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Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we're delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you're looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team! About Essential Utilities Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities. Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities. We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint. Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S. Are you looking for a fantastic career at Aqua Water? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Process Controls Engineer to join the team! The Senior Process Controls Engineer understands and applies the principles of process control engineering in the programming, installation, operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement of process control systems, specifically SCADA. Oversees the technical aspects of the process control systems; Plans and executes improvements, modifications and enhancements to existing control systems and traditional water and wastewater projects. Supervises internal and contract staff as assigned. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: * System administrator of servers and systems used for the Aqua Ohio process control network. * Develops and troubleshoots PLC code and SCADA interface. * Assists in defining and maintaining programming standards across all PLC and HMI platforms. * Directs and manages work by systems integrators to ensure adherence to programming standards and associated testing and elevation processes. * Provides technical support and expertise for divisional offices and staff to ensure all control systems are operational and that any control and communications issues with process control are addressed in a timely manner. * Coordinates and manages systems issues and problem responses. Activities include logging problems in the appropriate databases, assigning resources as appropriate, providing status updates, documenting resolutions, and providing operational and system configuration recommendations to ensure issues are addressed throughout the state. Implements system changes to ensure repeat incidents are minimized or eliminated whenever possible. * Works with operations staff to ensure issues are resolved properly and expediently. * May manage an assigned team of internal and contract staff. * Manages process control system operations. Schedules and prioritizes activities, determines internal and external resource needs. * Audits work performed on the system by others to ensure standards are met. * Monitors and oversees SCADA reporting. Ensures a high level of data availability and accuracy. * Develops and/or generates reports as requested by operations managers. * Analyzes system information including alarm and event history. Identifies trends and leads post-event analysis of issues and incidents. Recommends and implements modifications based on incident analysis. * Coordinates and manages system elevations, patches, updates, changes, and enhancements in accorda