Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

Description and Desired Qualifications

• Helping ensure the supply of our world's oil and gas. At CH2M HILL , we deliver solutions that span the entire breadth of the oil industry. Our Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer position will provide you with the opportunity to work on exciting, large scale oil and gas projects. Each day you will be an important team leader as you participate in the design, coordination, execution and supervision of the technical aspects of many oil and gas projects specifically related to instrumentation and controls. You should be a self-motivated, detail oriented professional with 6 to 10 years engineering, and design experience in instrumentation and control systems with technical expertise in petrochemical, oil and gas projects. You should possess a Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Chemical Engineering (current P.E. registration preferred), have good understanding and knowledge of industry codes and standards (NFPA/NEC, IEEE, ANSI, NEMA, API, and ASI) and I&C design tools including working experience with SPI (INTools). Good organizational, communication and interpersonal skills are highly desirable.

Our Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer:

• Assist with plans, schedules and coordinates detailed phases of engineering work
• Assist with Preparation and updates of project design milestones, and staffing plans
• Perform engineering, designs and calculations in accordance with established department standards; Design Procedures, Design Guidelines, and Best Practices
• Identify customer's needs and translates them into design specifications
• Prepares engineering reports, studies, and calculations
• Checks existing drawings as required
• Develop hazardous area classifications
• Research suitable solutions and prepares capital cost estimates
• Establishes design concepts and design data for work assigned to project teams and assures technical accuracy and conformance to project requirements
• Independently evaluates the selection and/or modification of standard techniques, procedures, criteria and systems to efficiently meet project goals
• Coordinates work flow to I&C team. Directs, assists, and checks work of designers and other engineers assigned to projects
• Prepare I&C design and engineering deliverables including providing input to P&IDs, Instrument Index, Instrument Specifications, Control System Specifications
• Assist I&C designer with development of Design Drawings including Control System Architecture, Control Panel Layouts with BOM, Power Junction Box (PJB), Instrument Junction Box (IJB), Instrument Loop Wiring Diagrams, Control Schematics, Cable Schedules, Instrument Installation Details, and Instrument Location Plans
• Coordinates details and miscellaneous design criteria with other engineering disciplines
• Reviews I&C drawings and specifications and other disciplines' deliverables including Piping's 3-D Model and Isometrics checks, Electrical Cable & Conduits for compliance with department and project needs and client standards
• Checks and approves designers' and drafters' shop drawings and/or vendor drawings
• Executes work within labor-hour budgets and schedule constraints
• Monitors and manages project Engineering Change Requests (ECR's) as required, earned value, budget and schedule
• Creates and maintains updated files of project including shop drawings and discipline drawings
• Prepares construction specifications and construction documents
• Provides input on employee's performance appraisal to Department Manager
• Helps train less experienced engineers and designers
• CH2M HILL will not sponsor a work visa (e.g. H-1B visa, etc.) to fill this position. We are also only willing to consider local candidates with in the Houston, TX area.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related field
• 10 - 20 years of I&C engineering experience in oil & gas, chemical or other heavy industrial application
• Functional experience with I&C design tools including working experience with SPI (INTools)
• Working knowledge & experience with the Industry codes;   NFPA, API, NEC, IEEE, ANSI, NEMA, API, ISA, ASI
• Excellent written and verbal communications
• Functional experience with Microsoft Office applications suite with emphasis on Excel

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Registration is not required but would be a plus