Ørsted · 6 hours ago
Lead SCADA U.S. Specialist
Providence, RI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
4+ years expØrsted is a leading renewable energy company, and they are seeking a Lead SCADA U.S. Specialist. The role involves aligning U.S. and European SCADA designs, ensuring compliance with standards, and providing technical expertise for offshore wind farm projects.
EnergyEnergy StorageManufacturingRenewable EnergyTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Align and link the U.S. and European Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) designs in an effective and compliant manner that aligns with the SCADA Globalization Strategy
Design all SCADA automation functions for the onshore and offshore windfarm projects
Ensure U.S. asset projects comply with North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Critical Information Protection (NERC-CIP) standards
Provide technical expertise specific to local legislation and its impact on SCADA systems and offshore communication design
Serve as the technical subject matter expert regarding SCADA for offshore wind farms
Provide expertise for negotiations with Joint Venture (JV) and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partners
Develop and design a SCADA Hub for offshore windfarms in the United States
Facilitate and drive technical communication and alignment between the Denmark-based and U.S.-based SCADA teams
Manage all project-related activities required for the Substation Control System (SCS) delivery
Review technical documentation related to SCADA, both for internal (SCADA team and Operations) and external use (customers)
Analyze system performance and suggest improvements, particularly ones related to SCADA, before handover to Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Requires up to 15% domestic and 5% foreign travel
Qualification
Required
Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in electrical engineering, control engineering, or related field; plus 4 years (or 48 months) of experience in job offered or as a SCADA engineer/specialist within offshore windfarm industry
Bachelor's degree plus 6 years (or 72 months) of experience also acceptable
Knowledge of operational technology (OT) security and SCADA systems integration for independent system operators (ISO) and/or transmission system operators (TSO)
Experience with SCADA system design, NERC-CIP compliance, substation control system design for offshore windfarms, network protocols: parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) and/or high-availability seamless redundancy (HSR) protocols, and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards: 61850 and/or 62443
Company
Ørsted
Ørsted develops and maintains offshore and onshore renewable energy farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (9)
2024 (9)
2023 (15)
2022 (2)
2021 (3)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$17.02BKey Investors
EquinorJP Morgan ChaseUS Department of Energy
2025-10-06Post Ipo Equity· $9.35B
2025-07-07Post Ipo Debt· $3.15B
2024-10-07Post Ipo Equity· $2.5B
Leadership Team
Henriette Ellekrog
CHRO, Member of the Group Executive Team, EVP and Member of the Executive Board
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