Specialist, SCADA System Support

Specialist, SCADA System Support-0003N8

Description

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is the largest publicly traded partnership and a leading North American provider of energy services. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Enterprise Products and its affiliates have over 6,500 employees. Enterprise's large integrated, geographical portfolio of assets provides multiple opportunities to grow through internal growth projects and through acquisitions. Enterprise service offerings include onshore and offshore energy gathering, processing, storage, fractionation, terminalling, transportation and marketing for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and refined products. To maximize the value of its interests, Enterprise's team utilizes an array of options that provides innovative solutions to create growth opportunities for the partnership and build value for investors. Energy professionals are discovering rewarding opportunities with Enterprise Products through exciting new growth areas, developing markets and innovative ways to provide energy solutions to customers

Join us in driving fast-moving, far-reaching projects that serve the most prolific energy basins in North America. Whether building new pipelines and plant facilities or optimizing and maintaining existing assets, advance your career like never before. Take on greater levels or responsibility while enjoying freedom to showcase your talents in an opportunity rich environment.

The SCADA System Support Specialist provides support and maintenance of a 24 x 7 Real Time SCADA control system for a liquids pipeline Control Center. This SCADA system supports Control Center operators in Houston and Oklahoma City that allows these operators to control and monitor pipelines that span the country from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Implementation, integration, operation and security of SCADA control systems. Also responsible for general system administration responsibilities which include system backups, network documentation, database archiving, user account and account policy creation.
• Troubleshoot and keep SCADA systems running at optimum level, maximizing their uptime.
• Maintain and create as needed scripts to perform special functions or automated reports.
• SCADA system support and maintenance. Includes data analysis, screen development, database updates, point to point checkout and documentation.
• Responsible for supporting 17 liquid control center desks, 25 Servers, and 125 workstations.
• Interface with Control Center personnel and supporting team in supporting and enhancing systems.
• Learn facets of pipeline operations and procedures affected by SCADA.
• Learn all facets of system and perform work in an independent manner as well as in a team environment as the job requires.
• Scheduled on-call rotation for 24 x 7 support of control center is required. Unscheduled 24 x 7 on-call support required during emergencies as needed.
• Backup for System Coordinator as needed.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related technical fields or 5 years of commensurate experience in IT Windows server or Workstation administration, or SCADA or HMI configuration or administration is required.
• 2 years SCADA experience in the oil and gas pipeline industry is preferred.
• 3 years of Windows server system administration or SCADA work experience is preferred.
• 3 years experience in Windows 2003 server and Windows XP O/S administration, Active Directory service/configuration is preferred.
• 3 years experience in fundamentals of networking is preferred.
• Understanding of SCADA networks of PLC is preferred.
• Serial and IP communications (ie, Modbus, OPC) is preferred.
• Experience in Scripting languages such as PERL or Visual Basic is preferred.
• Experience in OaSys DNA is preferred.
• Ability to effectively interact with clients, SCADA team, and senior management.
• Able to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to work in a small team environment, sometimes under a great deal of stress.
• The ability to communicate well and quickly trouble-shoot problems will be required.
• At times may be required to lift up to 25 lbs., transport and/or install various types of computer and SCADA equipment is required.
• Ability to travel up to 10% domestically is required.

Primary Location: USA-Texas-Houston
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Organization: Engineering
Job: Engineering
Job Level: Individual Contributor