Digital Control Engineering Manager
Job Summary
The Digital Control System Engineering Manager leads and develops a project team responsible for the design, integration, and testing of Grid Automation projects. This role involves defining strategies, ensuring technical governance, and managing resources to deliver high-quality SCADA and substation automation solutions. The position requires strategic leadership to align technical outputs with business goals across the USA and Canada.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor system design, integration, and testing teams
- Define engineering strategy and ensure technical governance
- Manage project resources, KPIs, and engineering deliverables
- Drive design standardization and digital engineering best practices
Required Skills
- 8+ years in electricity and automation engineering
- Experience with SCADA/HMI, IEC 61850, and cybersecurity
- 5+ years of engineering team management
- Knowledge of network protocols (Modbus, OPC, DNP3)
Job Details
Essential Responsibilities:
Leadership & Strategy
- Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse team across System Design, Integration and Testing.
- Define and execute a clear vision and operating model for the Digital Control System Engineering organization.
- Drive a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Lead EHS/Safety actions and performance: ensure engineering teams are properly trained and holders of required qualifications.
Technical Governance
- Ensure consistent and high-quality delivery of engineering deliverables.
- Analyse and best utilize automation portfolio options including DS Agile, IEMS, G500, GPG, D20, etc.
- Provide guidance and review for project-critical design decisions, ensuring technical compliance with standards and customer requirements.
Project & Portfolio Execution
- Support bid and project execution phases by defining system-level concepts and integration strategies.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams, project management, and supply chain to ensure smooth system integration and handover to commissioning.
- Drive design standardization, digital engineering tools, and best practices across DCS domain.
People & Capability Development
- Build strong succession and competency development plans for all subfunctions.
- Promote talent growth through coaching, technical training, and cross-project exposure.
- Attract and retain high-performing engineers.
- Qualify and Develop external resource contractors to augment skillsets and manage peak loads.
Stakeholder Management
- Partner closely with NPI, Tendering, and Regional Commercial teams to ensure alignment on technical strategy and resource deployment.
- Work in conjunction with the tendering team to provide tender estimations and post-delivery project feedback.
- Represent Digital Control System Engineering in internal and external technical forums, customer meetings, and audits.
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Bachelor of Engineering degree from an accredited university or college.
- 8 years in electricity and automation engineering, including distribution automation, substation digitization, diagnostics, APM, device management, and cybersecurity.
- 3 years designing and programming electrical control systems, including SCADA/HMI, IEC 61850, firewalls, cybersecurity, and networking.
- 5 years managing engineering teams.
- Fully fluent in English.
- Willingness to travel 30% in the US and Canada.