Senior SCADA / OT Engineer

Dublin
Permanent
Full-time

15 days ago

Senior SCADA / OT EngineerIrelandDetailsType of contract:PermanentLocation(s): IrelandLanguage(s):EnglishMobility:Travel RequiredApplication Deadline: 26/09/2025The Role:

Senior SCADA / OT Engineer
Remote Hybrid role - you must be based in Ireland and have a car and full clean driving license as some travel to client sites will be required. Some, limited, international travel may also be required
Permanent or Contractor opportunity

Role Brief:
The successful candidate will be responsible for the development, commissioning, and support of a number of Ignition (Inductive Automation) SCADA platform projects. He/she will also be responsible for the development of the SCADA systems from design, specification, programming, simulation, testing and start-up assistance. He/she will be required to work closely with Vendors and OEM's to deliver the optimum solution for the client in a vendor package capacity. The candidate must possess the technical expertise to maintain, develop, troubleshoot, and validate these systems in a compliant manner.Skills Brief:Essential:

Experience developing SCADA applications using the Ignition SCADA platform is essential.
You must have, at a minimum, delivered 2 Ignition SCADA platform projects, ideally in Pharma/Life Sciences or Medical Device manufacturing environments.
Demonstrable experience maintaining / developing Batch Control, OEE, Dashboards within Ignition.
Controls expertise across PLC, HMI & SCADA would be essential.
Experienced with solution delivery with industrial controls protocols such as OPC DA/ UA for equipment integration to Level 2 systems.
Familiarity with IoT protocols and technologies such as MQTT and Kafka would be desirable.
Proficiency in Phyton scripting is essential.

Desirable: Ideally you will have some or all of these skills

SQL Expertise: You should have experience developing / maintaining databases utilised by applications developed (MS SQL Server / Postgres desirable).
Experience of integration requirements for MES applications.
Programming Skills: Proficiency in Python scripting is an essential requirement. Additionally, C# and Visual Basic would be beneficial.
Agile Methodologies: Experience working in agile projects with Azure DevOps is an advantage, but not essential.

Person Brief:

Life Science Industry Expertise: The ideal candidate will have a background within the Life Science Industry, with a strong under-standing of 21CFR , GAMP 5, GxP and validation protocols.
5+ years experience in a software development role is essential with higher level coding and developments skills in the likes of C#, VB, .NET, SQL Server.
As this is a client facing role, excellent communication and documentation skills are required in requirements definition, design and validation phases of projects.
The successful candidate will be required to lead projects and mentor a small team in the full life cycle of projects.
Demonstrated ability to build and track project estimates, support client proposals alongside commercial team.
The ability to identify, promote and share best practices within technical groups as part of continuous improvement.

Important to note:The role is offered on a remote / hybrid basis. Only candidates based in Ireland can be considered and due to the need for international travel, only EU and UK citizens can be considered at this time. You must have a full clean driving license and car and be available to travel to clients sites as required - expected travel - circa 20%About NNITNNIT is a publicly listed company that specializes in IT solutions to life sciences internationally, and to the public and enterprise sectors in Denmark. We focus on high complexity industries and thrive in environments where regulatory demands and complexity are high. We advise on and build sustainable digital solutions that work for the patients, citizens, employees, end users or customers. NNIT consists of group company NNIT A/S and subsidiaries SCALES, Excellis Health Solutions and SL Controls. Together, these companies employ more than 1,800 people in Europe, Asia, and USA.We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All candidates are encouraged to apply for the given job regardless of their gender, age, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, national and social origin, political opinion, disability, race, skin colour, and ethnic origin.In the interest of fostering a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we kindly request candidates to refrain from including their pictures in their applications.Apply now and liberate your talent!

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