Instrumentation & Controls Project Lead

Instrumentation & Controls Project Lead

Immediate need for a talented Instrumentation & Controls Project Lead. This is a Fulltime opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Atlanta, GA (Onsite).

Job
-23426

Pay Range: $130000 - $140000/annum. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

• Serve as I&C project lead and owner's technical representative for assigned Client projects.
• Establish design criteria, scopes of work, battery limits, deliverables, schedules, and technical acceptance requirements.
• Lead and coordinate work performed by EPC firms, consultants, system integrators, vendors, and contractors.
• Develop and review:
• P&IDs, instrument indexes, data sheets, and I/O lists.
• Instrument layouts, installation details, loop diagrams, and cable schedules.
• Control narratives, operating sequences, and cause-and-effect matrices.
• PLC, HMI, remote I/O, and industrial-network architectures.
• Alarm, interlock, permissive, and shutdown requirements.
• Select and specify process instruments, analyzers, control valves, actuators, and related accessories.
• Review instrument ranges, sizing, accuracy, materials, process connections, environmental ratings, and hazardous-area suitability.
• Coordinate instrument power, grounding, shielding, signal segregation, intrinsic safety, surge protection, and cable routing.
• Ensure control-system designs properly implement process requirements, operating philosophies, alarms, interlocks, per missives, and shutdown functions.
• Coordinate interfaces between plant control systems and packaged equipment, motor controls, safety systems, and industrial networks.
• Provide basic electrical engineering support for 120/480 VAC power distribution, MCC and VFD interfaces, control panels, Client/DC systems, grounding, and heat tracing.
• Review single-line diagrams, load lists, wiring diagrams, equipment data sheets, and cable-sizing calculations as they relate to I&C systems.
• Prepare and review specifications, RFQs, technical bid evaluations, vendor submittals, RFIs, deviations, and field changes.
• Monitor engineering progress and identify design gaps, interface conflicts, long-lead items, and cost or schedule risks.
• Evaluate project deliverables for technical accuracy, completeness, integration, constructability, operability, and commissioning readiness.
• Support construction walkdowns, installation inspections, FAT, SAT, calibration, loop checks, I/O verification, functional testing, commissioning, and startup.
• Participate in PHA, HAZOP, MOC, PSSR, constructability, and commissioning-readiness reviews.
• Verify final project documentation reflects the installed and commissioned system.
• Mentor engineers and designers and provide technical direction across multidisciplinary teams.
• Travel approximately 10%–20%, depending on project requirements.
Key Requirements and Technology

Experience:
• Key skills; (I&C OR Instrumentation & Controls Engineer) AND (Chemical) AND (P&)
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related discipline from an ABET-accredited program.
• Seven or more years of instrumentation and controls experience in chemical, petrochemical, energy, manufacturing, or a related process industry.
• Experience delivering Client projects through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Experience serving as an I&C discipline lead, project technical lead, or owner's engineer.
• Experience managing technical interfaces among EPC firms, system integrators, vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of process instrumentation, analyzers, control valves, PLCs, HMIs, remote I/O, and industrial networks.
• Experience developing and reviewing P&IDs, instrument data sheets, I/O lists, loop diagrams, control narratives, and cause-and-effect matrices.
• Knowledge of instrument grounding, shielding, signal segregation, intrinsic safety, and hazardous-area installations.
• Basic knowledge of industrial electrical systems through 480 VAC, including MCCs, motors, VFDs, control panels, Client/DC…