Controls Engineer - Field Service

Elliott Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ebara Elliott Energy seeks a Controls Engineer – Field Service to lead installation, testing, and commissioning of control systems at customer sites across North America. You will analyze PLC code, perform electrical and instrumentation checks, and produce professional reports detailing field activities.

The role requires a BS in engineering with extensive field controls experience, familiarity with HMI/DCS/PLC systems, and the ability to work with both OEM and non-OEM equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in engineering with 10 years of field controls experience.
• Experience with HMI interfaces, DCS or PLC-based control systems, and PLC programming.
• Preferred: 6+ years of relevant engineering experience and field experience installing/commissioning controls at user sites.
• Knowledge of API and ANSI regulatory requirements is required.

Responsibilities

• Direct field installation and commissioning of control systems for Ebara Elliott Energy and non-OEM equipment.
• Coordinate, follow up, and provide technical expertise to users on engineered control systems.
• Verify instrument calibrations and perform instrument loop and wiring checks.
• Validate PLC logic and programming changes with Controls Engineering when issues arise.
• Provide timely site reports and status updates to supervision.
• Document all logic and software changes in field service reports for customers.
• Maintain programming skills across OEM PLCs via lab testing and vendor training.
• Travel 70-80% across North America.

Skills

PLC programming

Field service

Electrical checks

Instrumentation checks

Documentation

API/ANSI knowledge

Non-OEM equipment

Technical coordination

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

10 years field controls experience

Experience with HMI/DCS/PLC systems

Tools

HMI interfaces

DCS/PLC control systems

Job description

Overview & Responsibilities

Nature of the Job: The Controls Engineer – Field Service role involves the same activities as our current Technical Field Service Advisors but focuses on controls rather than mechanical rotating equipment. The Controls Engineer will provide customers with technical advice, analyze system controls, and modify programming as necessary to ensure the controls of rotating equipment operate as per design.

The four most important aspects of the job are:

• Analyzing PLC and written code to ensure rotating equipment operates within specified parameters.
• Performing electrical and instrumentation checks using diagnostic equipment.
• Troubleshooting the entire rotating equipment train to locate equipment not functioning based on given control commands.
• Writing professional daily and final reports of work performed, which are delivered to customers as final documentation of the job.

The activities will be governed by API and Ansi requirements, necessitating knowledge of these regulatory requirements. The position requires a unique individual who has programming experience and knowledge on non-OEM equipment, as work will not always be on EEE equipment.

Contact with Others: Internal Contacts: Regular contact with the internal FS team, including coordinators, project managers, purchasing, tooling, and the regional FS manager. External Contacts: Direct contact with customer plant managers, maintenance managers, and reliability engineering teams.

Travel Requirements: 70-80% travel throughout North America.

Supervision: The position is primarily that of an Individual contributor. However, the individual will occasionally provide direction on field jobs when the customer hires EEE to perform a turn-key solution. This direction includes: Lining out the schedule of activities. Turning in time to payroll for the crews. Monitoring the progress of the team during the execution of projects.

Specific Job Responsibilities/Competencies:

• Independently directs the field installation and commissioning of EEE and non-OEM supplied control systems.
• Independently coordinates, follows up, and provides technical expertise to users on engineered control systems.
• Verifies accurate instrument calibrations.
• Performs instrument loop and point-to-point wiring checks.
• Verifies logic functions work as intended.
• Coordinates logic and programming changes with Controls Engineering when logic issues are discovered.
• Provides timely site job reports and status updating reports to supervision.
• Provides technical expertise to Elliott Controls Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Project Management, Purchasing, Production, Service, and Associate Plants on complex problems.
• Executes site acceptance testing at User locations.
• Documents and reports all logic and software changes in the field service report and in other written form to the customer.
• Returns final as commissioned software code to field service job folders for archiving.
• Maintains programming skill level on various OEM PLCs by using control engineering lab PLC hardware to write and test code.
• Learns programming of different PLC vendors through a combination of self-teaching, working with other control engineers, and attending vendor training.
• Maintains knowledge of company objectives and strategic and technical plans as applied to assignments and all related products, systems, and functions.
• Participates in Technical Service management team activity as assigned.
• Seeks, reflects, and implements productivity and quality ideas relating to assigned functions and overall organizational activities.
• Become proficient as an FSR on other products, such as Cryogenics, New Apparatus, compressor, and turbine product lines.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervision.

Background & Experience

Education Requirement: Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited academic institution with 10 years of field controls experience, or proven experience on HMI interfaces and development, and DCS or PLC based control systems and PLC programming.

Preferred Experience: Has a minimum of six years of applicable engineering experience. Prior field experience installing and commissioning controls systems at user sites is a significant plus.

Required Know-How / Skills: Technical knowledge of a function, product, or process, intensive knowledge of policies and procedures, and analytical skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity Ebara Elliott Energy is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the federal, state or local laws of the United States. Applicants and employees are protected under U.S. federal law from discrimination.

NOTE: Resumes submitted to any Ebara Elliott Energy employee without a current, signed and valid contract in place with the Ebara Elliott Energy recruiting team will become the property of Ebara Elliott Energy and no search fees will be paid.

We are proud of our legacy, but our focus is on the future, putting our tradition of innovation to work on the new challenges facing global energy production and processes. Using advanced technologies, producing high-quality products, and offering reliable services are just a few of the ways that Ebara Elliott Energy is doing its part to contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable future. As a solution provider in the energy industry, Ebara Elliott Energy designs, manufactures, and services technically advanced centrifugal and axial compressors, steam turbines, power recovery expanders, custom pumps, and cryogenic products used in the petrochemical, refining, oil & gas, and liquefied gas industries, as well as in power applications. We employ 2,300 people in 30 locations around the world. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebara Corporation, a major industrial conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Ebara employs 19,000 people and has sales of US $5 billion.