PLC / SCADA
Also written as PLC, SCADA, PLC Programming, Ladder Logic, Industrial Automation, HMI
The control systems of factories, power plants and water works. PLCs are rugged computers that run machines (often programmed in ladder logic), and SCADA systems monitor and control whole plants from a control room. Siemens, Rockwell (Allen-Bradley) and Schneider are the common makers.
Think of it like
PLCs are the reflexes of each machine; SCADA is the control room watching the whole factory.
Junior or senior?
An industrial engineering skill, different from IT software.
Senior sounds like
Has commissioned a system on a live plant and handled a shutdown or safety interlock.
Ask them
“Which PLC or SCADA platform did you work on, and have you commissioned a system on a live plant?”
Reading PLC / SCADA on a resume
- Common
- PLC / SCADA narrows the field but doesn't prove depth on its own. The junior-versus-senior contrast above is what separates one candidate from another.
- Around since 1968
- Nobody can have more years of PLC / SCADA than it has existed. A job description asking for more was probably copied without checking — worth raising with the hiring manager.
Sourcing for PLC / SCADA
Every way it's written
("PLC" OR "SCADA")Paste into LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri or your ATS. Combine with a job title and location.
Wider net, with accepted substitutes
("PLC" OR "SCADA" OR "PLC Programming" OR "Ladder Logic")Includes skills a hiring manager would usually accept instead. Use it when the exact search runs dry.