Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

Job Title:

Instrumentation and Controls Engineer I

Location:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Reports to:

Rick Basdeo

Contract:

Full Time, Permanent

Date: ASAP

The Company is a fully integrated, sustainable energy services provider with operations in 10 cities across the United States and growing. In each community, the company operates highly efficient thermal energy plants that distribute steam, hot water and / or chilled water to customer buildings. Customers connected to these systems enjoy multiple benefits including reduced operating costs, lower emissions and unmatched reliability.

The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of an Infrastructure Investment Consortium which manages a portfolio of long-life, high quality infrastructure assets with high barriers to entry that generate stable and growing cash flows.

The Instrumentation Controls Engineer will be a critical member of the Company’s Engineering & Operations team, reporting directly to the Platform Director of Instrumentation and Controls.

The successful candidate will also be expected to be responsible for assisting in the repair, maintenance, and retrofit of all instrumentation and controls which includes designing and maintaining of systems for district energy plants producing hot water, chilled water and steam and its energy transfer stations. Will be responsible for process control instrumentation maintenance and programming of the distributed control system and its peripherals.

Will work extensively with JCI-Metasys, Allen-Bradley PLCs and other types of logic controllers. Must be able to program, troubleshoot and maintain all instruments and logic controllers which utilizes programming languages: plain English structured text, sequential function chart, function block diagram and ladder logic.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter that enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, strong commitment to deadlines and team, is process oriented with a high sense of ownership in their work, possesses a high degree of intellectual curiosity, and has a superior controls and instrumentation foundation.

• Provide instrumentation and control systems support to plant operations and maintenance teams.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues related to instrumentation, control systems, PLC/DCS logic, communications networks, and process equipment.
• Develop, modify, test, and document PLC and DCS control logic changes under established change management procedures.
• Assist in the design, implementation, commissioning, and optimization of process control strategies and control loops.
• Analyze process performance and support control loop tuning and PID optimization activities.
• Specify, select, and review instrumentation, control devices, and related equipment for process measurement and control applications.
• Review and interpret instrumentation, electrical, and control system documentation, including P&IDs, loop diagrams, wiring schematics, control narratives, and panel layouts.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams, consultants, contractors, and vendors in the design and implementation of instrumentation and control projects.
• Support the integration of instrumentation, control systems, electrical systems, historians, SCADA, PLC, and DCS platforms.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, operating procedures, and maintenance procedures.
• Perform inspection, calibration, testing, adjustment, and troubleshooting of electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electromechanical instrumentation.
• Verify the accuracy and reliability of measurement devices, including flow, pressure, temperature, level, analytical instruments, and control valves.
• Utilize test equipment such as multimeters, signal generators, process calibrators, power analyzers, and communication diagnostic tools to identify and resolve system issues.
• Support fiber optic and industrial communications networks used for process control and monitoring systems.
• Assist in planning and coordinating preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities for instrumentation and control assets.
• Work closely with operations and maintenance personnel to troubleshoot process upsets and improve system reliability and performance.
• Maintain current knowledge of instrumentation technologies, industrial control systems, and applicable industry standards.
• Generate reports and process performance metrics using plant historians and other data collection systems to support operational…