System Design Engineer

HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 117,000 - 217,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading staffing firm is seeking a Mid-Senior level Automation Engineer with over 5 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. The role entails analyzing customer requirements, designing process control systems, and leading engineering teams. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in engineering and be familiar with Rockwell Automation products. The position offers a competitive salary between $117,000 and $217,000. Occasional travel to client sites may be required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Automation in the Oil & Gas Industry.
• Minimum of 5 years related experience in control systems engineering.
• Occasional travel and work at customer sites required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer requirements for process control solutions.
• Lead and review tasks for the engineering team.
• Manage project costs while ensuring quality standards.

Skills

Process control system analysis

Process control systems design

PLC application programming

HMI application programming

Customer relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or equivalent

Tools

Rockwell Automation

ControlLogix

CompactLogix

Thin Manager

SQL

Job description

Beggar for knowledge, appreciator of experience

Be a contributing part of a project team, but also responsible for leading and reviewing all assigned engineering team members and their assigned tasks for a project. Assign tasks, monitor performance, review results, coordinate efforts, and track hours usage on the project. Prepare and organize assigned projects and work closely with the Project Manager to maintain and lower project costs, while providing the highest level of quality.

Skills/Responsibilities:

• Functional
• Responsible for analyzing customers' requirements to determine the optimal process control system solution and determining applicable control configuration/architecture
• Responsible for conceptual process control systems design, determination of process control system strategy, and design of assembled programming
• Responsible for on-site process control system start-up as required.
• Responsible for parts creation, purchasing, and project supplies activation on our IFS system
• Responsible for applying codes and standards for industrial control systems, including NEC, NFPA 72, 85, 86, IEC61511, IEC 61508, and UL508A.
• Leadership
• Responsible for planning, scheduling, coordinating and monitoring resources for projects, including setting and managing time‑scales and budgets.
• Responsible for providing verbal and written reports to communicate project status as required and contributing to project review meetings.
• Responsible for visiting internal and external panel manufacturing facilities to assess progress, providing technical assistance, and for final inspection and sign off.
• Responsible for leading an engineering program and managing multiple technical leads, ensuring common execution and practices across the program.
• Interpersonal
• Responsible for client liaison and interfacing with management.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining customer relationships.
• Team player with the ability to interact with other team project members and up to 5 Project Managers at a time.
• Interact with the Global Engineering Center and Industry Teams, and Engineering Managers.
• Capability to be assigned to several projects at a time.
• Business
• Responsible for project hardware/software for compliance with applicable codes/standards and assuring personnel/machinery safety practices are fully implemented.
• Coordinate customer requirements with engineering and other appropriate departments to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction is achieved.
• Collaborates with the Proposals team to prepare cost estimates and review technical proposals.
• Collaborate with Sales and Solution Consultants on customer presentations, product demonstrations and commercial activities.
• Strong knowledge of following products/protocols: Rockwell Automation FT View SE and ME, Studio 5000, ControlLogix, Guard Logix, CompactLogix, FT Historian, Thin Manager, Plant PAX.
• DLR, ControlNet, Modbus TCP/RTU, OPC DA/UA, PRP.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience in Automation in the Oil & Gas Industry
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years related experience in control systems engineering which relates to industrial automation systems (BPCS, CCS, SIS, BMS, HIPPS, LNG).
• Knowledge of Rockwell Automation Logic Solvers (BPCS and/or Safety Systems) ControlLogix, CompactLogix, GuardLogix, AAdvance, Trusted.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience programming PLC applications, basic and advanced process control (PID, Control sequence, Control narrative).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience programming HMI applications for local and network distributed applications (Process, Alarms, Database, Faceplates, Monitoring).
• Occasional travel and work at customer sites, including industrial plants, ships, offshore platform etc.
• Experience of control system applications throughout the project lifecycle from initial design concepts through to installation and subsequent client support.
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure (Microsoft Server), virtualization (vMware, thin clients), and database (OSI‑PI, SQL) set‑up, configuration and deployment would be a plus

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Automation Machinery Manufacturing

Location: Houston, TX

Salary: $117,000.00–$217,000.00