Entry Level Computer Hardware Engineer Jobs in Foley, AL

From: Brian Skelton - CEO/President

Date: July 1, 2026

Beginning Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Riviera Utilities will begin taking applications to fill a job vacancy for SCADA Technician. We are considering applicants with qualifications in the following range, salary commensurate with education and experience.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

High school diploma or acceptable equivalent diploma (GED) and two (2) years of experience working in the electrical, electronics, or industrial maintenance field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Licenses or Certifications

None

Special Requirements

Must possess or be able to obtain a valid Driver’s License within 60 days of employment.

Applications accepted for the open position through Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Interested Riviera employees should review the Position Description for this job opening, complete an Internal Application for Employment form and return the application to Human Resources by the deadline.

In Compliance with the Alabama Immigration Law, Riviera Utilities participates in the Federal E-Verify Identification Program.

Salary Range: $53,661 - $77,717 Pay Grade 106

SCADA Technician
Department: Operational Technology
Pay Grade: 106
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Reports To: SCADA Supervisor
Effective Date: 6/8/2023

JOB SUMMARY
This is position is responsible for assisting in programming process control equipment to control water distribution, maintain and measure gas pressures, and manage wastewater through the operation of motors, electronic valves, variable frequency drives (VFD), and remote terminal units (RTU). Assists in preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, and predictive maintenance tasks.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
• Assists in maintaining and updating the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to insure uninterrupted, safe, reliable, and efficient operations within gas, water, and wastewater operations as well as Broadband power supply status.
• Documents and implements changes to the SCADA Human Machine Interface (HMI) system to support operational changes and engineering projects.
• Assists in the installation, programming, inspecting, calibrating, maintenance, operations, troubleshooting, repairing, and adjustments of various electric, electronic, and pneumatic devices, including Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems components.
• Monitors operations using troubleshooting computer software tools.
• Works closely with Operations personnel on a daily basis and responds to their gas, water, and wastewater needs.
• Assists in the investigation and evaluations of hardware, software, or service required to repair, replace, enhance, update, or improve the SCADA environment.
• Assists in resolving data communication problems during outages.
• Assists in updating software and software configurations as needed to maintain system integrity.

• Assists in writing technical documentation as needed to support job functions.
• Assists with scheduled compliance and/or maintenance checks and/or work orders on all equipment under his/her responsibility.
• Ensures all technical drawings and documentation are kept current and secure, both electronically and hard copy.
• Responds appropriately to abnormal operating conditions as identified through SCADA or calls regarding leaks/electrical issues in order to maintain a safe and reliable operating environment.
• Inspects, installs, or replaces lights and/or antennas on towers.
• Orders repair items, processes production requisitions.
• Performs preventative maintenance of lift station panels.

Other Functions
• Requires commitment during working and off hours due to the continuous nature of processes that are involved.
• Responds to emergency calls 24 hours per day when/if assigned standby.
• Assists other departments as requested or required.
• Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience

High school diploma or acceptable equivalent diploma (GED) and two (2) years of experience working in the electrical, electronics, or industrial maintenance field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Licenses or Certifications
None

Special Requirements
Must possess or be able to obtain a valid Driver’s License within 60 days of employment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
• Knowledge of proper and safe use of Voltmeter, Amp Meter and Lock out Tag out devices.
• Knowledge of proper and safe use of hand tools.
• Knowledge of personal computing devices and related software.
• Skills in basic math including unit conversions and algebra.
• Ability to read and understand wiring schematics.
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues.
• Ability to document work, material and daily maintenance procedures, work instructions, and inspection and maintenance activities in a legible and accurate manner.
• Ability to receive, understand, and implement verbal or written instructions.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing with a cross functional group of coworkers.
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with employees and customers.
• Ability to work productively in a solitary work environment or in a group setting.
• Ability to operate computers for data entry, word processing and/or accounting purposes.
• Ability to operate and repair small/light equipment, such as power tools.
• Ability to have regular and predictable work attendance.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is medium: exerting up to fifty pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to thirty pounds of force frequently, and/or up to ten pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following required physical abilities:
• Balancing: sufficient to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing: sufficient to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Crawling: sufficient to move about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Crouching: sufficient to bend the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling: sufficient to perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering: perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Grasping: sufficient to apply pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: sufficient to pick, hold, or otherwise work, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing: sufficient to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction; ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Hearing: sufficient to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling: sufficient to bend legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting: sufficient to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity: sufficient to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Pulling: sufficient to use upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Pushing: sufficient to use upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Reaching: sufficient to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Speaking: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping: sufficient to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

• Talking: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Talking: sufficient to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
• Visual acuity: sufficient to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Visual acuity: sufficient to include color, depth perception, and field vision.
• Visual acuity: sufficient to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Visual acuity: sufficient to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, both day and night.
• Visual acuity: sufficient to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• Walking: sufficient to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work occurs 80% in the field and 20% in the office. Environments that will be encountered in the field consist of:
1. Waste water including feces, urine, grease, oil, and sludge.
2. Mercaptan and noxious odors are normal.
3. Insects including roaches, midges, flies, and worms.
4. Enclosed and confined spaces including manholes, and clear wells and lift stations.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.