Controls and Automation Engineer

LAMP; Liberty (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LAMP is seeking an experienced control systems engineer to own the plant's control system assets from commissioning through operations.

The role includes leading architecture for DCS, PLC, SIS, historian and network segregation, plus testing, alarm optimization and cybersecurity to ensure reliable, compliant operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, control, chemical or computer engineering.
• Seven or more years of industrial control system engineering, including at least one greenfield commissioning.
• Hands on configuration experience on a major DCS or PLC platform.
• Working knowledge of functional safety concepts and safety instrumented systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the control system architecture, including DCS, PLC, safety instrumented system, historian and network segregation.
• Review, test and accept integrator configuration, graphics, alarms, interlocks and sequences before handover.
• Lead factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing, and run loop checks and functional testing with the field engineers.
• Configure and rationalize the alarm system so that operators receive an actionable alarm load, not a flood.
• Own control narratives, interlock schedules and cause and effect matrices as controlled documents.
• Set up the historian, batch records and reporting that operations and quality will rely on.
• Establish cybersecurity controls, backup and recovery procedures for control system assets.
• Provide control system support through commissioning, startup and into operations.

Skills

Industrial control systems

DCS/PLC configuration

Functional safety concepts

Cybersecurity basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical, control, chemical or computer engineering

Tools

Major DCS platform

Major PLC platform

Job description

Position Purpose

Owns the control system as an owner asset rather than a vendor deliverable, ensuring accountability after the integrator leaves.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the control system architecture, including DCS, PLC, safety instrumented system, historian and network segregation.
• Review, test and accept integrator configuration, graphics, alarms, interlocks and sequences before handover.
• Lead factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing, and run loop checks and functional testing with the field engineers.
• Configure and rationalize the alarm system so that operators receive an actionable alarm load, not a flood.
• Own control narratives, interlock schedules and cause and effect matrices as controlled documents.
• Set up the historian, batch records and reporting that operations and quality will rely on.
• Establish cybersecurity controls, backup and recovery procedures for control system assets.
• Provide control system support through commissioning, startup and into operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, control, chemical or computer engineering.
• Seven or more years of industrial control system engineering, including at least one greenfield commissioning.
• Hands on configuration experience on a major DCS or PLC platform.
• Working knowledge of functional safety concepts and safety instrumented systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Batch control experience under ISA 88.
• TUV functional safety certification.
• Historian and manufacturing execution system integration experience.