Systems Automation Coordinator

Salary: $50.00 Hourly
Location : 600 S. 4th Street, Stoughton, WI
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 446
Department: Utilities
Opening Date: 06/09/2026
Closing Date: 6/28/2026 4:00 PM Central


SUMMARY OF JOB


The purpose of this position is to coordinate systems automation technologies for the electric distribution system, water distribution system, wastewater collection system, wastewater treatment facility, and administrative technical systems under the management of Stoughton Utilities. Current automation technologies include Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems for electric, water, and wastewater; an Outage Management Systems (OMS); and various other technologies, scripts, and programming.
This position will configure, maintain, and support current automation systems, including applications and hardware, and participate in the strategic planning and design of new automation platforms and technologies, with a focus on cybersecurity. This position is also responsible for the coordination of a variety of technical planning tasks from project preparation through completion, including software platform upgrades, security upgrades, control upgrades at existing electric, water, and wastewater facilities, and more.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains the electric and water/wastewater Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Configure, program and deploy SCADA hardware and software components, including Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), remote terminal units (RTU), real-time automation controllers (RTAC), and all associated communication protocols. Maintains web platforms, alerting and notification system interfaces, operating and archive databases, and server operating systems.
• Maintains the Stoughton Utilities Outage Management System (OMS). Creates outage call and job workflow assignments and automation, customer-facing maps and outage entry interfaces, text-messaging interfaces and response automation, and outage statistical reports. Updates modeled distribution system status to reflect temporary as-built conditions. Maintains web platforms, mobile system interfaces, operating and archive databases, and server operating systems.
• Monitors, triages, and troubleshoots SCADA and OMS alarms and events, and works with field employees to confirm and resolve system and device issues. Maintains SCADA points, tags, setpoints, limits, and alarm configurations.
• Coordinates automation system maintenance projects, including system upgrades and improvements, security upgrades and patches, remote facility networking projects, mobile communication systems, and new system integrations.
• Collaborates with other utility divisions to coordinate automation equipment maintenance efforts at wells, electric substations, water towers, sanitary lift stations, and the wastewater treatment facility, including motor controls, and electric regulator and recloser control panels.
• Develops automation system documentation, including system configurations, network diagrams, and operational procedures. Maintains change logs and reports system changes to the SCADA & OMS teams.
• Provides automation system end-user training to utility operators. Works with end-users and utility management to solicit feedback on system performance, functions and features, and develops short and long-range system improvement plans to incorporate received feedback. Provides training to field employees on use of mobile systems.
• Assists the Education & Outreach Coordinator in preparing public education materials related to OMS and participates in outreach efforts.
• Maintains utility cybersecurity protection efforts and secures data network systems by maintaining system access, monitoring, control, and evaluation procedures; testing disaster recovery policies and procedures; monitoring network input and output; and reviewing application and performance logs.
• Assists in the maintenance of all Stoughton Utilities information and operational technology systems, including internal and customer-facing software solutions, data networking and communications systems, server and desktop computing hardware and peripheral devices, databases, backup systems, mobile device management, and user account management.
• Collaborates within the Technical Operations Division to maintain and improve the utility Geographic Information System (GIS) by identifying system model errors and deficiencies through OMS logs and hands-on use. Participates on and reports system changes to the GIS team.
• Maintains the ability to work a flexible schedule to accommodate planned and unplanned activities outside of the typical work schedule, including but not limited to planned system maintenance work, restoration of automation systems or network outages, system cutovers, and severe weather events, as well as planned seasonal schedule changes and tasks.
• Complies with all Stoughton Utilities Safety programs, and guidelines and regulations set by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and the National Electric Safety Code (NESC).
• Assists technical operations, electric, wastewater and water divisions as required.
• Performs other Stoughton Utilities tasks as directed.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer science, or vocational/technical training in electrical distribution and system automation that provides equivalent knowledge and experience, three to five years electric, water, or wastewater utility experience as a SCADA technician, utility system operator, industrial automation technician, or equivalent role, or any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Vocational or utility industry training in one or more of the following is preferred: electric distribution system design, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Outage Management Systems (OMS), advanced networking and information technology, or industrial automation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in SCADA software platforms; experience with AVEVA InTouch (formerly Wonderware), and/or AspenTech OSI monarch preferred.
• Strong knowledge of industrial automation protocols, including Modbus, OPC, DNP3, and MultiSpeak. Familiarity with PLC and RTU programming and configuration. Knowledge of scripting and programming languages, API programming, databases, and network communication protocols.
• Experience working with Rockwell Automation PLCs and RTUs, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) RTUs and RTACs, and SEL and Eaton substation control panels preferred. Experience with Eaton ProView and SEL acSELerator software is a plus.

