Drilling Rig PLC Controls Engineer
Tech Mirrors
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Job summary
Tech Mirrors in Houston, Texas, seeks a PLC Engineer to design and maintain control systems for land-based drilling rigs. The role involves hands-on troubleshooting, collaboration with Canrig and Nabors teams, and compliance with safety standards.
Travel to drilling sites is required, including international travel. Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical/controls engineering and at least 5 years of drilling control systems experience.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years designing/maintaining control systems for drilling rigs.
- US citizen or GC holder due to federal compliance.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement advanced control systems for land-based drilling rigs, including customer and vendor meetings.
- System support: lab setup, integration testing, factory and customer acceptance testing.
- Troubleshoot drilling rig control systems to minimize downtime and optimize performance; mentor field technicians.
- Ensure compliance with industry safety standards and regulations.
- Collaborate with Canrig and Nabors engineering teams and third-party operations to integrate new technologies.
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation (requirements, software releases, commissioning, etc).
- Train and mentor junior engineers and support field deployment and commissioning of systems.
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Job description
Tech Mirrors in Houston, Texas, seeks a PLC Engineer to design and maintain control systems for land-based drilling rigs. The role involves hands-on troubleshooting, collaboration with Canrig and Nabors teams, and compliance with safety standards.
Travel to drilling sites is required, including international travel. Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical/controls engineering and at least 5 years of drilling control systems experience.
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