Onsite Instrumentation & Controls Engineer – Baton Rouge

PTS Advance; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PTS Advance is seeking an Instrumentation Controls Engineer to join the Engineering & Operations team in Baton Rouge, onsite. The role focuses on maintaining and retrofitting instrumentation and controls across district energy plants, including hot water, chilled water, and steam systems.

You will program, troubleshoot, and maintain PLCs, DCS, and related peripherals while working with JCI-Metasys, Allen-Bradley PLCs, and other controllers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Instrumentation, or Control Systems Engineering.
• Experience with PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and DCS.
• Ability to program, troubleshoot, and modify control systems.
• Familiarity with PID control, tuning, and process optimization.

Responsibilities

• Provide instrumentation and control systems support to plant operations and maintenance teams.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues related to instrumentation, control systems, PLC/DCS logic, communications networks, and process equipment.
• Develop, modify, test, and document PLC and DCS control logic changes under established change management procedures.
• Assist in the design, implementation, commissioning, and optimization of process control strategies and control loops.
• Analyze process performance and support control loop tuning and PID optimization activities.
• Specify, select, and review instrumentation, control devices, and related equipment for process measurement and control applications.

Skills

Industrial control systems

PID control fundamentals

Troubleshooting

Process optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Instrumentation Engineering

Control Systems Engineering

Tools

PLC programming

DCS programming

HMI design

SCADA systems

EtherNet/IP

Modbus

OPC UA

Job description

PTS Advance is seeking an Instrumentation Controls Engineer to join the Engineering & Operations team in Baton Rouge, onsite. The role focuses on maintaining and retrofitting instrumentation and controls across district energy plants, including hot water, chilled water, and steam systems.

You will program, troubleshoot, and maintain PLCs, DCS, and related peripherals while working with JCI-Metasys, Allen-Bradley PLCs, and other controllers.