Controls Systems Designer: DCS/PLC & Instrumentation

GAS GLOBAL SERVICES

Houston (TX)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 140,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

GAS Energy Staffing LLC is seeking a Junior Controls System Designer in Houston, TX for a contract-to-hire engagement. The role focuses on instrumentation and controls design, drafting, and integration with DCS/PLC systems, while ensuring safety classifications and project standards are met.

The designer will collaborate with project managers, engineers, and vendors to produce accurate drawings, specifications, and as-built documentation for plant-wide control systems in a fast-paced EPC

Qualifications

  • 4–10 years in instrumentation, controls or design drafting (co-ops count).
  • Experience with an EPC, system integrator, DCS vendor, or operating chemical plant.
  • High School Degree or higher.

Responsibilities

  • Develop instrument indexes and DCS/PLC I/O lists from P&IDs.
  • Draft instrument loop diagrams, wiring, termination, and cabinet layouts.
  • Prepare control system architecture and network drawings for DCS/PLC/SIS/historian.
  • Apply hazardous area classifications to device selection and installation.
  • Support FAT/SAT, loop checks, and commissioning activities.
  • Perform field walkdowns and as-built surveys of instrumentation.
  • Manage drawing revisions and MOC documentation to standards.

Skills

Instrumentation
Controls design
Drafting
EPC experience
DCS/SCADA

Education

High School Degree or higher

Tools

AutoCAD
Bluebeam
Microsoft Excel
Emerson DeltaV
Honeywell Experion

Job description

GAS Energy Staffing LLC is seeking a Junior Controls System Designer in Houston, TX for a contract-to-hire engagement. The role focuses on instrumentation and controls design, drafting, and integration with DCS/PLC systems, while ensuring safety classifications and project standards are met.

The designer will collaborate with project managers, engineers, and vendors to produce accurate drawings, specifications, and as-built documentation for plant-wide control systems in a fast-paced EPC

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