Instrumentation and Controls Specialist

Controls and Instrumentation Specialist - Delta V

Salary: $85,000 - $130,000 per year

• Collaborate with Maintenance, Technical, and Operations teams to establish and achieve equipment reliability goals.
• Provide daily technical support to resolve design, maintenance, and operational issues for both immediate and long‑term solutions.
• Manage and support all instrumentation, CEMS, and automation systems (PLC/DCS), including troubleshooting, programming changes, documentation, and training.
• Ensure accurate maintenance of schematics, loop drawings, and interlocks.
• Maintain accurate engineering documentation, update PM and calibration procedures, and retrieve and analyze process/environmental data.
• Prepare and submit records to meet operational and regulatory requirements.
• Lead engineering teams on front‑end engineering design (FEED) and EPC projects.
• Develop work scopes, direct contractors, and oversee project execution. Review and compile control narratives, logic diagrams, cause‑and‑effect matrices, and ensure compliance with plant and industry standards.
• Facilitate HAZOP studies, SIL reviews, and maintain functional safety plans.
• Participate in safety and environmental initiatives to ensure regulatory compliance and overall employee safety.
• Drive process improvements, support capital projects, and assist in planning and execution of turnaround activities.
• Lead root‑cause failure investigations for instrument/control‑related incidents.
• Provide field supervision on critical equipment, troubleshoot recurring instrumentation issues, and assume on‑call manager responsibilities as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Will consider Associates or 10+ years of experience iof Delta V.
• 5+ years of instrumentation and controls experience preferably in a chemical manufacturing environment.
• Experience inspecting, maintaining, and specifying control, SIS, and instrumentation systems and equipment.
• Certified Functional Safety Professional (CFSP) certification is preferred.
• Completion of Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program(s).
• Project & budget management experience preferred.

• Understanding of compressor control systems.
• Emerson DeltaV and Rockwell Software products a plus.
• Foundation Fieldbus experience a plus.
• DCS, PLC, HMI, Historian, database programming and management.
• Knowledgeable in the theory and workings of instrumentation – control valve assembly, level, flow, pressure, temperature, pH, conductivity and gas analyzers.
• Ability to read and understand P&IDs, schematic diagrams, wiring diagrams and technical manuals.
• Exceptional instrumentation and controls logic troubleshooting skills.
• Familiar with smart instrumentation, pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Working knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) and a good understanding of general process control.
• Reliability and defect elimination skills.
• Possesses strong organizational and communication skills.
• Possesses complex problem solving, critical thinking, strong mathematics skills, systems evaluation, and operation analysis.
• Experienced in RCFA, RCM, or equivalent methodology.
• Competent computer knowledge – CMMS, Excel, Word, analysis software, etc.

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