Controls And Electrical Drafting Engineer

Indotronix UK; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Controls and Electrical Drafting Engineer in Houston, Texas. The role involves creating control system drawings and collaborating with the engineering team on upgrades and retrofits. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience, proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or 5+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience in an engineering environment.
• Knowledge of industrial control systems and related panel design.

Responsibilities

• Develop standard drawings using AutoCAD Electrical for various control systems.
• Coordinate with engineering for drafting documents and retrofitting gas turbine systems.
• Create control system architecture and network topology diagrams.

Skills

AutoCAD Electrical

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, instrumentation and controls engineering

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Team Center

Job description

JPC - 21950 - Controls and Electrical Drafting Engineer

[Houston, TX, 77043], Texas, United States|Posted-05/21/2025

Job Description

Role:Controls and Electrical Drafting Engineer
Location: Houston Texas USA 77043
Schedule: Monday- Friday
Shift: 8am-5pm
Status: Temp 12 Months

Position Overview:

The controls and electrical drafting engineer will be responsible for the drafting of control system drawings including Schematics, Control panel outlines and layouts, Control system architecture diagrams using AutoCAD electrical tool. The position will entail developing AutoCAD electrical standard drawings for assembly, BOM and would include Database & Catalog Management, customization and automation for the standards. It is also expected that the drafting engineer has the competence to complete any electrical connections to components within the documents with the ability of troubleshooting and support. The controls and electrical drafting engineer will work under the controls hardware lead and report to the controls engineering manager. They will form part of a controls system design team responsible for providing upgrade solutions from obsolescence to complete control system replacements.

Responsibilities:

• Development ofstandard dwgs applying AutoCAD electrical for cabinet drawings, BOM, assembly, etc.

• AutoCAD Electrical proficiency to be able to develop scripts forfunctionalities within the drafting tool

• Coordination with the engineering team to draft documents for gas turbine control system retrofits.

• Drafting of control system schematics, assembly diagrams

• Thorough understanding of power distribution to schematics and assembly diagrams

• Drafting of control system architecture diagrams / network topology

• Drafting of control system layouts diagrams and panel outline diagrams

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, instrumentation and controls engineering or similar, or 5 years of relevant experience.

• Proficient with AutoCAD Electrical

• Effective communication skills both verbal and written, both 1-1 and group situations.

• 3 years or more experience working on an engineering environment.

• Process knowledge of industrial control systems.

• Panel design • Strong team working skills and creative problem-solving skills.

• A high level of attention to detail.

• Adaptable to change, able to switch between different control systems designs on different projects.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience:

• Familiar with Rockwell Control Logix and Flex IO systems

• Familiar with Team Center

• Microsoft office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook

• Familiar with turbo compressor systems.

• Familiar with Bently Nevada, Detronics F&G, Woodward Micronet and CCC

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