Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer — PLC & Automation

Australia-Employment; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Employee stock plan

Life and disability insurance

HSA contributions

Sick time

Family leave

Flexible PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance

Job summary

Jobot is seeking an Instrumentation & Controls Design Engineer to join our Addison, TX team with remote options. You will design instrumentation, electrical controls, and automation systems for complex process-equipment packages, supporting projects from proposals through manufacturing, FAT, startup, and commissioning.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Controls Engineering and 4+ years of instrumentation and controls experience, including PLCs and HMIs, P&ID

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent in Electrical/Mechanical/Controls Engineering.
• 4+ years of instrumentation and controls engineering experience in manufacturing or engineered equipment.
• Experience designing instrumentation and controls for oil and gas process-equipment packages.
• Experience programming PLCs and HMIs and developing sequence logic and PID control loops.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications, RFQs, and tenders to define instrumentation and control-system requirements.
• Establish control-system architecture and select PLCs, instrumentation, control hardware, and related components.
• Develop P&IDs, control schematics, wiring diagrams, logic diagrams, cable schedules, and 2D/3D AutoCAD general-arrangement drawings.
• Program and troubleshoot PLC-based control systems, HMIs, sequence logic, and PID control loops.
• Prepare bills of materials, component specifications, technical descriptions, cost estimates, and project schedules.
• Apply hazardous-area classifications and applicable oil and gas codes and standards.
• Size and lay out instrument cables, junction boxes, conduit, cable trays, and package-mounted instrumentation.
• Prepare specifications for third-party control-system providers and review their deliverables.
• Support equipment assembly, calibration, loop checks, inspections, and factory acceptance testing.
• Provide startup and commissioning assistance at customer sites when needed.
• Support sales and applications teams with technical proposals and control-system requirements.
• Identify opportunities to standardize designs, improve engineering processes, and reduce costs.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI programming

P&ID development

Electrical controls design

AutoCAD

4+ years experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics, Controls Engineering

Tools

Excel

Job description

Jobot is seeking an Instrumentation & Controls Design Engineer to join our Addison, TX team with remote options. You will design instrumentation, electrical controls, and automation systems for complex process-equipment packages, supporting projects from proposals through manufacturing, FAT, startup, and commissioning.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Controls Engineering and 4+ years of instrumentation and controls experience, including PLCs and HMIs, P&ID