TITLE: Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
DUTIES: Responsible for designing, developing and maintaining instrumentation and controls systems for biorefinery manufacturing plant including selection, construction and installation of I&C equipment. Develop process control and alarm logic diagrams/SAMA diagrams/cause and effect matrices. Responsible for control system architecture, DCS and PLC specification and configuration, SCADA systems, Instrument index, Instrument specifications, data sheets and selection, instruction loop diagrams, and motor elementaries. Troubleshoot motors, instruments and valves. Update control system programming and documentation. Review vendor drawings. Interface with third party I&C companies. Participate in HAZOP. Serve as technical expert support to field engineers, technicians and plant staff. Review PIDs for project engineering. Field interfacing with contractors for instrumentation and controls installation and QC. Checkout, commission, start-up and troubleshoot support. Stay current on control theory research and instrumentation advances and recommend changes as needed.
SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
LOCATION: American Process, Inc., 300 McIntosh Parkway, Thomaston, GA 30286.
REQUIREMENTS: Master's degree in manufacturing, controls & automation or electronics engineering. 3 years of experience in related instrumentation and controls engineering position. Will also accept a Bachelor's in stated fields and 5 years of stated experience. (foreign equivalent degree acceptable).
Also requires at least 3 years of experience in the following (which may have been obtained concurrently):
Selecting, constructing and installing I&C equipment. Developing P&IDs and control narratives. Designing control systems including PLC/DCS specification and HMI configuration. Developing and troubleshooting Motor, Instruments and Valves specifications. Planning and developing the layout of control system network and I/O architecture. Running controls engineering projects from inception to finish including provisional acceptance testing activities.
CONTACT: J. DeMayo, American Process, Inc., 750 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30308. [email protected]