Instrumentation and Control Engineer

NR Consulting; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NR Consulting is seeking an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to lead instrumentation identification, valve sizing, and control logic development for capital projects and manufacturing facilities.

You will collaborate with multi-discipline teams, develop P&IDs, participate in FAT testing, and travel up to three months per year, including potential international assignments to support plant startups.

Qualifications

• Education: Four-year bachelor’s degree in engineering background or relevant experience
• Experience: 4+ years of experience as an instrumentation and controls engineer for capital projects or manufacturing, process engineer with instrumentation experience or an instrument technician
• Proven ability to read or develop P&IDs and select instrumentation and control valves
• Experience in design, testing and startup of industrial process automation systems
• Field experience for commissioning and troubleshooting instrumentation

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering documentation with the Project Manager for deliverables related to instrumentation, control valves, control logic and graphic screens
• Execute project engineering tasks at a high level of quality and within the project guidelines and timing constraints
• Develop appropriate specification sheets and selection of instrumentation / control valves for new plants
• Maintain industry and internal standards related to the selections of process instrumentation and controls
• Travel up to three months per year; willingness to travel to foreign countries for up to four weeks

Skills

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Reading P&IDs

Instrumentation knowledge

Control valve sizing

Wiring diagrams

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

PLC

DCS interface

FAT testing

Fisher Specification Manager

Emerson sizing software

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position: Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Type: Full-time

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering documentation with the Project Manager for deliverables related to instrumentation, control valves, control logic and graphic screens
• Execute project engineering tasks at a high level of quality and within the project guidelines and timing constraints
• Develop appropriate specification sheets and selection of instrumentation / control valves for new plants
• Maintain industry and internal standards related to the selections of process instrumentation and controls
• Potential travel of up to three months per year could be expected, particularly in plant start-up years. Must be willing to travel to foreign countries and potentially be away for periods up to four weeks.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Four-year bachelor’s degree in engineering background or relevant experience
• Experience: 4+ years of experience as an instrumentation and controls engineer for capital projects or manufacturing, process engineer with instrumentation experience or an instrument technician

Qualifications:

• Must possess strong people skills and collaboration
• Strong analytical, conceptual, problem solving and organizational skills
• Instrumentation skills including: reading or developing P&IDs, instrument selection and specifications, control valve and primary element sizing, location plans and installation details, and interconnection and wiring diagrams
• Must have the practical application of instrumentation and controls engineering as it relates to client operations
• Working knowledge of PLC, Distributed Control System interface
• Can independently lead design activities for instrumentation identification and coordinate with the multi-discipline engineering team
• Field experience for commissioning and troubleshooting instrumentation
• Experience in design, testing and startup of industrial process automation systems and previously performed FAT testing
• Lead development and implementation of standard specifications for instrumentation and control systems.
• Preferred Software and Instrumentation Manufacturer Experience:
• Chemical or similar simulation software, Microsoft products, Bluebeam (or PDF equivalent for drawing markups), Fisher Specification Manager, Emerson sizing software,