Lead Instrumentation and control engineer Job Rapid City area,South Dakota USA,Engineering

Responsibilities

Lead instrumentation and control activities during installation, commissioning, startup, and plant turnover for a brownfield RICE power generation project.
Execute and oversee loop checks, point-to-point verification, I/O checkout, control logic testing, functional testing, and system validation.
Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), commissioning, startup, and performance testing.
Configure, troubleshoot, and support Distributed Control Systems (DCS), PLCs, HMIs, and SCADA systems.
Coordinate instrumentation and controls activities with mechanical, electrical, construction, and operations teams during outages, tie-ins, and system cutovers.
Review control narratives, logic diagrams, P&IDs, wiring diagrams, instrument indexes, and vendor documentation.
Troubleshoot instrumentation, control valves, analyzers, communication networks, and control systems during commissioning and startup.
Support calibration of transmitters, pressure, flow, temperature, and level instrumentation.
Develop commissioning procedures, punch lists, turnover packages, startup reports, and project documentation.
Ensure compliance with project specifications, OEM requirements, industry standards, and site safety procedures.

Qualifications

10+ years of Instrumentation & Controls experience within utility, industrial, or power generation facilities.
Experience supporting Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine (RICE) power plants or similar thermal generation facilities.
Experience with brownfield modifications, outages, tie-ins, and startup activities in live operating plants.
Strong knowledge of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and PLC platforms, including:
Emerson Ovation
ABB
Honeywell Experion
Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley
Experience leading commissioning, startup, loop checks, control logic testing, FAT/SAT, and plant turnover.
Working knowledge of power plant instrumentation, motor controls, MCCs, control valves, and process control systems.
Proven troubleshooting experience with instrumentation, DCS systems, PLCs, and industrial communication networks.
Familiarity with communication protocols including Modbus, Profibus, Profinet, OPC, Ethernet/IP, and TCP/IP.
Strong understanding of electrical protection, control systems, and safe work practices within energized facilities.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or related field preferred but not required.

Preferred Experience

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