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 performing expert level estimating, design, and analysis work to support various projects. This role involves being part of a project team from inception through construction completion, ensuring adherence to safety and ethical standards while managing multiple engineering tasks and leading the design of facility I&C architecture.

Responsibilities

• Actively supports the Company's commitment to safety and its 'Core Values.'
• Represents the Company at all times with high moral standards while adhering to the Company's 'Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.'
• Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific practice area.
• Independently evaluates, selects and adapts standard techniques, procedures and criteria.
• Acquires general knowledge of principles, and practices of related fields, and ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
• Works on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major projects.
• Designs and conducts experiments and analysis and interprets data.
• Formulates and solves problems.
• Coordinates tasks with engineers, designers and administrative staff.
• Plans and coordinates detailed aspects of engineering work.
• Prepares scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments.
• Assists with proposals to provide professional services or obtain funding for engineering projects or programs.
• Receives general direction on key objectives.
• Receives guidance when necessary, on unconventional or complex problems, direction on modified techniques, and new approaches on assignments with conflicting criteria.
• Interacts with PM, client, customers, officials, contractors and others.
• Attends project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments.
• Serves as discipline lead on projects, and manages the discipline work to achieve schedule, budget, scope, and quality objectives.
• Routinely prepares progress and status updates for discipline work.
• Leads the design of facility I&C architecture.
• Solicits and reviews bids for all manner of I&C equipment and services for industrial facility FEED and EPC stages.
• Leads the design of industrial facility control system hardware.
• Prepares I&C documents such as lists, reports, specifications, test documents, and datasheets.
• Utilizes and updates template specifications and documents to prepare deliverables.
• Manages the preparation of and checks entire I&C drawing and specification packages for the construction of large industrial facilities.
• Specifies process instrumentation such as pressure, temperature, flow, and level elements and transmitters, as well as control, shutdown, and relief valves.
• Specify or perform industrial automation software development including PLC, HMI, DCS, and historian systems.
• May conduct project site startup activities including process control loop checkout and troubleshooting, network performance testing and troubleshooting, and acceptance testing.
• Performs other related duties, as directed.

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 is required.
• Significant experience commissioning process control systems is preferred.
• Demonstrable success in estimating, specifying, and procuring process instrumentation; such 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.
• 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.
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills and ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously under time sensitive deadlines.
• Exhibits excellent listening, oral and written skills; ability to prepare and make project related presentations to clients is desirable.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience commissioning process control systems is preferred.
• Experience inspecting the installation of instruments is preferred.
• Experience working within a computer aided engineering (CAE) platform is preferred.
• Familiarity with project management software such as MS Project or Primavera is desirable.

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