Senior SCADA Engineer

Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount.

Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company?

Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company?

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

About the Senior SCADA Engineer Position

As a Senior SCADA Engineer, you will provide support for SCADA systems hardware and software in addition to working with field and control center personnel to maintain optimal performance, accuracy, and efficiency. The Sr. SCADA Engineer will also maintain SCADA systems by supporting/modifying custom applications and enhancing current technology. You will also work with field technicians, analysts, and engineers to analyze problems related to instrumentation, RTU’s, PLC’s, HMI, communications, hardware, and software related to the SCADA system.

What You Get to Do:

• Act as the primary technical contact within SCADA for vendors and internal technology departments.

• Develop and implement detailed integration, testing, code promotion, and commissioning activities according to written Technology Department policy and procedure.

• Review, analyze, develop, design, and implement methods and processes (manual and automated) to satisfy internal and external data needs and requirements.

• Coordinate or participate in project activities which include planning, design, development, installation, testing, and commissioning of SCADA related hardware and software systems in a high availability environment.

• Provide planning and support for regular end-to-end audit and verification of SCADA point functionality, alarms, system performance, and security.

• Prepare, coordinate, or assist in preparation of reports or data transfers requested by the control center, engineering, executive, or other departments; this may involve extensive research, analysis, programming, and compilation of various data.

• Design, write, document, and/or maintain software applications to supplement core SCADA capabilities consistent with published standards.

• Back up data, source code, and all other supporting files according to published standards.

• Perform after-hour duty as required to resolve SCADA system or application problems.

• Acquire and maintain personal end-to-end knowledge of the SCADA system and connectivity to and functions of other systems.

• Performs other assignments as necessary to implement departmental goals.

What You Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preferably Electrical or Computer), Computer Science, Information Technology, or related disciplines from an accredited college or university.

• In lieu of a related Bachelor’s degree, 12 years of SCADA experience within the liquid pipeline industry will be considered.

• 8 years of experience in maintenance of SCADA related applications and databases including experience with hardware configuration, system tuning, application development, and documentation.

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

• Detail oriented, results focused, works independently and self-directed.

• Ability to work in a deadline driven environment and be safety oriented.

• Commitment to consistently adhere to policies and procedures and be a positive example for others by demonstrating the Company’s core values of Respect, Accountability, Innovation, Safety, and Excellence in completing work assignments.

• Self-motivated, have a phenomenal work ethic and looking for the right company to support your growth.

Got Extra to Bring?

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related disciplines.

• Ideally, 10+ years of experience in maintenance of liquid pipeline SCADA related applications and databases including experience with hardware configuration, system tuning, application development, documentation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

• SCADA Certification (e.g., Aveva).

• Experience with or ability to rapidly acquire skills utilizing Aveva’s Enterprise SCADA,Windows desktop, Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, .NET Framework, c, c#, and VB code in MS Windows Server environment.

Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company:

Getting to work for a company that helps to meet our county’s energy needs and keeps us moving!

Team members who care about each other while accomplishing remarkable things.

Highly competitive benefits – Check out Colonial’s Total Rewards (

Are you up to the challenge? What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.

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Colonial Pipeline Company operates the world’s largest pipeline of its kind. It delivers refined petroleum products – gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel and fuels for the U.S. military – through a network of 5,500 miles of underground pipe buried under more than 3,000 miles of right of way in the Southern and Eastern United States. A vital part of the nation’s infrastructure, Colonial places the highest emphasis on safe operations that protect its employees as well as the communities in which we live and serve, and the environment along the pipeline route.