I&C Engineer

Job Summary

The Instrumentation Controls Engineer will be a critical member of the Companys Engineering & Operations team reporting directly to the Platform Director of Instrumentation and Controls.

The successful candidate will also be expected to be responsible for assisting in the repair maintenance and retrofit of all instrumentation and controls which includes designing and maintaining of systems for district energy plants producing hot water chilled water and steam and its energy transfer stations. Will be responsible for process control instrumentation maintenance and programming of the distributed control system and its peripherals. Will work extensively with JCI-Metasys Allen-Bradley PLCs and other types of logic controllers. Must be able to program troubleshoot and maintain all instruments and logic controllers which utilizes programming languages: plain English structured text sequential function chart function block diagram and ladder logic.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Provide instrumentation and control systems support to plant operations and maintenance teams.
2. Troubleshoot diagnose and resolve issues related to instrumentation control systems PLC/DCS logic communications networks and process equipment.
3. Develop modify test and document PLC and DCS control logic changes under established change management procedures.
4. Assist in the design implementation commissioning and optimization of process control strategies and control loops.
5. Analyze process performance and support control loop tuning and PID optimization activities.
6. Specify select and review instrumentation control devices and related equipment for process measurement and control applications.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Instrumentation Engineering Control Systems Engineering or a related engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
• Working knowledge of industrial control systems including PLCs HMIs SCADA systems and Distributed Control Systems (DCS).
• Familiarity with PLC and DCS programming logic development troubleshooting testing and implementation of control system modifications.
• Understanding of process control fundamentals including PID control strategies control loop tuning and process optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of instrumentation technologies including flow pressure temperature level analytical measurement devices control valves and variable frequency drives (VFDs).
• Experience with industrial communication networks and protocols such as EtherNet/IP (CIP) Modbus RTU Modbus TCP/IP OPC UA and serial communications.
• Ability to troubleshoot instrumentation electrical systems control systems and industrial communications networks.