Scada and control system engineer
Employment Permanent
Date display: 28/05/2025
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Salary :
Activity area : Industrial and manufacturing
Post category : Production and engineering
Province : Quebec
Region : Laval, Montreal, Montreal and surroundings
Recruiter : Marie-Eve Arseneault
Contact us : mearseneault@st-amour.com
Job description :
An innovative company in the renewable energy sector is looking for a SCADA & Control Specialist to support the development and management of its fleet of distributed energy assets. This key position places you at the center of technological innovation in an agile, fast-growing environment.
Your role
Under the supervision of the Chief Engineer - Controls, you will be at the heart of the development of our remote-control systems (SCADA), contributing directly to the performance, safety and reliability of our facilities worldwide.
Your tasks:
- Design, develop and implement a brand new SCADA system for monitoring and controlling our wind turbine fleet.
- Program PLCs for various wind turbine subsystems.
- Ensure functional safety and robustness of telemetry and control systems.
- Maintain the availability and quality of data collected remotely (analysis, validation, security).
- Design test benches for the development and validation of control algorithms.
- Develop advanced functionalities: automated alarms, predictive maintenance, real-time energy optimization.
- Collaborate with deployment, support and maintenance teams to ensure smooth transfer to operations.
- Document systems and track software and hardware versions.
Skills and qualifications :
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, automation, computer science or electronics.
- 3 to 5 years' experience in SCADA systems development, automation or control.
- Mastery of programmable logic controllers (PLC), industrial protocols (Modbus, OPC UA/DA, DNP3, Ethernet/IP).
- Solid knowledge of servo-controls, databases, HMI.
- Experience in software development (languages such as C, C++, C#, Python - an asset).
- Autonomy, rigor, practical sense, ability to innovate.
- Bilingual (French and English).
- Must travel occasionally in Canada, the United States and Europe (10 to 15%).
