Overview: Lead Control Systems Engineers are responsible for designing and leading Power and Energy Automation projects.
Responsibilities: Team Leadership & Sales Support - Provide technical guidance and act as a part of the leadership team
- Identify and assign tasks within the project team
- ssist with change order generation by estimating hardware costs and the engineering effort required for changes in project scope
- Maintain relationships with existing customers
Instrumentation & Electrical Design - Create instrument lists by examining P&ID drawings
- Evaluate instrumentation and select devices appropriate for the project
- Evaluate and select controls hardware appropriate for the project
- Compile submittal documentation for controls and instrument hardware
- Create panel layouts and electrical schematics for controls enclosures
- Procure project hardware
- Provide technical support for panel fabrication technicians
- Inspect completed control enclosures
System Design and Configuration - Lead customer design review meetings
- Configure PLC and/or DCS control algorithms
- Configure user interface and HMI screens
- Execute internal functional and quality control testing
- Draft system documentation
- ssist is customer demonstrations and acceptance testing
Onsite System Startup - Install project software and configuration onto site systems
- Participate in point to point loop checks for all instrumentation
- Perform software calibration and tuning
- Conduct functional tests of all systems
- Troubleshoot installation discrepancies
- Support additional customer testing
- Program field modifications as required
- Train customer representatives on operations and maintenance of system
Qualifications: Technical Experience - Bachelors Degree in a technical field or related Technical Degree
- 3+ years of experience in related field/industry
- Controls Experience in at least one of the following:
- Rockwell: FactoryTalk Suite, RS Logix/Studio 5000, familiarity with PlantPAx DCS
- veva System Platform
- Inductive Ignition Perspective
- Distech: Experience with BACnet and LON Distech controllers, Eclypse Controllers
- Other useful technologies include:
- Johnson Controls: Facility Explorer or Metasys controllers
- Tridium: Niagara N4
- SQL
- Scripting languages (VBA, Python, etc.)
- Knowledge of Kepware OPC server, ThinManager, VMware is preferred.