Senior DCS Commissioning & Startup Engineer

Insight Global; Michigan; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to support the deployment, commissioning, startup, and turnover of a distributed control system on a major power generation project. You will coordinate with engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, and vendors to ensure the control system is installed, tested, and brought online safely.

The role requires hands-on DCS troubleshooting, loop and graphics validation, and strong communication across multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in controls engineering or related field.
• Experience with DCS platforms and industrial automation.
• Experience supporting commissioning and startup in industrial environments.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Support DCS installation, hardware checkout, cabinet inspections, network verification, and system startup activities.
• Coordinate with vendors, contractors, engineering teams, and operations personnel throughout commissioning and startup.
• Perform control logic checkout, graphics verification, alarm validation, historian checks, and field device integration.
• Execute loop checks, functional testing, interlock testing, permissive testing, sequence testing, and control tuning.
• Troubleshoot DCS hardware, software, communications, instrumentation interfaces, I/O, and industrial networks.
• Review control narratives, logic diagrams, I/O lists, drawings, and commissioning documentation.
• Support FAT, SAT, commissioning procedures, deficiency tracking, and punch list resolution.
• Provide field engineering support during energization, startup, synchronization, performance testing, and turnover activities.
• Maintain startup documentation, test records, issue logs, and turnover packages.
• Manage controls-related change management processes throughout commissioning.

Skills

DCS experience

Industrial automation

Power generation

Troubleshooting

Strong communication

Tools

Emerson Ovation

DeltaV

Honeywell Experion

ABB 800xA

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to support the deployment, commissioning, startup, and turnover of a distributed control system on a major power generation project. You will coordinate with engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, and vendors to ensure the control system is installed, tested, and brought online safely.

The role requires hands-on DCS troubleshooting, loop and graphics validation, and strong communication across multi-disciplinary teams.