Principal Engineer-I&C Design Engineer

Pinnacle Specialty Group Job Opportunity

Pinnacle Specialty Group is a woman-owned and operated small business specializing in providing project and contract management for professional, technical, engineering, IT, and support services. We offer full benefits to include: medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401K - company matched.

Define scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems. Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely and cost-effective results. Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks.

Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, to resolve complex problems.

Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.

Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise.

Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering or scientific principles.

Evaluate the results of programs and prepare reports and recommendations based on these evaluations.

Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution.

Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology.

Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management.

Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.

Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscript form to customers, colleagues, and management.

Occasionally prepare reports for external publication.

Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies.

Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles.

Up to a 40-hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including 5/8s (8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10's (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80's (9 hours/day, five days on week AA and four days on week BB. Work week excludes SRNS holidays. Each workday has 30-minute lunch. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the discretion of the Manager.

Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline and 5+ years' experience. OR MS with 8+ years' experience. OR BS with 10+ years' experience or more.

Provide design engineering staff augmentation support to SRNS.

Primary responsibilities include engineering analysis, walkdowns, design development and generation of design output documents including but not limited to: P&IDs Control Logics;
Loop Diagrams;
Instrument Indices;
Setpoint Lists;
Instrument and Control Valve Specifications; DCS and PLC Design;
Instrument Location and Installation Design;
Panel Layouts; and Vendor Document Review.

Engineering services shall be provided using SRNS processes and procedures. Programmatic guidance will be provided by SRNS.

BS Degree in one of the following disciplines:
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, I&C Engineering, or current registration as a Professional Engineer in one of the above disciplines.

The following experience/skills are required for this position:

Candidate must demonstrate ten (10) years of direct I&C design experience (within the last 15 years) in the nuclear or process chemical industry.

Candidate must demonstrate design experience with process control instrumentation, PLCs and…