Automation & Controls Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

One Tech Engineering is searching for an Automation and Controls Engineer for a position located in either Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; or Atlanta, Georgia. The Automation and Controls Engineer will execute automation and controls engineering design activities for minor to major scale Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) projects.

The candidate must be a US Citizen or a green card holder, the position is not eligible for sponsorship. The candidate should have a Bachelor's Degree in Controls, Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or a related degree, successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, and 3+ years of electrical engineering experience.

Local candidates preferred or open to relocation. This is not a remote position.

Automation and Controls Engineer Responsibilities :

• Responsible for compliance with company and project site safety policies.
• Works with a team of Automation and Controls Engineers, Specialists, and Designers in the execution of design.
• Interfaces with a multi-faceted project team internally consisting of project manager, electrical, controls, estimating, procurement, construction, and other engineering disciplines.
• Responsible for developing software design deliverables including PLC and HMI programming design deliverables as well as Batch, MES, servers and virtualization.
• Responsible for commissioning and startup of those design deliverables.
• Develop controls design deliverables, including instrument / device list, I / O list, controls narratives, control panel and controls hardware design, device location plan drawings and installation details.
• Develop electrical design deliverables including 480VAC and below equipment and motor power design, installation plan drawings, and conductor schedules
• Develop the specification and design requirements for control panel and equipment vendors, track vendor progression, and lead the Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs).
• Experience with process instrument measurements protocols, such as temperature, pressure, flow, level, analyzers, and control valves.
• Utilize knowledge of various technologies for selecting the appropriate controls application.
• Experienced in reviewing P&IDs and working with process engineers to define and show proper controls scope of the project.
• Develop verification of design, calculations, project studies, design basis and report preparation.
• Interfaces directly with offsite design office and coordinates and tracks execution of all electrical controls department work to that office.

Requirements of the Automation and Controls Engineer :

Preferred :