Central Scada

EDL owns and operates a global portfolio of power stations in Australia, North America and Europe. Our vision is to be the leading global producer of sustainable distributed energy. At EDL, we are playing a key role in the world’s transition from traditional energy sources to decarbonised solutions.

Please note that this is a one-year fixed term contract as an EDL employee. This is a hybrid position with 3 days/week in the Brisbane office and the option to work from home 2 days/week.

As a Process/Alarms Solutions and Migration Lead, you are responsible for overseeing the Central SCADA system's alarm philosophy and standards, in compliance with ISA 18.2 lifecycle requirements. Your role involves developing, maintaining, and continuously improving the Master Alarm Database, ensuring it aligns with operational standards and enhances system reliability and safety. You will interface with existing systems, design compliant solutions, and oversee the migration process to Central SCADA, ensuring data integrity and optimization of alarm management practices.

**Key Areas of Responsibility**
- Owner of Alarm philosophy and standards (ISA 18.2)
- Develop and maintain the Master Alarm Database
- Conduct alarm rationalisation to ensure that alarms are meaningful, actionable, and prioritised based on their impact on operations.
- Regular review of the Alarm Journals to continuously manage the bad actor alarms and keep the alarm frequencies within Human Factor comprehension. Raise Work Orders for Operations to address specific bad actor alarms.
- Design interface between existing non-compliant systems and Central SCADA
- Key role in ensuring each site's data can fit into new standards and create the mapping
- Identify how to improve alarms per site prior to Central SCADA migration
- Develop the Cause and Response meta data to populate the alarms in the Central SCADA
- Provide training and support to operations and asset maintenance personnel on alarm management practices and the use of the Master Alarm Database

**Person Specification**
- Proficient in managing potential performance and security implications of decisions related to Ignition Central SCADA modifications and use of risk management practices to control risks to ALARP.
- Strong analytical skills to assess alarm data and identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement
- Have the ability to:

- Collaborate with stakeholders such as Information Technology group, Engineering, Operations, Global Control Centre, Operational Technology and Analytics in the development of alarms and responses for the Ignition Central SCADA platform
- Work in a dynamic, changeable environment, including management of conflicting priorities in high pressure situations
- High attention to detail to ensure accuracy and completeness in alarm configuration and documentation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a high level of attention to detail
- Ability to confidently present to both technical and business audiences

**Qualifications & Experience**
- Minimum 5 Years Experience in leading process and alarms development in adherence to ISA 18.2, with relevant work experience in a heavy industry, process plants, power generation facilities or similar environments.
- Industry Standards Expertise:

- Familiar with ISA 18.2 and have developed and worked with Master Alarm Databases.
- Have a broad understanding of different equipment and can discern and create alarms that are pre-emptive in nature to allow intervention before and outage ot trip occurs.
- Has worked with Control Charts to develop Upper and Lower limits and visualise if a process or instrument is outside of stability or norm.
- Demonstrates a commitment to staying updated with the latest alarm management standards, tools, and best practices.
- Certifications: Suitable ISA 18.2 certifications. Examples include Management of Alarm Systems (IC39) or Alarm Management Practitioner (AMP).

EDL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- Job Identification
- 1255
- Posting Date
- 01/13/2025, 08:11 PM
- Job Schedule
- Full time
- Regular or Temporary
- Temporary
- Locations
- Level 6, 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, AU

(Hybrid)