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Our teams support critical power systems and industrial infrastructure across Canada, helping customers improve safety, reliability, and operational performance.\nWe are committed to an industry-leading safety culture, technical excellence, employee development, and providing meaningful career opportunities for our people. Shermco Canada’s services include field services, power systems engineering, control systems integration, disaster recovery, locating services, and electrical equipment repair.\nAbout the Opportunity\nShermco Canada is seeking an experienced SCADA Engineer to design, program, integrate, commission, and support SCADA and industrial automation systems.\nThis is a remote position open to qualified candidates residing in an approved location within Canada. 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