Automation Project Engineer - Oil & Gas Systems

Lone Horse Ventures; Connellsville (Fayette County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lone Horse Ventures is seeking a field-oriented Automation Engineer to design and implement automation solutions for oil and gas facilities. You will work across system design, procurement, FAT/SAT and commissioning, guiding projects from setup to customer acceptance.

Qualifications include a 4-year degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and at least 4 years of oil and gas control projects experience, with PLC/SCADA and HMI skills, plus strong safety awareness and office software

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 4 years’ oil & gas experience with industrial control and automation.
• PLC programming with ladder logic and related systems.
• SCADA experience: ClearSCADA, CygNet or equivalent.
• Panel design/construction experience and HMI programming.
• Experience with AutoCAD and standard MS Office.
• Onsite field experience in upstream/midstream environments and strong safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements automation solutions to meet customer requirements, safety, quality and cost standards.
• Leads project milestones: design, procurement, FAT/SAT, commissioning.
• Provides lifecycle leadership for control/automation projects in oil and gas.
• Collaborates with Project Manager to manage projects to customer acceptance.
• Assists in BOM creation, RFQ reviews, vendor quotes and invoice approvals.
• Allocates project resources and coordinates field automation work.
• Plans factory acceptance tests and field commissioning activities with customers.

Skills

Ladder logic programming

HSE awareness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AB PLC

Fisher ROC FST

ScadaPack-Telepace

Production Manager

ClearSCADA

CygNet

AutoCAD

Red Lion HMIs

Maple Systems HMIs

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lone Horse Ventures is seeking a field-oriented Automation Engineer to design and implement automation solutions for oil and gas facilities. You will work across system design, procurement, FAT/SAT and commissioning, guiding projects from setup to customer acceptance.

Qualifications include a 4-year degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and at least 4 years of oil and gas control projects experience, with PLC/SCADA and HMI skills, plus strong safety awareness and office software