Experienced Field Control Specialist

This Opportunity WSP is currently seeking an

WSP is currently seeking an Experienced Field Control Specialist for our Overland Park, KS office. Be involved in projects with our Field Control Services (FCS) Team and be part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges. This position is intended for an early-career technical professional who has foundational instrumentation, electrical, mechanical, or controls experience and is ready to develop through a combination of supervised field assignments, formal training, and increasing responsibility.

As one of the world's leading professional services firms, WSP now brings world-class expertise in power delivery, power generation, and project management with the recent acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc. Our vision is to be the preeminent pure-play global consulting firm for the world’s energy transition. And we need your help.

With over 73,000 multidisciplinary professionals worldwide, we collaborate daily to create positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity and inclusion. In the U.S, WSP was recognized onTIME ' s list of the world ' s best companies and Fortune ' s Change the World list.

As part of our team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.

• Perform assigned field control system services under the direction of experienced FCS personnel for utility, institutional, industrial, boiler, chilled water, and balance-of-plant systems.
• Assist with instrumentation installation verification, calibration, loop checks, input/output checkout, functional testing, startup, troubleshooting, and control-loop tuning.
• Assist with the checkout and testing of programmable logic controller (PLC), distributed control system (DCS), human-machine interface (HMI), burner management, combustion control, and standalone control systems.
• Read and apply P&IDs, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, control schematics, instrument data sheets, installation details, and applicable test procedures.
• Collect field data and prepare accurate work summaries, calibration records, test documentation, redlines, software files, and other project deliverables in accordance with FCS standards.
• Follow WSP and client safety requirements, recognize job-site hazards, and promptly communicate unsafe conditions or changes in assigned work.
• Interact professionally with clients, plant personnel, vendors, contractors, and WSP team members.
• Understand assigned scope, schedule, and budget expectations; coordinate daily work with the project lead; and promptly communicate technical issues, delays, or changed conditions.
• Support proposals, estimates, client relationships, and identification of follow-on work by providing accurate field information and technical input when requested.
• Participate in technical training, share lessons learned, and develop the knowledge needed to perform progressively more independent field assignments.
• Travel to client facilities and support short- or extended-duration field assignments, outages, startups, overtime, weekends, or alternate shifts as required by project schedules.

• One to three years of college, technical or trade school study, military technical training, apprenticeship, internship, co-op experience, or related work experience in instrumentation/controls.
• Foundational knowledge of industrial instrumentation and control systems, with the ability and willingness to develop proficiency in PLC-, DCS-, HMI-, and standalone controller-based systems.
• Basic knowledge of common field devices, including pressure, temperature, level, and flow transmitters; switches; control valves; positioners; and actuators.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical and electrical drawings, including P&IDs, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, installation details, and schematics.
• Basic mechanical and electrical aptitude related to the installation, operation, testing, calibration, and maintenance of control system components.
• Ability to use common…