Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

The client is looking for someone with a solid chemical, electrical or computer engineering background and 5 to 10 years of relevant process automation experience.

The successful candidate will act as a project lead supervising, and contributing to, all aspects of controls system design, instrument specification, programming, purchasing, installation and start-up. You will work closely with fellow team members to create and deliver a successful project.

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemical, electrical or computer engineering.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in process automation.

• The ability to deal with challenges thrown up by complex engineering projects and have the people and time management skills to overcome them.

• The practical knowledge of design and requirements engineering from a systems and process model-based viewpoint; an understanding of the relation between system design and system architecture.

• The ability to understand the concepts and state-of-the-art technology on a range of manufacturing techniques employed by manufacturing engineering clients across a number of sectors from Battery to life science.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with multiple and changing priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.

• Ability to interpret P&ID’s, electrical schematics, loop drawings and general equipment arrangement drawings.

• Understanding of DCS/PLC physical layer and control hardware

• Working knowledge of AutoCAD software.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Products. (Excel, Word, Access, Project

Required Job Tasks:

• Project lead with oversight of all Controls and Instrumentation components.

• Creation of overall system design based on client requirements.

• Specification of control system equipment and materials.

• Instrumentation specification support.

• Review control panel design.

• Generate scopes of work and procure vendor bids for assigned projects or proposals.

• Review vendor submittals for compliance with project requirements and specifications.

• Lead and/or execute pre-FAT/FAT on OEM or customer supplied equipment.

• Lead and/or execute site startup activities (loop checks/commissioning).

• Generate and manage loop check/commissioning documentation.

• Generate and manage project punch lists to completion.

• Troubleshoot traditional analog and discrete signals as well as other communication types (HART,, Profibus, DeviceNet, AS-I, Ethernet I/P, Modbus).

• Use a multimeter to support control loop testing and/or troubleshooting of wiring and connectivity issues.

• Utilize DCS/PLC platform software to support troubleshooting

• Enforce quality control.