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A little about Capital Power Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is dedicated to Powering Change by Changing Power . This north star guides our ambitions, focus, and actions as we transform our energy system. We're a growth-oriented North American energy company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. Our team safely delivers, builds, and creates balanced energy solutions for customers across North America. Our people are at the core of our journey to deliver reliable, affordable, and lower-carbon power solutions. We provide purpose-driven work in a safe and inclusive environment, and we live by our North Star . With us, your contributions matter - we want you to be empowered to innovate, collaborate, and ultimately drive results. We're here to partner with you so you can learn, grow, and forge a career that's meaningful to you. Join us in powering North America! Your Opportunity One Permanent Full-Time Position. Capital Power is seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior Industrial Control Systems Engineer to join our Engineering team. This role supports Industrial Control Systems (ICS), SCADA, and Operational Technology (OT) across our power generation fleet, with a primary focus on Ontario operations. Reporting to the Director, ICS and ICE Engineering, the successful candidate will provide day-to-day engineering and technical support, contribute to system design and lifecycle management, and help ensure the safe and reliable operation of control and instrumentation systems within our facilities. The role includes hands-on engineering, collaboration with operations and maintenance teams. You will contribute to our team by: Delivery of day-to-day engineering and technical support of industrial control systems and OT architecture for the Capital Power fleet. Take ownership and accountability for assigned work, deliverables, and outcomes. Apply sound engineering principles to develop and implement technical solutions for OT and ICS activities, including control logic modifications, alarm setpoint reviews, firmware updates, network changes, and instrumentation upgrades. Develop and implement solutions to address complex and diverse Instrumentation and Control Systems challenges across multiple generating facilities. Support and help facilitate the ICS cybersecurity maintenance program for onsite systems, including patching, incident response, backup and recovery, network security, and system monitoring. Develop predictive tools, enhance maintenance practices, review predictive and preventative maintenance outputs, and implement design changes to improve system reliability and performance. Provide technical direction and oversight to contract and maintenance personnel to ensure the successful execution of Instrumentation and Control Systems work. Provide support and guidance on ICS/SCADA/OT Sustaining Capital and O&M projects Evaluate the technical and economic benefits of proposed solutions and provide recommendations for alternative approaches where appropriate. Maintain and optimize operational data historian systems to support plant operations, analytics, and reporting. Manage and maintain licensing and support agreements for onsite control and automation systems. Contribute to the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliance program. Review, apply, and develop internal engineering standards, including Management of Change (MOC) processes. Collaborate effectively across engineering, operations, maintenance, corporate teams, OEMs and vendors to build strong working relationships. Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to junior engineers, Engineers-in-Training (EITs), and students. Actively pursue continuous improvement of technical, leadership, and management skills through formal and informal learning opportunities. What you will bring to the role: Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer, Process Control or Electrical Engineering preferred. Other educational backgrounds considered based on experience.
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