Instrumentation Engineer

hargroveepc; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance benefits

Retirement matching contributions

Job summary

Hargrove EPC seeks an Electrical Engineer with 3+ years of industrial electrical/instrumentation experience in a Virginia facility. You will develop detailed electrical designs, size wirings and conduits, review vendor drawings, and support construction from field data to commissioning.

The role requires strong knowledge of NEC, ISA standards, and M.C.C. layouts, with collaboration across disciplines to ensure safe, cost-effective solutions for process and manufacturing projects.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and application of the current version of the NEC.
• Ability to size wire, conduit and overcurrent protection for both lighting and power applications.
• Ability to perform voltage drop calculations.
• Ability to route conduit and cable tray.
• Ability to determine motor control center loading.
• Ability to create accurate electrical installation documents from vendor drawings.

Responsibilities

• Familiarity with and utilizing department design and drafting standards.
• Produce installation details, motor control center single lines, electric room layouts, control panels and grounding plans.
• Develop conceptual layouts and cost studies for efficient engineering solutions.
• Review and check vendor drawings for electrical input and conformance to specs.
• Provide field data collection and construction support on projects.
• Assist with developing scopes, drawings and specifications into a package for procurement and pricing.

Skills

NEC knowledge

Electrical design

Conduit sizing

Voltage drop calculations

Load center calculations

Vendor drawings review

Instrumentation specifications

ISA standards familiarity

Field data collection

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Job description

What You' ll Be Doing

• Familiarity with and utilizing department design and drafting standards.
• Familiarity with project scope, specifications and design criteria upon assignment to a project task team.
• Recognize and communicate scope and design changes promptly.
• On-site assistance during startup.
• Producing estimate level preliminary designs and material take-offs suitable for the level of the estimate being performed on a project.
• Producing detail design calculations and sketches for materials of construction associated with the project. Calculations produced will be neatly prepared and organized for efficient checking by others and efficient use by drafters/designers for preparing drawings and as a deliverable when required.
• Producing designs with efficient use of construction materials with an overall emphasis on ease of construction and completed product meeting the expectations of the client.
• Checking calculations made by other engineers to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practice.
• Assisting the drafting group in resolving routine layout and detailing problems. It is your responsibility to furnish sufficient sketches and details necessary for completion of engineering drawings.
• Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines to ensure the smooth flow of vital information necessary for the scheduled completion of the project.
• Advising the senior engineer concerning design or scope changes, which have been identified.
• Assisting other engineers in developing and assembling scopes, drawings and specifications into a "package", enabling electrical/instrumentation purchase inquiries to be issued for procurement of materials or subcontract pricing.
• Reviewing and checking vendor drawings and other discipline drawings for electrical/instrumentation input.
• Developing construction specifications.
• Reviewing fabrication drawings and other construction submittals for conformance to engineering drawings and specifications.
• Performing fieldwork necessary to gather field data, check tie-ins and provide construction support.
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced drafting and engineering personnel in the department.
• Knowledge of the discipline specific methods, practices and techniques required to engineer, design and construct process and manufacturing projects.
• Applying advanced engineering techniques and analysis to complex designs.
• Produce installation details, motor control center single lines, electric room layouts, motor control elementaries, connection diagrams, cable schedules, control panel layouts and grounding, lighting, power and instrumentation plans under general supervision.
• Developing conceptual layouts and cost studies as necessary to determine the simplest, most efficient approach to solving engineering tasks at hand.
• Developing small work sharing packages for interoffice execution support.

This position offers a highly competitive compensation package, including paid time off, health insurance benefits, and matching retirement contributions.

Ideal Background

• Education: Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university is required.
• Registration: Professional Engineering registration is highly preferred.
• Experience: This position requires 3+ years of relevant industrial experience in electrical and instrumentation engineering.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge and application of the current version of the National Electrical Code (NEC).
• Familiarity with specifications and installation details of construction bulk materials and equipment.
• Ability to perform lighting level calculations.
• Ability to size wire, conduit and overcurrent protection for both lighting and power applications.
• Ability to perform voltage drop calculations.
• Ability to route conduit and cable tray.
• Ability to calculate tray and conduit fill.
• Ability to determine motor control center loading.
• Ability to create accurate electrical installation documents from the information found on vendor equipment drawings.
• Ability to determine load center unit substation loading.
• (Instrumentation) Ability to size control valves using appropriate software.
• (Instrumentation) Ability to develop specifications and data sheets for instrumentation, analyzers, control systems and actuated valves.
• (Instrumentation) Familiarity with standards that apply to instrumentation and controls (ISA).
• Ability to develop equipment specifications for equipment such as motor control centers, variable frequency drivers, induction and synchronous motors, load cen