Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Principal Design Engineer

Job Description
Provide the essential administrative processes, technical knowledge and leadership as described below. This position has oversight of a specific project area and acts as a representative of the engineering discipline ensuring technical accuracy in project execution in all phases. This is a lead position on assigned projects performing engineering assignments of advanced complexity.
 

• Under general supervision of the Discipline Lead Engineer, serve as a Supervising Lead providing guidance / supervision to other engineers and designers
• Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding technical solutions to problems of advanced complexity in accordance with project requirements Develop and review specifications and design criteria
• Perform and check engineering analyses and calculations; specify materials, equipment and systems; and solve technical problems of advanced complexity Coordinate technical issues with other disciplines, project management, vendors, and clients Execute work in compliance with Project Quality Plan and procedures
• Execute work in accordance with the approved project scope, cost, and schedule baselines Develop and review estimates, schedules, and progress reports including effort hour estimating and staff forecasting Establish, control and report on material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts
• Provide technical support to activities associated with equipment and material procurement and subcontracting including scopes of work, technical bid evaluations, and review of vendor submittals
• Provide technical support to activities associated with construction administration including response to construction requests-for-information and field changes Other duties as assigned

 Basic Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Control Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related engineering field and minimum fifteen (15) years of work- related experience
• Professional Engineer license Working knowledge of applicable federal (including Department of Energy orders), state, and local codes and standards
•  Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to project management, coworkers, clients, vendors, and subcontractors Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
•  Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards Ability to perform work in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal codes, statutes and guidelines
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner
• Intermediate computer and software skills to include proficiency in the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheet and electronic presentation programs
• Significant experience providing Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services on large industrial projects
• Proficiency executing large EPC projects utilizing engineering analysis, 3D modeling and 2D Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) automation tools in a multi-discipline environment

Discipline Specific Job Requirements

• Perform a broad range of I&C design activities, including design definition, control systems architecture and development, digital systems, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), network configuration, logic development, network switches, process controls, Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) development support and review, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), communication protocols, routing, and layout, Safety Integrity Level (SIL), and procurement activities
• Perform control systems sizing calculations for control valves, relief valves, flow elements, thermowells and other instrumentation
• Create instrument index and datasheets, generate reports, and monitor design wiring and loop development activities in Intergraph SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI) database
• Develop complex control systems narrative specifications Prepare complex instrument design and installation requirements Develop complex control systems logic diagrams and/or cause and effect diagrams
• Represent control systems in model reviews; closely monitor 3D modeling prepared by the design group using review software Review and audit specifications for DCS, PLC, and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) hardware and software applications Monitor DCS / PLC / SIS design developed by the design group

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of commercial availability and cost of materials
• Experience with design of systems, structures and components for nuclear facilities under the requirements of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) NQA-1
• Demonstrated experience managing and leading large projects Proficiency with project set-up, development of control-level schedules, progress reporting and project close-out Practical field experience
•  EPC project experience for the following industries: U.S Department of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government Agency Nuclear facilities under a nuclear quality assurance program
• Manufacturing, pharmaceutical or biotechnology Proficiency with Bentley MicroStation Proficiency with Autodesk AutoCAD
• Proficiency with Intergraph SPI Advanced knowledge of:
• Specifying instrumentation Control systems procurement activities
• P&I Drepresentation; can recognize / report problems associated with control systems representation on P&ID
• Developing control strategies and represent on P&ID Knowledge and experience developing safety requirement specifications for Safety Instrumented Systems Practical experience in Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) reviews and SIL assignment
• Experience in SIL verification calculations
• Experience in commissioning and startup of DCS, PLC, and SIS