Conditions of Employment

• Must pass a background check, driver's license check, pre-employment physical, and drug screen.
• Valid motor vehicle operator's license.

JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Language Skills

• Ability to perform high-level data analysis, including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude, and appraise. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives.
• Ability to classify, compute, and tabulate data and information, following a prescribed plan requiring the exercise of significant individual judgment. Ability to compare, count, differentiate, measure, and sort information, as well as assemble, copy, record, and transcribe data and information.
• Ability to comprehend, interpret, approve, and utilize a variety of advisory and design data and information, such as software manuals, configuration guides, networking protocol standards, manufacturer security advisories and technical bulletins, job authorization forms, purchase orders, and safety rules and manuals. Ability to utilize and interpret environmental, electrical engineering, water and wastewater engineering, computer software systems, and geographical information systems terminology.
• Ability to explain, demonstrate, and clarify to others within well-established policies, procedures, and standards, as well as the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to complex requests.
• Ability to communicate in writing and orally effectively with customers, department personnel, contractors, vendors, developers, engineering consultants, and the general public.
• Ability to prepare notices, memos, narrative and statistical reports, construction documents, and other correspondence using prescribed formats according to the rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.

Mathematical Skills

• Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; calculate percentages, fractions, and decimals; interpret and develop detailed descriptive statistical reports; and the ability to perform mathematical operations with algebra.

Judgment and Situational Reasoning Ability

• Ability to carry out directions without direct supervision. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.
• Ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as leading, teaching, directing, planning, coordinating, and controlling.
• Ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness, and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or judgmental criteria, and involving the direction, control, and planning of an entire program or multiple programs.
• Ability to learn new skills, technologies, interfaces, protocols, etc., and quickly adapt to the continuous evolution of technology, cyber security threats, software updates, and advancements.

Physical and Mental Abilities Required to Perform Essential Position Functions

• Ability to operate equipment and machinery requiring monitoring multiple conditions and making multiple, complex, and rapid adjustments, such as motor vehicles, etc.
• Ability to operate office equipment and machinery requiring simple but continuous adjustments, such as a computer terminal, photocopier, paper cutter, hand punch, and telephone.
• Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs in performing skilled movements involved in typing, repair, and operation.
• Ability to exert physical effort in light to moderate work, typically involving some combination of climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, lifting, and carrying, pushing or pulling up to 10-50 pounds.
• Ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, sound, taste, texture, and odor associated with job-related objects, materials, and tasks.

Environmental Adaptability

• Ability to work effectively in an office environment, as well as in the field under uncomfortable and potentially unsafe conditions that require exposure to environmental factors such as temperature variations, winds, rain and snow, odors, toxic agents, noise, vibrations, wetness, and dust. Field conditions include working within electrical substations, industrial treatment facilities, and water pumping and storage facilities, and will include working around energized electrical equipment. This exposure may cause discomfort and present a risk of injury or death.

FULL-TIME BENEFITS - 32+ Hours/Week
Effective 1-1-2025
The following benefits are offered to regular full-time (32+ hours per week/1664+ annual hours minimum) employees, Please note that this is a summary, and benefits are not guaranteed. Review the Quartz HMO or Quartz PPO Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) document for coverage details or contact Quartz directly.

HEALTH INSURANCE
Coverage is effective the day after hire; premiums are deducted monthly from the 1st payroll of the month.


