Automation & Instrumentation Engineer — Mining & Energy

Stantec; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking an Automation / Instrumentation & Controls Engineer to join its Energy and Resources consulting team in North America. The role focuses on automation and control system design across mining, power, oil & gas, and renewable projects, with opportunities to lead and collaborate on multidisciplinary teams.

The successful candidate will contribute to projects from concept through commissioning, with travel to client sites and strong emphasis on QA/QC and design verification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited University.
• 5–10 years of engineering, design, and construction experience in heavy industry, mining, oil & gas, power generation.
• A Professional Engineering license (or the ability to become licensed).

Responsibilities

• Engineering support for multidisciplinary projects of all sizes and complexities, from proposals and estimating through the design phases PFS, FS, detailed design, construction, commissioning and start-up.
• Site work from time to time including as‑is investigations and assessments, scope validation, construction, commissioning and start‑up support.
• Lead the design and development of I&C construction drawing deliverables including loop and I/O diagrams, wiring diagrams, instrument installation drawings, control panel GAs, E&I equipment layouts, wiring/termination diagrams for industrial and mine facilities.
• Design PLC/DCS/HMI/SCADA architectures: controller selection, I/O configuration, redundancy, and integration with third‑party systems.
• Develop functional specifications, control logic and functional block diagrams, control philosophies covering measurement principles, setpoints, calibration, alarming, sequence of operation, and safety interlocks.
• Prepare technical specifications for communication network and design facility industrial networks.

Job description

Stantec is seeking an Automation / Instrumentation & Controls Engineer to join its Energy and Resources consulting team in North America. The role focuses on automation and control system design across mining, power, oil & gas, and renewable projects, with opportunities to lead and collaborate on multidisciplinary teams.

The successful candidate will contribute to projects from concept through commissioning, with travel to client sites and strong emphasis on QA/QC and design verification.