Controls Instrumentation Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Ø Design, procure, implement, and maintain all process control systems at the plant, 3 operating units.

Ø Develop and implement new DCS and PLC configurations for process control.

Ø Modify existing DCS and PLC configurations for process control.

Ø Edit DCS and PLC operating parameters when requested by operations personnel.

Ø Maintain control system equipment service agreements, schedule, and oversee service work.

Ø Design, procure, and implement process instrumentation projects.

Ø Develop construction packages and oversee construction activities for IEC projects.

Ø Provide equipment, labor, and construction information to other project engineering personnel.

Ø Maintain functionality of daily reports generated by the data historian and other systems.

Ø Maintain data and system backups and perform / oversee backup and recovery functions.

Ø Maintain a high level of documentation for all systems and provide training where appropriate.

Ø Monitor and maintain process controllers, communications, and I / O equipment.

Ø Monitor and maintain process control HMI displays and HIS stations.

Ø Work with operations to perform and document testing of emergency shutdown systems.

Ø The items listed below may not typically be included in a traditional Instrument & Control Systems Engineer’s responsibilities, however, the person currently in this position performs these services. Candidates with additional experience similar to any of these areas are preferrable.

Ø Assist other personnel in the design, procurement, and installation of electrical equipment.

Ø Design, implement, and maintain various automated report servers and their resulting emailed process and environmental reports (Exaquantum, RPTSVR01).

Ø Monitor and maintain the commercial daily energy market report data report (Platts).

Ø Monitor and maintain site Emergency Personnel Accountability System (EP01).

Ø Monitor and maintain site Security Access Systems, aka badging systems : Keyscan, VSAxxes.

Ø Monitor and maintain site cameras, recording, and notification systems (NVR04 / NVR05).

Ø Monitor and maintain site electronic message boards and video monitoring devices (approx. 25).

Ø Assist in maintenance of Weather Reporting and Historian System (Davis Instruments).

Ø Assist in maintenance of plant power monitoring and event reporting system (ION).

Ø Assist in maintenance of in-plant data network equipment used for non-process related communications.

Ø In addition to many familiar systems and software items commonly used in industry, client uses various custom systems that were designed by in-house personnel over many years. An ability to learn and, in some cases, take eventual ownership of these systems is preferred.

REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS

v DCS and HIS development, configuration, maintenance. Yokogawa Centum VP, CS3000 or similar.

v PLC and HMI development, programming, maintenance. Allen Bradley-Rockwell, GE-Emerson or similar.

v CONTROLS SOFTWARE : DCS sequence, conditional tables, ladder logic, and graphics configuration (Yokogawa System View experience desirable, Ladder logic & HMI design using AB-Rockwell Studio 5000 / FactoryTalk, and GE-Emerson PAC Machine Edition desirable).

v DATA HISTORIAN configuration and maintenance. Yokogawa Exaquantum, Pi, or similar.

v PC SYSTEMS such as Windows desktops and servers (hardened & virtualized).

v COMMUNICATIONS : Ethernet IP, Modbus, HART communications.

v PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION : Design, specification, and procurement of process instrumentation.

v SOFTWARE : MS Office products, including MS Excel and MS Visio (SQL, VBA, and other coding / scripting desirable).

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