Quartz HMO - benefits listed for in-network providers only.
Employee responsibility toward monthly premium:
Family $73.39
Employee & Spouse $48.16
Employee & Child(ren) $43.56
Single $22.93

In-Network Provider Coverage ONLY - See SBC for details
Deductibles are $500/single - $1,000/family
$0 co-pay for preventative/screening
$30 co-pay on office visits
$30 co-pay on urgent care visits
$100 co-pay on emergency room visits (co-pay waived if admitted to hospital)
Prescription drug co-pays:
$10/Tier 1
$35/Tier 2
$60/Tier 3
$200 Specialty drugs
$5 RX Outcomes
Out of Pocket Limit $2850 Single/ $5700 Family

Quartz POS
Employee responsibility toward monthly premium:
Family $395.39
Employee & Spouse $259.37
Employee & Child $234.77
Single $123.56


Note: the Quartz POS coverage has higher and separate deductibles and out of pocket costs . Refer to the SBC for details. This Plan does allow the flexibility to use in and out of network providers. But, the costs are higher. Refer to the SBC for details.
Employee out of pocket qualified medical expenses can be run through the flexible spending plan (Section 125) which is managed through Employee Benefits Corporation (EBC). Enrollment into this plan occurs only during annual enrollment which is November/December.

DENTAL INSURANCE
Coverage is effective the day after hire. The City covers 100% of the premium for dental coverage.
Note: Full-Time employees pay no portion of the dental premium .
Delta Dental benefits listed for in-network providers only

Delta Dental In-Network Coverage:
There is no deductible for dental coverage.
Per person, per benefit accumulation period is $1,000.
Diagnostic and preventive procedures are paid at 100%;
Basic restorative procedures are paid at 80%;
Major restorative procedures are paid at 50%;
Orthodontic procedures are paid at 0%.
Check Up Plus - lets you obtain diagnostic and preventive services - including examinations, X-rays, regular cleanings and other related treatments without the costs of those services applying to your individual annual maximum. The full value of your annual maximum is applied to the benefits you receive for base and major
restorative services.

RETIREMENT Provider Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS)
2025 Wisconsin Retirement Rate is 13.90% for general employees. The employer and employee shares are equal at 6.95% each.
2025 Wisconsin Retirement Rate is 21.90% for protective employees. The employer share is 14.95% and the employee share is 6.95%.

Eligibility to Participate- from the ETF Your Benefit Handbook (ET-2119) Rev10/13
Depending on when you began your job, your job will have to meet one of these two standards for it to be covered under the WRS.

• One-third standard -- A position that is subject to the one-third standard meets WRS participation standards if you are expected to work at least one-third of full-time (600 hours for non-teaching employees) for at least one year from date of hire. You will remain eligible even if your job subsequently drops below one-third.
• Two-thirds standard -- A position that is subject to the two-thirds standard meets WRS participation standards if you are expected to work at least two-thirds of full-time (1200 hours for non-teaching employees) for at least one year from date of hire. You will remain eligible even if your job subsequently drops below two-thirds.

If you were a continuing employee as of July 1, 2011, your job must meet the one-third standard. You will remain eligible even if your job subsequently drops below one-third.
If you were hired after July 1, 2011:

• If you were a participating employee before July 1, 2011, left WRS service, did not take
• A separation benefit, and are now returning in a new job, your job must meet the one-third standard.
• If you were a participating employee before July 1, 2011, left WRS service, took a separation benefit, and are now returning in a new job, your job must meet the two-thirds standard.
• If you were not a participating employee before July 1, 2011, your job must meet the two-thirds standard.*

If you are not expected to meet these eligibility criteria when you are hired, you will not be enrolled in the WRS at that time. However, if you subsequently work at least 12 months, and in any 12-month period you meet the hour's requirement, you are prospectively enrolled in the WRS. In this situation, your WRS coverage is not retroactive.

WRS Mandatory Employee Contributions
If your employment is eligible to be covered under the WRS, you must make employee-required contributions. These contributions are credited to your individual WRS account. These contributions are vested immediately.
Your contributions are calculated as a percentage of your WRS earnings. The contribution rates are different for each WRS employment category. The rates generally change from year to year based on the recommendation of the consulting actuary.
Your employer may have agreed to pay part or all of your employee required WRS contributions on your behalf, pursuant to a contract or collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to June 29, 2011. In addition, certain employees retained the right to bargain with their employers after that date over who will pay the employee-required contributions. Please contact Human Resources for more information.

