Instrumentation & Electrical Designer

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. is a company of diverse businesses unified by shared values and vision. We serve the agriculture, mining, industrial and water reclamation markets with a broad range of products and technologies, worldwide. Serving these customers well is a passion and a commitment-one that the people of Tessenderlo Kerley find rewarding, empowering and meaningful.

If you want the work you do to make a positive impact on the world in which we live, and work alongside innovative, quality-focused people of vision, Tessenderlo Kerley is the right place for you.

Are you an experienced Instrumentation & Electrical Designer who enjoys bringing complex industrial projects to life? Do you thrive when collaborating with engineers, project managers, and operations teams to create practical, high-quality electrical and instrumentation designs? This is an opportunity to join our Project Services team as an Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) Designer II, where you’ll play a key role supporting capital and sustaining projects across multiple chemical manufacturing facilities.

In this role, you’ll contribute to the design, development and improvement of electrical and instrumentation documentation that supports safe, reliable and efficient plant operations.

Why Join Us?

⚡ Work on Real Industrial Projects – Support electrical and instrumentation design for operating chemical and fertilizer facilities where your work directly impacts plant reliability and safety.

Expand Your Technical Expertise – Gain exposure to capital projects, automation upgrades and brownfield facility improvements across multiple sites.

Collaborate Across Disciplines – Work closely with engineers, project managers, operations, construction teams and vendors to deliver integrated project solutions.

Build Deep Industrial Design Experience – Contribute to projects from early planning and design through construction support and as-built documentation.

What You’ll Do

✅ Develop and revise electrical and instrumentation design packages that support capital and maintenance projects.

✅ Prepare and update electrical and instrumentation documentation, including:

• One-line diagrams

• Wiring diagrams

• Loop drawings

• Panel layouts

• Cable and conduit schedules

• Junction box details and installation drawings.

✅ Coordinate with electrical engineers, instrumentation specialists and other design disciplines to ensure accurate and constructible project documentation.

✅ Participate in interdisciplinary design reviews and collaborate with project teams to resolve technical challenges.

✅ Review vendor and third-party engineering deliverables for alignment with project scope, company standards and constructability requirements.

✅ Maintain accurate documentation by incorporating field redlines and updating as-built drawings.

✅ Support field verification activities by visiting plant sites to gather information, validate design assumptions and assist during construction or commissioning.

What You’ll Bring

✔ Associate degree in Electrical Engineering Technology, Electronics, Drafting & Design or related field (preferred).

✔ 6+ years of industrial electrical and instrumentation design experience in environments such as chemical, refinery, fertilizer or similar industrial facilities.

✔ Strong experience developing electrical and instrumentation documentation, including one-line diagrams, wiring diagrams, loop drawings, cable schedules and panel layouts.

✔ Working knowledge of applicable codes and standards such as NEC (NFPA 70) and NFPA 70E.

✔ Proficiency in AutoCAD (2D required; 3D modeling experience preferred).

✔ Ability to interpret P&IDs, vendor drawings and technical documentation.

✔ Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and shifting priorities.

✔ A collaborative, detail-oriented mindset with strong communication and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

➕ Experience working in brownfield operating facilities.

➕ Familiarity with tools such as Navisworks, Bluebeam or SAP.

➕ Exposure to control systems or automation platforms such as Siemens PCS-7.

➕ Field experience supporting construction, commissioning or as-built documentation.

Why join Tessenderlo Kerley:

Working at Tessenderlo Kerley

• Work/life balance
• Fun and rewarding environment
• Learning, development and teamwork
• Community involvement/outreach
• Challenging and meaningful work

Benefits & Rewards:

• Medical-Dental-Vision-Prescription (Low employee premiums!)
• 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to the first 5% of employee contribution
• 401(k) company retirement contribution at year-end, equal to 4% of annual base salary
• Short-term incentive awards based on measured performance criteria
• Life Insurance (2x annual base salary)
• Paid vacation and sick time, and 10 paid holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,000 per calendar year (non-taxable)
• Adoption Assistance: Up to $7,500 in reimbursement assistance
• Paid maternity and parental time off
• Business Travel Life & Accident Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Telemedicine program for you and your dependents
• Long-Term Disability insurance
• Company referral program

Tessenderlo Kerley is part of Tessenderlo Group, an industrial group that focuses on agriculture, valorizing bio-residuals, machinery, mechanical engineering, electronics, energy, and providing industrial solutions with a focus on water. With its headquarters in Belgium, the group is active in over 100 countries, and it has a global team of more than 7,000 employees. Its belief that “Every Molecule Counts” is at the heart of the strategy of the group: Tessenderlo Group continually strives to valorize its products and processes to the maximum and to add value to everything it does. For more information about Tessenderlo Group, its people, and its brands, please visit

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.