Staff Instrument & Controls Engineer (Atlanta)

• Executes Instrument and Controls Engineering design activities for minor to major scale EPC projects in food, consumer products, pharmaceutical, life science and chemical industrial facilities.

• Responsible for providing Controls Systems and Instrumentation design deliverables for the project(s) in the front end, detailed design, construction, and start-up phases.

• Responsible for compliance with company and project site safety policies. Works with a team of Instrument and Controls Engineers and Designers in the execution of design and interfaces with a multi-discipline project team consisting of project manager, electrical, controls, estimating and multiple engineering disciplines.

• Responsible for developing PLC and HMI programming design deliverables as well as commissioning and startup support of those design deliverables.

• Develop instrumentation engineering/design deliverables, including Instrument Index, Instrument Data Sheets, Instrument Installation Details, Instrument Location Plans, Wiring Diagrams, and Loop Diagrams. Develop controls design deliverables, including I/O list, Process Control Narratives, and Control Panel Design.

• Develop electrical design deliverables including 480VAC and below equipment power design, installation plan drawings, and conductor schedules.

• Develop I&C purchase specifications, review bids, make technical recommendations and manage the overall purchase.

• Develop and manage third party control system suppliers to comply with the control system design requirements, including participating in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT). Responsible for applying knowledge of commonly used I&C engineering/design concepts, principles, practices, codes, and procedures within the engineering services industry.

• Interfaces directly with construction personnel in development of contracts and execution of work.

• Tracks Instrument and Controls design efforts against budgets and expected progress.

• Works with clients and vendors directly in developing design and builds lasting business relationships.

• Responsible for leadership and guidance of less experienced team members.

• Provides the specification of the various types of instruments for flow, pressure, temperature and level.

• Develop design calculations, project studies and report preparation.

• Perform quality reviews of project design submittals.

• Quality review the construction administration including coordination with field personnel to resolve design related installation issues, calculations, field inspections and testing of electrical systems.

• Coordinates workload with Control Systems Department Manager.

• Interfaces directly with offsite design office and coordinates and tracks execution of all electrical controls department work to that office.

• All other duties as assigned.

• Telecommuting is allowed up to 30 days per year. Primarily domestic travel required up to 30% of the time to project sites to survey and support installations and startups.

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Instrument & Controls (I&C), Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a directly related engineering field from an ABET accredited program plus three (3) years of applicable Instrumentation & Controls program experience.

• Any Engineering Technology field must be accompanied with completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.

Must have three (3) years of experience in each of the following:

• EPLAN engineering software program.

• Standard engineering techniques and procedures.

• NFPA, ISA, IEC, IEEE, ISA/IEC 61511, ISO13849, UL508A or other applicable design standards covering I&C Design and Engineering.

• Rockwell and Siemens platform.

• Microsoft Office Suite.

• Leading design of panels with EPLAN software.

• Control panel and field hardware design.

• Coordinating panel designs with panel shop for panel fabrication.

• Developing hardware requirements utilizing motor, IO, and instrument lists.

• Specifying panel hardware, develop control panel schematics, and control panel layout drawings.

• Developing Bill of Materials for panel and field hardware.

• Executing control panel checkout at panel shop and during start-up and customer site.

Alternatively, the employer will also accept a Master's degree in Instrument & Controls, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a directly related engineering field plus two (2) years of applicable Instrumentation & Controls experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree plus three (3) years of described experience.

• Any Engineering Technology field must be accompanied with completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.

Must have two (2) years of experience in each of the following:

• EPLAN engineering software program.

• Standard engineering techniques and procedures.

• NFPA, ISA, IEC, IEEE, ISA/IEC 61511, ISO13849, UL508A or other applicable design standards covering I&C Design and Engineering.

• Rockwell and Siemens platform.

• Microsoft Office Suite.

• Leading design of panels with EPLAN software.

• Control panel and field hardware design.

• Coordinating panel designs with panel shop for panel fabrication.

• Developing hardware requirements utilizing motor, IO, and instrument lists.

• Specifying panel hardware, develop control panel schematics, and control panel layout drawings.

• Developing Bill of Materials for panel and field hardware.

• Executing control panel checkout at panel shop and during start-up and customer site.

Telecommuting is allowed up to 30 days per year. Primarily domestic travel required up to 30% of the time to project sites to survey and support installations and startups.

Qualified applicants please submit resume to www.burnsmcd.com/careers. Requisition ID [241346]. Employees may also refer a candidate to apply and be eligible for an award through Burns & McDonnell's Employee Referral Program described in the company's Policy Manual.

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