Energy Storage Applications & Scada Lead

Employment Type: Full-Time 

FSLA: Salary/Exempt 

Division:  Arch Energy 

Department: Arch Energy 

Reports to:   

Supervisory Duties: Yes 

The Energy Storage Applications & SCADA Lead provides technical leadership for the controls, integration, and communications systems that enable utility-scale energy storage facilities to operate as a single coordinated system. This role is responsible for managing interfaces between battery storage systems, plant controls, SCADA, substations, communications networks, and utility requirements throughout design, construction, commissioning, and turnover. 

Responsibilities / Essential Functions 

• Lead system integration activities across BESS, BMS, PCS, EMS, plant controls, SCADA, substations, metering, communications, cybersecurity, and utility interfaces. 

• Develop responsibility matrices, interface documents, points lists, network boundaries, and sequence-of-operations requirements. 

• Review controls narratives, network architecture, panel layouts, I/O lists, alarm strategies, communications pathways, redundancy requirements, and system designs. 

• Coordinate with OEMs, system integrators, utilities, engineers, commissioning teams, and project stakeholders. 

• Support implementation and testing of communication protocols including DNP3, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, ICCP, and related systems. 

• Validate active and reactive power controls, charge and discharge functionality, voltage and frequency response, ramp rates, curtailment, and operating modes. 

• Support preconstruction activities, including technical reviews, RFP development, bid evaluations, scope clarification, and contract requirements. 

• Develop standard architectures, specifications, templates, testing procedures, and best practices for repeatable project delivery. 

• Plan and support FATs, SATs, point-to-point testing, network validation, software testing, and integrated system testing. 

• Support commissioning, energization, troubleshooting, performance testing, and issue resolution. 

• Coordinate cybersecurity requirements, remote access, firewalls, backups, system recovery, and network reliability. 

• Lead technical punch-list activities and verify final software, documentation, training materials, testing records, and turnover deliverables. 

Key Skills  

• Utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) 

• SCADA and plant control systems 

• Energy Management Systems (EMS) and Battery Management Systems (BMS) 

• Power Conversion Systems (PCS) 

• Utility communications and telemetry systems 

• Network architecture and industrial controls 

• DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA, and related protocols 

• Controls integration and system testing 

• Commissioning and troubleshooting 

• Cybersecurity and network reliability 

• Technical documentation and interface management 

• Strong communication and leadership skills 

Required Experience  

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 

• 8+ years of experience in BESS, power plant controls, SCADA, industrial controls, utility automation, or grid-connected energy systems. 

• Experience integrating BMS, PCS, EMS, plant controllers, SCADA, RTACs, protection systems, metering, communications, and remote monitoring platforms. 

• Working knowledge of SEL RTACs or similar platforms, PLCs, HMIs, historians, managed networks, firewalls, time synchronization systems, and utility communications protocols. 

• Experience reviewing controls narratives, network drawings, I/O lists, alarm matrices, interface documents, test procedures, and vendor submittals. 

• Hands-on FAT, SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and integrated-system testing experience. 

• Knowledge of utility interconnection requirements, plant controls, telemetry, performance testing, and grid-support functions. 

• Experience translating EPC requirements, OEM obligations, and utility standards into technical scopes, deliverables, and acceptance criteria. 

• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate utilities, owners, OEMs, integrators, engineering teams, and commissioning providers. 

• Ability to travel to project sites, OEM facilities, and testing locations as needed.