensure cybersecurity best practices are followed for SCADA systems.
• Lead SCADA implementation projects and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, ensuring high-quality results.
• Constantly interact with internal stakeholders and external customers to improve wind power application performance, availability, reliability, and conduct MTBF and MTTR calculations.
• Utilize data analytics and AI/ML techniques to enhance system performance and predictive maintenance capabilities.
• Provide technical support and training to operations and maintenance teams.
• Ensure 100% compliance with QMS processes.
• Communicate appropriately to all teams about program execution progress, risk, milestones etc