Vulcan Elements is a manufacturer of rare-earth magnets.
<p><span data-contrast="none">Vulcan Elements is manufacturing American rare-earth permanent magnets for a secure, resilient future. With a focus on national security and economic resiliency, we serve critical industries such as defense, aerospace, and automotive powering a high-technology future. Vulcan Elements is building a team of ambitious professionals committed to Mission Focus, Technical Excellence, and Transparency.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">As the SCADA/HMI Platform Engineer you will technically lead the selection of the SCADA, historian, and visualization stack - then own the selected platform end to end - for a massive </span><strong><span data-contrast="none">1 million square foot manufacturing facility</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> expansion. You will author platform-neutral standards (tag/UDT structures, alarm philosophy, HMI style guide) ahead of the platform decision, design the supervisory architecture across a redundant server core and distributed plant network, and hold acceptance authority over every OEM- and integrator-delivered display. This is a high-impact, high-ownership architecture role.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}">This role begins in Durham, NC and is expected to move to Benson, NC upon completion of new facility.</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Responsibilities</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">Configure and maintain communications between PLCs/HMIs and higher level systems (MES/SCADA). Own tag/UDT standards, alarm configuration, historian data acquisition, faceplates, and store-and-forward reliability on the selected platform. Supporting SCADA tags, transactions, alarming, and data acquisition as required.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Hold screen and configuration acceptance authority for every OEM and integrator-delivered HMI/SCADA deliverable, verified at Factory and Site Acceptance Tests.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Serve as a senior-level escalation point for diagnosing complex SCADA, historian, and plant-data acquisition issues.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Design and maintain OEE, downtime data, and SCADA/Plant status interfaces increase visibility and actionable decision-making throughput, safety, and reliability. Own alarm management per ISA-18.2: philosophy authorship, the rationalization program run jointly with operations, and alarm performance KPI reporting.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Technically lead the SCADA/batch/historian platform evaluation - requirements, weighted criteria, structured proofs-of-concept on pilot infrastructure, and a defensible decision record </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Stand up SCADA/historian environments ahead of site acceptance testing and direct system-integrator surge staff executing configuration under your standards.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Define historian collection standards with the Manufacturing Data & MES Engineering so contextualization needs drive collection design.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="none">Deliverables You Will Develop, Review, or Support</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">Integration of all manufacturing equipment, building management, utility systems, and QC lab interfaces to the selected SCADA system</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">HMI screens, vision inspection programs, tag databases, MES/SCADA transaction lists, network IP lists, password inventories, and system backups.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Platform evaluation decision record, tag/UDT standard, alarm philosophy, HMI style guide, tag databases, and system backups.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Supervisory server topology and redundancy design, historian pipeline architecture, and screen acceptance records.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"33555974