Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Position: Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Type: Full-time

Job Duties / Responsibilities
• Coordinate engineering documentation with the Project Manager for deliverables related to instrumentation, control valves, control logic and graphic screens
• Execute project engineering tasks at a high level of quality and within the project guidelines and timing constraints
• Develop appropriate specification sheets and selection of instrumentation / control valves for new plants
• Maintain industry and internal standards related to the selections of process instrumentation and controls
• Potential travel of up to three months per year could be expected, particularly in plant start-up years. Must be willing to travel to foreign countries and potentially be away for periods up to four weeks.

Minimum Qualifications
• Education: Four-year bachelor's degree in engineering background or relevant experience
• Experience: 4+ years of experience as an instrumentation and controls engineer for capital projects or manufacturing, process engineer with instrumentation experience or an instrument technician

Qualifications:
o Must possess strong people skills and collaboration
o Strong analytical, conceptual, problem solving and organizational skills
o Instrumentation skills including: reading or developing P&IDs, instrument selection and specifications, control valve and primary element sizing, location plans and installation details, and interconnection and wiring diagrams
o Must have the practical application of instrumentation and controls engineering as it relates to client operations
o Working knowledge of PLC, Distributed Control System interface
o Can independently lead design activities for instrumentation identification and coordinate with the multi-discipline engineering team
o Field experience for commissioning and troubleshooting instrumentation
o Experience in design, testing and startup of industrial process automation systems and previously performed FAT testing
o Lead development and implementation of standard specifications for instrumentation and control systems.
• Preferred Software and Instrumentation Manufacturer Experience:
o Chemical or similar simulation software, Microsoft products, Bluebeam (or PDF equivalent for drawing markups), Client Specification Manager, Emerson sizing software,
o Manufacturers - Yokogawa, Allen-Bradley, Endress+Hauser & Vega. Foxborough, Client or equivalent DCS experience.