Job Posting for SCADA/Automation Technician at Airswift North America
Airswift has been tasked by one of our major Oil & Gas clients to seek a Sr Automation Technician to join them on a long-term assignment in Dickinson, ND.
The SCADA/Automation Technician will be responsible for the maintenance and operation of the Bakken Asset SCADA system and Automated Facility Controls. This will be a field-based position and will require daily travel to field locations. The SCADA/Automation Technician works closely with production operations, I&E technicians, Engineering teams, and SCADA Administrators. The position reports to the Bakken Construction and Engineering organization.
Job Responsibilities:
The SCADA/Automation Technician will be responsible for understanding and implementing the complete automation scope of work on all facilities
Assist in leading a team during the commissioning of production facilities
Set clear HES performance expectations. Ensure all HES policies and procedures are understood and followed in the field
Conduct and document functional checkouts (FCO) on new and existing facilities and equipment, including MOC compliance.
Ability to safely make live field adjustments to ROC800/associated controllers based on current scope and updated C&E/Control narratives
Work with SCADA admins and Engineering to ensure all data is coming into SCADA accurately and matches the C&E, as well as the control narrative
Assist in the review of C&E documents and ensure facility program has proper set points and ranges
Perform PSSRs on all-new facility and equipment installations and major maintenance work
Notify and work with Engineering on document discrepancies and redline all field changes
Responsible for modifying the RTU and HMI program from a master template program
Ability to identify proper calibration of all measurement instruments and end devices, including setup and configuration
Maintain Oil / Water pipeline systems and control platforms
Ability to retain information and remain coachable on new ideas/systems/procedures
Work with Maintenance and operations teams to troubleshoot and repair any SCADA and Communications issues in a timely manner to optimize facility and pipeline uptime and data accuracy, self-managing task priority.
Ability to understand Programming and monitoring of all facility control systems in the asset.
Instrumentation repair/support and troubleshooting - misc. equipment
Utilize different styles of testing equipment to perform troubleshooting, diagnosis, and repair to restore proper operation of automation devices and systems
Requirements:
ROC800/DS800 & Emerson product experience is a requirement
FB3000/FBxNET designer exposure is required
Basic knowledge in ABB XRC G4 & G5, Allen Bradley RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5000, Studio5000/HMI programs including factory talk view is preferred
Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, Modbus RTU & TCP, HART.
Instrumentation Experience: Pressure, Flow, Temperature, Vibration, Level and Actuated valves
Crimson Software and related red lion products (all versions) preferred
Familiarity with Artificial Lift Systems
General understanding of proper low voltage control wiring (less than 48vdc)
Experience with control systems industry standards
Education: High School diploma or equivalent
Experience: 7 years experience with similar job responsibilities
Upstream/production Oil & Gas Industry experience is required
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