Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

$93,747 - $122,951/Yr

Kiewit Corporation - Lenexa, KS

Full-time - Senior

Lenexa, KS

1,001-5,000 employees

Construction of Buildings

About the position

We are adding Senior I&C Engineers to our growing team in various locations to support our Industrial market. We are an innovative team of engineers and designers that supports projects throughout the company. Our staff leads and collaborates with Kiewit's module fabrication and construction teams to approach construction-driven engineering with a focus on safe, cost-effective, and innovative designs that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit's legacy of excellence. Our Sr. I&C Engineers are hands-on with design, mentor more junior engineers, and deliver I&C design deliverables, as well as support initial field testing of those systems, before turning over to our startup and commissioning teams. In this role, you can expect to travel up to 20% of the time to lead quality testing of your designed systems to ensure designs meet contract requirements and standards, as well as troubleshooting to resolve design constraints and issues. Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service engineering consulting and design firm serving a broad range of the industrial markets. Our combined staff of more than 1,700 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve the industrial, transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical markets. Our operations-focused engineering provides our clients with safe and efficient facilities, and it integrates our 130 years of construction experience to finish projects on time and to make sure that Nobody Gets Hurt. Our rapidly growing Industrial Engineering team, which includes process, mechanical, electrical, controls, structural, architectural, geotechnical, and civil disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on EPC and design-build delivery of industrial projects in markets such as Food & Beverage, Mineral Processing, Renewable Fuels, Pulp and Paper, Steel & Aluminum, Industrial Buildings, and Industrial Energy, Water and Utilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct engineering cost, feasibility and planning studies analyzing customer needs and data including researching, investigating and coordinating with other engineers, and providing recommendations to the customer.
• Administer contracts for instrumentation and control equipment, especially the Distributed Control System (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).
• Monitor and plan for required submittal dates.
• Respond to questions and Requests for Interpretation (RFIs) from the construction contractor dealing with applicable instrumentation and control systems, equipment, operations, and startup.
• Perform intermediate calculations and solve problems using well established scientific principles.
• Perform instrument air consumption, voltage drop calculations.
• Conduct routine technical assignments and develop small to mid-size project proposals.
• Work with designers to develop engineering and design documents as needed for the project.
• Consider multiple solutions and make good decisions based on good data analysis.
• Recognize, troubleshoot and resolve design constraints and issues.
• Apply economic analysis to determine best cost solutions.
• Have a good understanding of the complete design and provide input into ways of improving the design and lowering costs with little to no supervision.
• Utilize codes and standards to complete assignments.
• Identify changes in the scope of work during a small project and produce design changes as needed to stay within budget and schedule.
• Perform assigned work efficiently and effectively to maximize personal productivity.
• Lead quality checks of the design and engineering of a small to mid-size project to ensure accuracy.
• Establish credibility in terms of technical competency.
• Review OEM vendor packages for technical compliance to specifications.
• Develop I&C design deliverables including Instrument List, Instrument Data Sheets, IO List, Network Architecture, Loop Drawings, and Control Narratives.
• Review and manage I&C aspects of P&IDs.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering in an instrumentation controls, electrical, mechanical, chemical, physics, or equivalent engineering program from an ABET-accredited four-year college or university program.
• At least 8 years' experience performing engineering-related duties as outlined above.
• Professional Engineer license preferred.
• Experience with control system programming and fluency in reading logic diagrams.
• Intermediate and advanced programming experience, especially with regard to DCS and/or Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming.
• Experience in field construction, industrial, power or start-up work is desirable; willingness to go to the field up to 20% of the time to perform testing of I&C systems and work with construction and commissioning teams on field issues.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with advanced control systems and automation technologies.
• Familiarity with safety and environmental regulations in industrial settings.

Benefits

• Top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents.
• Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Retirement plans with matching contributions.
• Generous paid time off.