Job Description
Duties:
* Develop process controls execution strategies in conjunction with overall project development team (both locally and with remote engineering centers)
* Participation in P&ID development and Operability and Hazard Reviews
* Author, check or approve specifications of process control equipment including control valves, relief valves, flow measurement devices, process instrumentation, analytical systems, and DCS, PLC, and SCADA systems
* Identify and manage process controls technical risk items
* Manage your functional project teams schedule, budget, and quality. This team may be a local in-house design team, geographically remote engineering and design center, or an outside engineering EPC.
* Review SIL assessments and author SIL verifications
* Participate in Control System Design reviews
* Responsible for Cyber Security aspects of their scope of supply.
* Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing of Process Automation equipment (DCS, Analyzers, PDC)
* Production and maintenance of instrument summaries
* Participate in plant commissioning, BPCS / SIS validations, SAT, and startups.
* Manage deliverables and report to project management about progress.
* May participate in preparing cost estimates for valves, instrumentation, analytical equipment, DCS equipment, SIS equipment and labor
Requirements:
* Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering with applicable work experience
* Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of the design and implementation of control and instrumentation systems for process plants
* Experience developing BPCS / SIS architectures, control applications, and hardware specifications using Siemens PCS7.
* Additional experience with other controls platforms is a plus
* Must be able to demonstrate technical competence, leadership skills, communicate effectively
* Instrumentation specification authoring in Smart-Plant Instrumentation toolset
* Must be able to lead and direct the work of junior engineers assigned to projects
* Must be a strong team player with a willingness to accept responsibility
* Have good problem-solving abilities, be ambitious, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills enabling you to work well within a multi-disciplinary design team located in multiple geographies and to liaise directly with suppliers and clients
* Travel will include trips to plant sites, equipment fabricators, outside engineering firms, and customer locations (estimated at 30%)