Sr. Engineer - Electrical Instrumentation and Controls

Matrix Pdm Engineering - Houston, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Instrument and Control (I&C) Engineer I is responsible for expert-level estimating, design, and analysis work to support various projects. This role involves working as part of a project team from inception through construction completion, ensuring adherence to safety and ethical standards while managing multiple engineering tasks and projects.

Responsibilities

• Actively support the Company's commitment to safety and its Core Values.
• Represent the Company with high moral standards and adhere to the Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
• Independently evaluate, select, and adapt standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Acquire general knowledge of principles and practices of related fields and function on multidisciplinary teams.
• Work on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major projects.
• Design and conduct experiments and analysis, interpreting data.
• Formulate and solve engineering problems.
• Coordinate tasks with engineers, designers, and administrative staff.
• Plan and coordinate detailed aspects of engineering work.
• Prepare scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments.
• Assist with proposals to provide professional services or obtain funding for engineering projects or programs.
• Interact with PM, clients, customers, officials, contractors, and others.
• Attend project meetings and present specific aspects of engineering assignments.
• Serve as discipline lead on projects and manage discipline work to achieve schedule, budget, scope, and quality objectives.
• Prepare progress and status updates for discipline work.
• Lead the design of facility I&C architecture and control system hardware.
• Solicit and review bids for I&C equipment and services for industrial facility FEED and EPC stages.
• Prepare I&C documents such as lists, reports, specifications, test documents, and datasheets.
• Manage the preparation and check entire I&C drawing and specification packages for construction of large industrial facilities.
• Specify process instrumentation and perform industrial automation software development including PLC, HMI, DCS, and historian systems.
• Conduct project site startup activities including process control loop checkout and troubleshooting.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering required; MS degree preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is desirable.
• 6+ years related engineering experience.
• Deep understanding of PFD's and P&ID's.
• Proficiency in ISA standards.
• Demonstrable success in the detailed design of industrial process facility I&C system architectures, control systems, control panels, networks, software, and field wiring.
• Significant experience commissioning process control systems is preferred.
• Experience preparing instrument datasheets and installation details for various process instrumentation.
• Experience inspecting the installation of instruments is preferred.
• Experience working within a computer aided engineering (CAE) platform is preferred.
• Experience preparing FEED study deliverables and cost estimates is preferred.
• Familiarity with project management software such as MS Project or Primavera is desirable.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously under time-sensitive deadlines.
• Excellent listening, oral and written skills; ability to prepare and make project-related presentations to clients.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the Oil and Gas industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience preparing instrument datasheets and installation details for PSVs, control valves, ESD/shutoff valves, regulators, process analyzer packages, fire and gas detectors, Coriolis and other styles of flowmeters, meter skid and prover packages, tank level gauges, and pressure and temperature measurement instruments is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents.
• Disability benefits.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Robust wellness program.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Adoption assistance.
• Performance or safety bonus program may be available.