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Automation Engineer

$60 - $70 per hour

Collabera Technologies

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Automation Engineer

Contract to Hire: Houston, Texas, US

Salary Range: 60.00 - 70.00 | Per Hour

Job Code: 370373

End Date: 2026-08-06
Days Left: 25 days, 3 hours left

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Title: SCADA Specialist/ Programmer

Location: Carteret, NJ

Houston TX

Schedule: Monday-Wednesday on site, Thursday and Friday WFH

Duration: 12 months w/ possibility of extension

Pay Range: $60 to $70 per hour

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable

Day to Day:

  • Will be developing and programming on a application upgrade project
  • Going from legacy platform, AVEVA- In Touch, to AVEVA system platform
  • HMI development
  • This person will be setting up buttons and pop ups, and following color schemes and alarm standards
  • Work as part of a group to provide SCADA system administration, management, and support functions where support includes
  • Day-to-day activities required to support the departments that use the SCADA System.
  • Ensure that SCADA system procedures and standards are met.
  • Participate in or be directly responsible for the analysis, design, and implementation of SCADA-related applications, SQL, databases, and reports while following existing standards.
  • Participate in or be directly responsible for working with business groups or other IT staff to provide and/ or develop data interfaces between business and SCADA applications.
  • Coordinate with Engineering, Control Center, and Operations personnel to ensure that application, graphic, and report design meet customer requirements.
  • Provide SCADA system hardware and software support in conjunction with appropriate IT personnel as needed.
  • Participate with IT Infrastructure personnel to review system maintenance, diagnose problems, etc. related to IT Standard operating systems and databases.
  • Participate with IT Telecommunications personnel to review network design, maintenance issues, monitoring, etc.
  • Develop documentation related to the design and the use of applications, graphics, procedures, etc.
Must-haves:
  • A minimum of 5 years of work experience with SCADA AVEVA System Platform, Automation, or real-time systems support
  • Must have at least 3-5 years experience in HMI development
  • Experience in the AVEVA System platform (Intouch,Historian,ABCIP)
  • Experience with writing scripts in AVEVA System platform.
  • Experience with AVEVA OMI
  • GREAT communicator, collaborative spirit, and growth mindset!
  • Must be willing to travel during critical points of projects:
Plusses:
  • Understanding of PLC logic control and function. Predominantly Allen Bradly and Control Logix
  • Networking experience within a Telecom department or similar
  • OSIsoft PI software a plus
  • Proficient program development using .NET 4.0+, C#, VB and SQL
Job Requirement
  • SCADA
  • AVEVA
  • Aveve System platform
  • Wonderware
  • ArchestrA
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