Head of Project Management

SCADA Project Manager
Location: Houston, Texas
Type: Contract (1 year)
Hourly Rate: $120.00 per hour
Summary:
The SCADA Project Manager is responsible for planning and delivering enterprise-scale SCADA platform initiatives across industrial operations. This role leads the end-to-end deployment of Ignition SCADA and AVEVA PI platforms, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure secure, reliable, and on-time delivery while minimizing operational risk.
Key Responsibilities:

Plan and lead end-to-end execution of enterprise SCADA platform deployments across multiple assets
Manage delivery of Ignition SCADA and AVEVA PI platform rollouts, including historian, asset framework, and visualization components
Own integrated project plans, schedules, dependencies, risks, and executive-level reporting
Provide delivery governance and quality oversight to ensure alignment with scope, technical standards, and approved architecture
Lead change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, readiness planning, and operational adoption
Plan and execute operational cutovers, including go-live readiness, handover to operations, stabilization, and hypercare support
Coordinate architecture, infrastructure, OT cybersecurity, data warehousing, and report migration activities
Ensure compliance with OT security standards and Purdue Model architecture
Manage project budgets, forecasts, and cost variance in coordination with finance and vendor partners
Drive cross-functional alignment across operations, controls, IT, OT, and data teams
Required Experience & Qualifications:

• 8+ years of project management experience delivering large-scale SCADA or industrial control system programs within oil & gas or heavy industrial environments
• Hands-on project management experience delivering Ignition SCADA implementations
• Hands-on project management experience with AVEVA PI (historian, AF, visualization)
• Proven experience working with system integrators under complex delivery models
• Strong working knowledge of OT cybersecurity principles and the Purdue Model
• Demonstrated success leading cutovers in live production environments
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, and cost control
• Minimal routine travel however increased travel may be required during key project phases such as design workshops, field engagements, training, and cutover activities

Experience with Cygnet and/or Wonderware platforms
Familiarity with Snowflake or industrial data warehousing and analytics solutions
Experience with brownfield SCADA modernization or phased migration programs