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Oil & Gas Sr. controls Engineer
Reports to: ICS Management
Area/Territory:
Available: 8/20/08
Office Location: Plano, Texas
- Provide technical leadership and input to approximately 2 – 5 project team members on various types of Oil & Gas related projects along with having the ability to execute multiple projects simultaneously. This also includes taking ownership of applications, assume a technical lead role within the ICS organization, and be accountable for the success or failure of a project.
- Perform or coordinate the HMI development, PLC programming, CAD design, or other engineering tasks associated with the development of ICS controls systems.
- Must be able to communicate effectively and interface with customer’s engineering staff or management to present design concepts, solutions, cost justifications, or discuss technical issues.
- Must have a positive attitude, excellent interface skills, and strong work ethic.
- Provide technical assistance and information for proposal estimation and development.
- Generate project bill of materials, assist PM with schedule task development, and track technical progress of activities.
- Must be able to multitask and execute more than one project at a time by having effective organization skills and being able to prioritize tasks.
- Must understand the importance of backing up and maintaining updated project documentation, records, drawings, and configured HMI/PLC programs.
- Must be willing to support projects by performing start-up and commissioning of ICS delivered control systems at the customer’s site.
- Must be willing to mentor and instruct junior or entry level resources along with sharing technical knowledge with other team members.
Job Requirements:
- BS Engineering degree or minimum of 10 years of industrial experience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Industrial experience with Oil & Gas applications in upstream, midstream, and downstream process systems.
- 7 – 10 years experience in the design, programming, and implementation of PLC based controls associated with natural gas and electric driven reciprocating gas compressors.
- Experience with SCADA communication systems including wireless technologies.
- Experience and familiarization with agency standards and codes that include NEC, UL, ATEX, IEC, CE, and NFPA.
- Good technical understanding of control system power distribution and practices.
- Experience with AutoCAD and design of control system drawings.
- Strong experience in applications including natural gas measurement, plunger lift controls, gas lift, salt water disposal, ESD, Fire and Gas, gas storage facilities, gas processing systems utilizing dehydration, and amine plants.
- Strong expertise with PLC hardware that includes Allen Bradley Logix platform, SCADA Pack, GE Fanuc RXi, Modicon, Siemens S7, and Triconex.
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