CareerPlan

Lead I&C / DCS Engineer

US, Flexible, TXFull-time2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Manager for Automation, SCADA, Instrumentation & Electrical Control Systems serving as the technical authority for integrated automation, controls, instrumentation, high voltage SCADA, protection interface, and generation control strategy for Co-Generation and Hybrid power facilities.

Role type

Manager, multidisciplinary engineering team lead

Builds

Co-Generation and Hybrid power facilities

Domain

Power generation, industrial automation, renewable energy

Required skills

Power generation controls, SCADA/DCS, instrumentation, substation automation, protective relay interfaces, vendor management, FAT/HIL/SAT commissioning, configuration management, cybersecurity, risk management, QA/QC

Preferred skills

DCS/PLC platforms, BESS control hierarchies, grid forming concepts, industrial communications, alarm management, historian systems

Technologies

DCS, PLC, SCADA, BESS EMS, PCS, protective relaying, HMI, historian systems

Responsibilities

Own integrated SCADA, DCS, controls, instrumentation, electrical supervisory control, and protection interface strategy; Serve as final technical authority for cross system architecture and design deviations; Lead multidisciplinary engineering team; Approve control narratives, logic, interlocks, sequences, alarm philosophy, and cybersecurity boundaries; Direct technical oversight of vendors and contractors; Manage lifecycle plans for obsolescence and support; Lead integrated FAT, HIL, SAT, commissioning, and operating readiness strategy; Coordinate with operations, maintenance, cybersecurity, and OEMs; Establish rigorous QA/QC program with independent reviews.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on IC with team leadership