Engineer; Instrumentation & Controls

What do you value in your next job?

At the Orange County Sanitation District our Core Values form the framework of our organization and reinforce our professional work ethic. If the following values ring true with you, we'd love to invite you to explore our career opportunities further.

We aspire to the highest degree of integrity, inclusion, honesty, and respect in our interaction with each other, our suppliers, our customers, and our community. We strive to demonstrate these values in our actions, commitments, and service.

We lead by example, acknowledging the value of our resources and using them wisely to achieve our mission. We strive to reach OC San goals through cooperative efforts and collaboration with each other and our constituencies. We work to solve problems in a creative, cost-effective, and safe manner, and we acknowledge team and individual efforts.

We are committed to acting in a timely, accurate, accessible, and transparent manner through excellent customer service. We are committed to act in the best interest of our internal and external stakeholders.

We continuously develop ourselves, enhancing our talents, skills, and abilities. We recognize that only through personal growth and development will we progress as an agency and as individuals.

We are committed to providing a safe work environment. We will demonstrate leadership, promote individual accountability, and participate actively in the advancement of our health and safety practices.

OC San is currently looking to fill the role of an Engineer (Instrumentation & Controls).

Under direction, performs a variety of complex and responsible engineering duties in the planning, design, construction, operations, and compliance of wastewater facilities, infrastructure, systems, and programs; oversees development of engineering designs and provides project management of assigned programs and projects; inspects and analyzes plant operations and implements process improvements; enforces industrial wastewater discharge regulations and reviews, processes, and approves assigned permits;

serves as a technical resource and advisor on assigned projects, programs, and systems; researches complex engineering issues and conducts engineering-related studies; and performs duties as assigned.

Specifically, this Engineer position is assigned to electrical, instrumentation and controls workgroup in the Engineering Design Division for OC San’s wastewater treatment plants and facilities. The Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Engineer performs complex engineering duties involving wastewater treatment and collection systems that may include:
Providing technical leadership and expertise in design, commissioning and construction projects; being responsible for complex assignments, projects, technical analyses, and programs requiring the full spectrum of knowledge, concepts, practices, procedures, and policies of engineering; developing scopes of work and requests for proposals, reviewing proposals, and selecting consulting engineers; leading and participating in the technical review of consultants’ designs for compliance with the scope of work, Engineering Standards, codes, industry standards, design quality expectations, and stakeholder needs;

evaluating the design of complex engineering drawings, systems, and processes and overseeing the design of engineering plans; preparing piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), detailed drawings, network diagrams, control panel drawings, technical specifications, and control strategies developed by design consultants.

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