Control Systems Engineer
About the role
This role involves designing and developing innovative projects to resolve instrument and control systems engineering problems that significantly impact major SPR programs. The responsibilities include preparing Enterprise Change Proposals (ECPs) for revisions to the program technical baseline and presenting these proposals to relevant change boards. Additionally, this role involves providing designs and preparing Summary of Work (SOW) packages for maintenance type construction subcontracts and Engineering Change Notice (ECN) revisions.
Responsibilities
- Plans and develops innovative projects to resolve instrument and control systems engineering problems that have an important effect on major SPR programs.
- Prepares Enterprise Change Proposals (ECPs) for revisions to the program technical baseline, and presents these to the appropriate change boards.
- Prepares preliminary design feasibility studies for Major Maintenance (MM) projects involving instrumentation and control systems.
- Provides designs and prepares Summary of Work (SOW) packages for maintenance type construction subcontracts and Engineering Change Notice (ECN) revisions to same.
- Provides designs and prepares Corrective Maintenance Plans (CMP) for site personnel to make repairs or changes to instrumentation and control systems.
- Resolves deficiencies in design and safety aspects of instrumentation and control systems.
- Performs design calculations for sizing control valves and specifies control loop requirements.
- Design, program, document, and test approved configuration changes to all SPR software-embedded control systems, including the Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Omni flow computers (OMNI), and programmable logic controller (PLC) systems.
- Supports control system acceptance testing, analysis, and development of software discrepancy corrections and enhancements.
- Provides control systems engineering support to the sites on an as-assigned basis to ensure operational readiness.
- Maintains liaison with individuals and units within or outside the organization with responsibility for acting independently on technical matters pertaining to instrumentation and control systems.
Requirements
- Prepares, obtains CN approval, and issues SPR standard instrumentation specifications and data sheets.
- Identifies and supports required changes to site DCS User Manuals after completion of Major Maintenance and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasks.
- Continuing technical education and training in latest technology.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Control Systems, or Instrumentation Engineering or a related field is required.
- A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in engineering for operational control systems, including instrumentation design and configuration techniques.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting control systems engineering analysis as the position may serve as a technical lead on team projects.
- Strong written and oral communication skills are required to effectively develop presentations, analytical reports and technical correspondence.
Skills
- Experience working in Operational Technology (OT) environments, particularly with the Emerson DeltaV process control system.
- Strong computer and industrial networking knowledge.
- Familiarity with cyber security principles.
Benefits
Preference is given to candidates who hold the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) certification or the Louisiana or Texas PE (Professional Engineer) certification in Control Systems or Electrical Engineering. Grade L security clearance is needed.