Logical Systems
Senior Control Systems Engineer
Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's
Rossville, GA, USA
In Person
Travel to client sites is required as needed.
About the job
Requirements
- A degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar scientific or technical field.
- High integrity and willingness to meet client expectations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Interface with customers to develop User Requirements documentation.
- Lead project teams to execute the controls hardware and/or software scope.
- Develop control specification and control narratives documentation based on User Requirements.
- Perform initial feasibility studies for proposed projects, resulting in a feasibility-level cost estimate and supporting project documentation.
- Mark up Process and Instrumentation Diagrams for instrumentation and controls-related changes and review drawings from the drafting team.
- Design low-voltage electrical controls drawings up to 480 volts, panel drawings, loop sheets, input/output drawings, and network drawings, and review drawings from the drafting team.
- Develop Distributed Control System and Programmable Logic Controller programs and/or oversee program development done by others.
- Develop Human-Machine Interfaces and configure Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems.
- Configure historians.
- Develop testing plans for Distributed Control System and Programmable Logic Controller programs to test new programs and program changes.
- Simulate Distributed Control System and Programmable Logic Controller programs and test the system using the testing plan.
- Oversee electrical controls construction at the client site, verify installation against the design, and provide technical support to construction.
- Perform input/output checkout on the installed control system and document the results.
- Provide post-commissioning support to the client's operations, engineering, and maintenance personnel.
- Travel to client sites as required.
Desired Qualifications
- At least 10 years of experience in a similar engineering role.
- At least 5 years of experience with one or more of the listed programmable logic controller and distributed control system platforms.
- Human-Machine Interface and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition configuration experience with one or more of the listed platforms.
- Historian and data analytics experience with one or more of the listed platforms.
- Experience selecting, specifying, and designing the installation of instrumentation, control valves, motors, variable frequency drives, and coordinated drive systems.
- Current working knowledge of the National Electric Code with the ability to locate solutions to code questions.
- Licensed Professional Engineer.
- Experience designing electrical panels, input/output systems, motor, variable frequency drive, motion, and robotic controls, and Ethernet-based networks.
- Field experience troubleshooting electrical controls problems in an industrial environment.
- Industry experience in one or more of the listed industries.
- Team leadership and client relations experience.