Senior Automation & Controls Engineer – (Food & Beverage)

Senior Automation & Controls Engineer – (Food & Beverage)

Position Type: Direct Hire

Position Location: Kansas City, MO

Position Salary: Market Rate (Depending on Experience)

Responsibilities:

• Leads and executes Automation and Controls Engineering design activities for minor to major scale EPC projects in food, consumer products, pharmaceutical, life science, aerospace and industrial facilities.
• Responsible for executing automation and controls deliverables for project(s) in the front end, detailed design, construction, and start-up phases.
• Projects range from controls projects working directly for the client to control self-execution on full-scale Automation and Controls EPC projects.
• Design responsibility for all Automation and Controls scope on the project.
• Leads a team of Automation and Controls Engineers, Specialists, and Designers in the execution of design.
• Interfaces with a multi-faceted project team internally consisting of project manager, electrical, controls, estimating, procurement, construction, and other engineering disciplines.
• Responsible for leading and developing software design deliverables including PLC and HMI programming design deliverables as well as Batch, MES, servers and virtualization.
• Responsible for commissioning and startup of those design deliverables.
• Lead and prepare controls design deliverables, including instrument/device list, I/O list, controls narratives, control panel and controls hardware design, device location plan drawings and installation details.
• Lead the specification, design, and procurement activities for control panel and equipment vendors, manage vendor progression, and lead the Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs).
• Lead and prepare electrical design deliverables including 480VAC and below equipment and motor power design, installation plan drawings, and conductor schedules.
• Determine process instrument measurements protocols, such as temperature, pressure, flow, level, analyzers, and control valves. Utilize knowledge of various technologies for selecting the appropriate controls application.
• Experienced in reviewing P&IDs and working with process engineers to define and show proper controls scope of the project.
• Develop and manage verification of design, calculations, project studies and report preparation.
• Interfaces directly with offsite design office and coordinates and tracks execution of controls deliverables to that office.
• Responsible for leading and performing quality reviews of project design submittals and coordinating those reviews within the department.
• Interfaces directly with construction personnel in development of contracts and execution of work.
• Develops project estimates at each project phase through various software such as Proposal works, Integrated Architecture Builder (IAB), SIL Solver, Bluebeam, Excel, and Visio.
• Works with clients and vendors directly in developing design.
• Build effective relationships with existing clients, customers and contractors and develop new business opportunities.
• Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.
• Provides leadership, technical direction and development to Automation and Controls team members.
• Coordinate with field personnel to resolve design related installation issues, calculations, field inspections and testing of controls systems.
• Responsible for leading the technical execution and team during onsite start-up and commissioning activities.
• Responsible for developing and submitting discipline change notices as needed to the project management team.
• Fully understands and can execute the EPC project approach.
• This position will require making trips to job sites to survey, support installations, and lead startups (travel about 30%).
• Work with our business development team to identify and develop key projects and customer pursuits.
• Develop business strategies for future projects.Understands business needs and profitability factors.
• Reviews and develop engineering hour estimates and proposals for all phases of the project.
• Supports interviewing and hiring process for new team members.
• Coordinates workload with Automation and Controls Department Manager.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Controls, Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited school; Higher Education is a plus
• Completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam / EIT; Professional Engineer (PE) License preferred.
• 7 years of electrical engineering experience EPC project and Automation & Controls experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of electrical equipment design ANSI and IEEE Standards and computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite, etc).
• Experience with leading the discipline design for large projects and delegating work tasks to team members and ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.
• Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications. Ability to travel.
• Must have or be able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).
• Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications.
• Knowledge of applicable design standards covering Automation & Controls Design/Engineering such as NFPA, ISA, IEC, IEEE, ISA/IEC 61511, ISO13849, UL508A.
• Experienced with variety of control and safety systems (PLC, SCADA, SIS, BMS, DCS).
• Experience in Rockwell and Siemens PLC platform.Experience in GE, Modicon, Opto22, Mitsubishi, and Triconex PLC platforms a plus.
• SCADA experience with Factory Talk and Wonderware local and distributed systems, Ignition Software is a plus.
• MES Design and Implementation Experience a Plus, PTC ThingWorx, Ignition/Sepasoft, Parsec TrakSYS.
• Machine safety risk assessment and required PL design compliance to ISO13849 is a plus.
• Process safety SIF/SIS design compliance to ISA/IEC 61511 is a plus.
• Experience with PlantPAX and PackML is preferred.
• Familiarity with tools like SISTEMA, CCW, IAB, BatchSIM, and PlantSIM is desired.

Benefits:

• Full Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• 401K Matching
• Bonuses
• PTO