GROUP LIFE INSURANCE Provider Employee Trust Funds (ETF)/Minnesota Life
The city pays for the basic premium: Premium based on salary and age. Each employee will receive $1,000 insurance for each portion of $1,000 in earnings the previous year.
Eligibility: First of the month following 30 days of employment (timely enrollment-within 30 days from hire). No evidence of insurability required if the employee files within 30 days from date of hire.
Coverage for spouse/dependent and additional units is available, as an employee deduction.

INCOME CONTINUATION INSURANCE Provider Employee Trust Funds (ETF)
The city provides the 90-day waiting period without cost to the employee.
The 60 or 30-day waiting period is available with the employee paying the cost of the difference between the 90-day waiting period and the period selected. Eligibility: First of the month following 30 days of employment (timely enrollment-within 30 days from hire).

ACCIDENTAL DEATH & DISMEMBERMENT Provider Employee Trust Funds (ETF)
Coverage is equal to the total amount of your group life insurance under the basic, supplemental and additional coverages. See The Wisconsin Public Employers Group Life Insurance Program Booklet ET-2101 Rev 1/2016 for further details.

VACATION
2 weeks + 3 days at hire and less than 4 full years of service (104 hours)
3 weeks + 3 days after 4 full years of service (144 hours)
4 weeks + 3 days after 9 full years of service (184 hours)
4 weeks + 4 days after 10 full years of service (192 hours)
4 weeks + 5 days after 11 full years of service (200 hours)
4 weeks + 6 days after 12 full years of service (208 hours)
4 weeks + 7 days after 13 full years of service (216 hours)
4 weeks + 8 days after 14 full years of service (224 hours)
*Vacation is effective as of January 1st each year*

SICK LEAVE i s earned per month based on normally scheduled hours per day (i.e. 8 hour day earns 8 hours per month - 5 hour day earns 5 hours per month).

LENGTH OF SERVICE PAYMENT (longevity) The first length of service payment is $150.00 (for a 40 hour per week employee) after the employee has completed three full years of continuous full-time City employment prior to December 1 of the calendar year in which the payment is made. Subsequent length of service payments are increased by $50 for each additional year of continuous full-time employment. This amount is prorated for employees working less than a 40 hour week.

HOLIDAYS Employee is eligible for the listed paid holidays (in the Work Rules) based on the employee's normal scheduled hours of work per week.

FUNERAL LEAVE Employee may take up to three (3) days for a death in the family based on the employee's normal scheduled hours of work per week (family is defined in the Work Rules). 8 hours scheduled = 8 hours funeral leave per day, 6 hour regular day = 6 hours funeral leave per day.

HEALTH CLUB MEMBERSHIP Employees are eligible for a free membership to Anytime Fitness. Anytime also offers spouse and family discounts to City of Stoughton Employee families that reside in the same household. See the City of Stoughton Employee Health Club Membership Flyer in your new hire orientation packet. *This is not a guaranteed benefit and is subject to change at any time.

OTHER BENEFITS AVAILABLE The following benefits are available to employees and are 100% employee paid if elected. These insurances are offered to complement our existing benefits package and to offer the group rates to all benefit eligible employees.

• Flexible Spending (EBC) As stated above, eligibility for this benefit is only during annual enrollment in November/December for the next calendar year.
• AFLAC Short Term Disability, Accident, Cancer etc.
• Legal Shield Identity Theft protection & Legal Services
• Delta Vision (EyeMed ) Vision Coverage
• Costco Shop at any Costco Store, Costco.com, Costco Gas Station, Costco Optical, and Costco Travel.

Disclosure: Please note that this document serves as an overview and in no way should be used to determine coverage. Please refer to your plan documents and or contact the carrier for coverage, out of pocket expenses, co-pays and insured amounts. This document is subject to change at any time and by no means serves as or is intended to serve as a contract.