Instrument & Controls P& Validation Specialist

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Plant Design I/O is seeking an Instrument & Controls P& Specialist to support the verification and validation of instrumentation and control information associated with a client P& project. This position will review the work completed by the P& team and validate instrumentation, control, and safety system information against available facility documentation and control systems.

The ideal candidate has previous experience as an Instrument Technician or in a similar industrial instrumentation role and possesses a strong practical understanding of field instrumentation, control loops, process controls, and industrial facilities. This position will use that experience to identify discrepancies between P&IDs, field observations, the Distributed Control System (DCS), safety systems, and other instrumentation and controls documentation.

This is a technical individual-contributor position and does not include personnel management or team leadership responsibilities.

• Review P& markups and field documentation for instrumentation and control-related information.
• Validate instrument tags, instrument types, control valves, control loops, signals, and associated P&.
• Review DCS information to verify instruments, control loops, process indications, alarms, and control functions represented on the P&IDs.
• Review Safety Instrumented System (SIS) and other safety system information to validate safety-related instrumentation, trips, interlocks, permissives, and shutdown functions.
• Compare P&n against available instrument indexes, I/O information, loop documentation, datasheets, cause-and-effect documentation, and other applicable instrumentation and controls documentation.
• Apply practical instrumentation experience to identify information that appears incomplete, inconsistent, or incorrect.
• Identify discrepancies between field observations, P&IDs, instrumentation documentation, DCS information, and safety system information.
• Clearly document discrepancies and provide the information necessary for corrections to be incorporated into P&.
• Identify conditions requiring additional field verification and communicate those requirements to the P& team.
• Work with the P& Lead and client instrumentation, controls, operations, and engineering personnel to resolve conflicting or incomplete information.
• Verify corrected P&n to ensure identified instrumentation and controls discrepancies have been appropriately addressed.
• Maintain organized and traceable records of validation activities, discrepancies, and resolutions.
• Follow all client site safety, security, engineering, and documentation requirements.

• Previous experience as an Instrument Technician or in a comparable industrial instrumentation and controls role.
• Strong practical knowledge of industrial instrumentation and process control systems.
• Experience reading and interpreting Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).
• Experience working with common process instrumentation, including pressure, temperature, flow, and level measurement.
• Experience with control valves, switches, transmitters, analyzers, and other common field instrumentation.
• Working knowledge of instrument loops and the relationship between field instrumentation and control systems.
• Experience working with or navigating Distributed Control System (DCS) information.
• Familiarity with industrial safety systems, shutdown systems, interlocks, and associated field instrumentation.
• Ability to identify and understand instrument tags, loop numbers, equipment identifiers, and common ISA-style instrumentation symbols.
• Ability to compare information from multiple technical sources and identify…