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Senior Automation & Controls Engineer

Description The Senior Automation & Controls Engineer leads and executes Automation and Controls Engineering design activities for minor to major scale Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects in food consumer products, pharmaceutical life science, aerospace, and industrial facilities. Responsible for executing automation and controls deliverables for projects in the front end, detailed design, construction, and start-up phases. Projects range from controls projects working directly for the client to controls self-execution on full scale Automation and Controls EPC projects.

Responsible for compliance with company and project site safety policies. Design responsibility for all Automation and Controls scope on the project. Leads a team of Automation and Controls Engineers, Specialists, and Designers in the execution of design. Interfaces with a multi-faceted project team internally consisting of project manager, electrical controls, estimating, procurement, construction, and other engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading and developing software design deliverables, including PLC and HMI programming, design deliverables, as well as Batch MES servers and virtualization.
• Responsible for commissioning and startup of those design deliverables.
• Lead and prepare controls design deliverables, including instrument/device list, IO list, controls narratives, control panel, and controls hardware design, device location plan, drawings, and installation details.
• Lead the specification design and procurement activities for control panel and equipment vendors, manage vendor progression, and lead the Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs).
• Lead and prepare electrical design deliverables, including 480VAC and below equipment and motor power design, installation plan drawings, and conductor schedules.
• Determine process instrument measurements, protocols, such as temperature, pressure, flow, level analyzers, and control valves. Utilize knowledge of various technologies for selecting the appropriate controls application.

Key Skills

• Experienced in reviewing P&IDs and working with process engineers to define and show proper controls scope of the project.
• Develop and manage verification of design calculations, project studies, and report preparation.
• Interfaces directly with offsite design office and coordinates and tracks execution of controls deliverables to that office.
• Responsible for leading and performing quality reviews of project design submittals and coordinating those reviews within the department.
• Responsible for applying knowledge of commonly used automation and controls engineering design concepts, principles, practices, codes, and procedures within the engineering services industry.

Interpersonal and Business Skills

• Interfaces directly with construction personnel in development of contracts and execution of work.
• Develops project estimates at each project phase through various software, such as Proposal, Works, Integrated Architecture Builder (IAB), SIL Solver, Bluebeam, Excel, and Visio.
• Supports project manager in the development and tracking of automation and controls project budgets and expected progress.
• Works with clients and vendors directly in developing design. Builds effective relationships with existing clients, customers, and contractors, and develops new business opportunities.
• Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.
• Has a list of clients that frequently request them for projects or assistance.

Leadership and Technical Skills

• Provides leadership, technical direction, and development to Automation and Controls team members.
• Assists in the day-to-day allocation of resources to their projects.
• Coordinate with field personnel to resolve design-related installation issues, calculations, field inspections, and testing of controls systems.
• Responsible for leading the technical execution and team during onsite start-up and commissioning activities.
• Responsible for developing and submitting discipline change notices as needed to the project management team.

Travel and Business Requirements

• This position will require making trips to job sites to survey support installations and lead startups, travel about 30%.
• Work with our business development team to identify and develop key project and customer pursuits.
• Frequently attends and hosts client events.
• Develops business strategies for future projects. Understands business needs and profitability factors.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Controls, Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and 7 years electrical engineering experience. EPC project and Automation 7 Controls experience preferred.
• Master Degree in Electrical Engineering and 6 years electrical engineering experience. EPC project experience preferred.

Technical Skills

• Expert knowledge in standard engineering techniques and procedures.
• Strong knowledge of electrical equipment design, ANSI, and IEEE Standards.
• Strong computer skills, e.g., Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Personal Qualities

• Experience with leading the discipline design for large projects and delegating work tasks to team members.
• Ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.
• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications.
• Ability to travel.

Certifications and Licenses

• Must have or be able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).
• Professional Engineer (PE) License Preferred.

Job Requirements

• This position requires an individual capable of applying intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignment. Must be capable of devising new approaches to problems encountered.
• Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications.
• Knowledge of applicable design standards covering Automation & Controls Design Engineering, such as NFPA, ISA, IEC, IEEE, ISAIEC 61511, ISO13849, UL508A.
• Experienced with variety of control and safety systems, PLC, SCADA, SIS, BMS, DCS.
• Experience in Rockwell and Siemens PLC platform. Experience in GE Modicon, Opto22, Mitsubishi, and Triconex PLC platforms a plus.
• SCADA experience with Factory Talk and Wonderware, local and distributed systems, Ignition Software is a plus.
• MES Design and Implementation Experience a Plus, PTC ThingWorx, Ignition, Sepasoft, Parsec, TrakSYS.
• Machine safety risk assessment and required PL design compliance to ISO13849 is a plus.
• Process safety, SIFSIS design compliance to ISAIEC 61511 is a plus.
• Experience with PlantPAX and PackML is preferred.
• Familiarity with tools like SISTEMA, CCW, IAB, BatchSIM, and PlantSIM is desired.

Job Details

• Job Title: Instrumentation & Controls Engineering
• Primary Location: US-MO-Kansas City
• Schedule: Full-time
• Travel: Yes, 25% of the Time
• Req ID: 260389
• Job Hire Type: Experienced
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