Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
About the role
Boston Government Services, LLC. (BGS) is seeking an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to support our client in Oak Ridge, TN. BGS is an engineering, technology, and security firm helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex projects. We support clients at every stage, from strategic planning and program management to the execution of engineering and technical activities. We work to attract and retain the best talent because the best talent delivers the best results for our clients. Our capabilities are based on our experience in complex, secure, and highly regulated environments. We leverage our experience and capabilities to provide mission-driven solutions tuned to our client's mission needs and strategic direction. At BGS, we believe meaningful work starts with great people. We foster a culture built on respect, collaboration, and accountability—where employees are empowered to contribute ideas, grow professionally, and make an impact. We care about our employees’ well-being through competitive benefits, clear expectations, and an environment that values both excellence and connection.
Responsibilities
- Develop high quality detailed design packages, provide engineering procurement and field technical support to implement those designs, and provide expertise for troubleshooting and technical assessments of plant systems.
- Prepare conceptual engineering deliverables such as cost-estimating bills of material and labor-hour estimates, statements of work, design criteria, and title II design engineering deliverables including preparation of calculations and analyses, construction specifications & drawings, and equipment specifications.
- Effectively and cooperatively work as a team member of an integrated project team.
- Routinely perform walkdowns in the existing plant facilities to generate design documents and provide field support to craft personnel.
- Apply technical expertise and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts in the Electrical Engineering field with primarily instrumentation/controls focus for equipment process control and monitoring.
- Provide self-performed technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems through the application of established engineering practices, codes, and standards.
- Provide field troubleshooting support of existing systems to inform design for corrective actions.
- Prepare conduit/cable schedules, conduit/equipment plans, one-line diagrams, wiring/connection/schematic diagrams, instrument loop diagrams, various sections/elevations/details, calculations, datasheets, and construction specifications.
- Develop control cabinet assembly drawings, system diagrams, and control logic for both batch and continuous processes using conventional analog instrumentation, distributed digital control systems, and Programmable Logic Controller/Human-Machine Interfaces (PLCs/HMIs).
- Develop process control system narratives, aid in the development of process software requirements, and provide input to Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
- Minimum of 5 years of instrumentation and controls design engineering experience.
- Minimum of 5 years’ (10 years preferred) experience with PLC and HMI programming for systems that include both analog and digital input and output.
- Demonstrated experience utilizing the National Electrical Code, UL508A, and relevant ISA standards to design instrumentation and controls systems.
- Must pass a pre-employment drug screening exam.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security access badge.
Location / Work Arrangement
This position is hybrid in Oak Ridge, TN.
Schedule
Full-time, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid vacation
- 401(k)
- Long-term disability
- Short-term disability