| Job Description | We seek an Instrumentation & Controls Engineer interested in a rewarding career in a fast-paced, team environment. The individual will work with teams of engineers of varied disciplines to provide excellent client service, from the design concept stage through commissioning and job closeout.
Basic requirements include:
•Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
•Involvement and/or internship experience with PLC programming would be a plus.
•Knowledge of control signals, including basic signal circuit design.
•Experience in using CAD software, AutoCAD Electrical software preferred, but not required.
•Ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems, including root cause failure analysis and correction.
•Ability to analyze risks and hazards.
•Ability to perform detailed design work.
•Expected to meet client deadlines, including balancing multiple tasks and responding to changes in deadline, scope and design as they occur.
•Demonstrates good technical writing and oral communication skills.
•Ability to travel with several overnight stays (50-75%) to customer facilities.
•Must have the following personal skills and characteristics: Problem solving skills, strong organizational and time management skills, team player, takes initiative to improve personal skills, strong interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively with all internal and external levels and groups.
Essential job responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
Project Execution:
Pre-Construction Phase
•Work alongside an engineer(s) to interpret design specifications and user requirements.
•Assist with reviewing control system architecture, flow diagrams, process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), control sequences, and design specifications.
•Assist Project Managers with scheduling of controls related tasks.
•Create responsibility matrices, instrument indexes, bills of material (BOMs) and other project tools.
•Develop and/or review wiring schematics and control panel layout drawings.
•Obtain, review, and report on equipment quotations, contractor bids, proposals, and technical submittals.
•Assist with specifying instrumentation including various flow, level, pressure, and temperature measurement devices.
•Work with suppliers and internal Purchasing to procure instrumentation and controls equipment for projects.
•Program and integrate Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) including offerings from Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE, Wago, etc.
•Create work orders and coordinate control panel manufacturing with our Manufacturing facility.
•Assist with designing, setting up, and performing system functionality tests on equipment in our manufacturing facility and at customer sites.
•Assist with developing wire pull schedules and scope of work documents for contractors to use in bidding and construction.
Construction Phase
•Periodic visits to the jobsite, including stays for up to two weeks at a time to oversee field contractor activities.
•Maintain quality subcontractor and vendor relationships.
•Generate field sketches and diagrams to communicate systems installation requirement to construction personnel.
•Assist with scheduling and managing vendors and sub-contractors during installation and construction phases of test facility projects.
•Assist with delegating work, identifying specific tasks, and balancing work for contractors in order to meet client demands and individual project deadlines.
•Work with contractors to assist in the installation of equipment at customer’s site.
Commissioning Phase
•Assist with performing onsite startup and validation of equipment, including multiple stays for up to two weeks at a time.
•Assist with I/O checkout and troubleshooting and instrument calibration
•Assist with tuning PID loops.
•Validate programming to confirm systems operate per control sequences.
•Work to meet client deadlines including balancing multiple priorities and responding to changes in deadline, scope, and design as they occur.
•Develop Operation Manual for the control system and assist with creating project-wide Operation and Maintenance Manual.
•Schedule and perform training with appropriate customer personnel.
Business Development:
Sales Process:
•Understand the sales process at a high level and use the following steps with customers:
•Understand the sales process to support those supporting customers; use language and terminology
•Use bonding/rapport and upfront contracts for internal communication, and external communications as appropriate
•Create and/or utilize tools, processes and systems to support BD efforts throughout the organization
•Ask for and make referrals
•Listen for and/or follow up on opportunities around customer pain
Marketing:
•Create/provide input to proposals
•Participate in industry organizations |
| | Company | | ACS Engineering & Surveying | Job Code | | State or Province | | Wisconsin | | |
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