SCADA Engineer (AVEVA System Platform)

About the role

As part of its growing operations and maintenance team for the Ashghal Road Tunnel Program, Avanceon is looking for a Maintenance Engineer - SCADA. You will maintain and support distributed SCADA systems built on AVEVA System Platform across several tunnel sites, helping ensure continuity, stability and compliance for one of Qatar's key infrastructure networks.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance for SCADA nodes and control rooms.
• Troubleshoot software, communication, alarm and system performance issues.
• Handle system patching, backups, redundancy checks and failover testing.
• Monitor historian data, alarms, system integrations and overall SCADA health.
• Maintain logs, root cause analysis reports, maintenance documentation and change records.
• Work with OEMs, consultants and internal teams on improvements and escalations.
• Support cybersecurity, asset lifecycle and system upgrade activities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation or Mechatronics Engineering.
• 5-6 years of hands-on SCADA maintenance experience; infrastructure or utilities experience is a plus.
• Qatar driving licence is a plus.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of AVEVA System Platform, Intouch/OMI, Historian and Galaxy Repository.
• Familiarity with PLCs (Schneider, Siemens or Rockwell).
• Understanding of OPC UA/DA, industrial networking, redundancy and remote architectures.
• Solid troubleshooting, reporting and communication skills.
• AVEVA System Platform certification highly preferred; networking or cybersecurity certifications an added advantage.