Control Engineer
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Our company is looking for a Senior Engineer with strong background in Instrumentation and Process Controls to join our team in the Chicago Metro Area, specifically, Bolingbrook, Illinois. The candidate should be highly motivated and have heavy industrial experience. While not required, the ideal candidate would also have a Professional Engineer (PE) license or be open to licensure. Additionally, the candidate will have a strong background in electrical design and analysis.
Job Description
BSEE or BSChe from an accredited university program with controls skillsExperience working for and in an industrial facility or in a consulting firm environment. On-site experience supporting the oil and gas, chemical, or power generation industriesStrong knowledge of industrial PLC's, VFD's, control panels and related electronicsAble to scope a new control system and subcontract supply and programming of PLCs, historians, and related communications architecture plansFamiliar with specifying instrumentation from P&ID level inputs. Thoroughly familiar with process instrumentation hardware, datasheet specification, and selectionAble to work with Process Engineers to create control narratives suitable for creating programming scopes which are executed by third partiesAble to create wiring diagrams, panel layouts, I/O control diagrams and select related componentsFamiliarity with SIS systems and establishing SIL ratings. Experience with exothermic reactions is a big plusGood working knowledge of the NEC and related industry codes and practicesAble to plan and support other electrical aspects of projects including area lighting, 120 and 480V power panels distribution drawings as well as sizing cables and conduitsExperience with design of electrical power distribution systemsPreparation of documents, reports, and drawings from concept through implementationThe ability to communicate both written and orally and work with Clients onsite in an industrial settingThe position will visit jobsites and provide project management support as requiredWhile the position has work balance flexibility, this is not a remote work positionProven track record of scoping and executing projects and developing project cost estimates that are enough to complete a proper analysis while remaining cost competitiveWork with project managers and other team members to meet project deadlines and budgetsReliable in controlling costs and adhering to required scope boundariesAble to act as project manager on smaller, less complex projects or work in teams on multidisciplinary projectsParticipate in building code research and analysis to ensure compliance with local and national codesCandidate will need to be able to support occasional work at client sites where candidate may need to climb ladders to reach elevated platforms in order to perform assessments as well as to take and verify measurements for project scope areasAble to travel up to 10% of the time for clients visits beyond day trip distances. Mandatory to possess a valid US Driver's License
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