Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

For the right candidate, this position offers the opportunity for significant professional growth and the potential to collaborate with local and national teams.

In this role, your responsibilities will include developing instrumentation and controls designs (P&IDs, network diagrams, specifications, and control strategies).

The role requires the ability to integrate and apply Brown and Caldwell’s service offerings and talent to help our clients solve their most challenging issues.

Detailed Description :

• Develop or expand skills to prepare P&IDs, and control system network architecture design documents for industrial automation projects.
• Develop or expand skills to prepare specifications and control strategies for industrial projects for municipal and industrial clients.
• Support discipline engineering level services during construction (ESDCs) including construction submittal review, response to requests for information, and change order management.
• Work and communicate effectively with other disciplines, task leaders, project managers and with teams in local and remote (virtual) environments.
• Produce effective and accurate written documents, reports, and technical memorandums

Desired Skills and Experience :

• in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other engineering degree relevant to process automation control system work.
• Professional Registration as a PE preferred or in pursuit of obtaining PE.
• Minimum 3 years of experience as an instrumentation and control design engineer for government, municipal, and / or industrial water and wastewater projects, or industrial private-sector clients such as pharmaceutical, chemical, food products, petrochemical, or pulp and paper industries preferred.

Strong preference will be given to water and wastewater experience.

• Experience in design and process automation systems. Testing and startup of industrial process automation systems is a plus.
• Experience with control hardware, control architecture design, and programming software for Allen Bradley, Schneider, ABB DCS or similar is a plus.
• Experience in industrial process automation systems design, Fieldbus and other communication technologies, instrumentation installation, cybersecurity, or network design is a plus.
• Experience in AutoCAD, AutoCAD P&ID, and / or Revit is a plus.
• Knowledge and understanding of electrical safety systems, NFPA 70E is a plus.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Candidate should be a self-starter, results-oriented and be able to work under tight and pressured deadlines.
• Travel away from the home office is anticipated from time to time given the nature of the project design and construction support responsibilities.
• Comfortable and effective with clients and contractors as direct interface.
• Position can be in-person, hybrid, or remote.

Salary Range : The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education.

These ranges may be modified in the future.

Location A : $78,000- $106,000

Location B : $85,000- $116,000

You can view which BC location applies to you If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.

Benefits and Other Compensation : We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance.

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About Brown and Caldwell

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction firm with over 50 offices and 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific.

For 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies.

We strive to be the company of choice to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation.

Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities.

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This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.

Notice to Third Party Agencies : Brown and Caldwell does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request with Brown and Caldwell, Brown and Caldwell reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

Brown and Caldwell is proud to be an EEO / AAP Employer. Minorities / Women / Disabled and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Brown and Caldwell ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.