Instrumentation & Controls Engineering Designer
Wood PLC

Job Info

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is currently recruiting for an Instrument and Electrical Designer with experience in the chemical manufacturing industry. As the Instrument and Electrical Designer you will be responsible for design work supporting facility based projects in an active chemical manufacturing plant.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Meet or exceed the company's safety standards
• Comply with all company procedures, engineering practices and other standards
• Read and fully understand P&ID's and other documents which describe the scope of work to be done
• Provide electrical and instrumentation design support to capital and service projects in a fast paced environment
• Design of MV and LV electrical systems, including both power, control and instrumentation wiring
• Application of company and industry standards to generate instrument and electrical construction packages
• Design of instrumentation and control systems and associated wiring, panels, etc.
• Independently develop detailed wiring diagrams, instrument/lighting/grounding plan drawings, electrical schematics, cable tray/conduit sizing, cable selection, PLC panel sizing
• Work closely with plant engineers, contractors, and team members to achieve project success
• Field as-built, measurement, and design as project requires
• Assist with material take-offs and construction estimating

QUALIFICATIONS

Electrical Skills desired:

• Functional knowledge of National Electrical Code
• Experience with basic power, lighting and grounding design. We typically don't work with voltages higher than 480VAC
• Relay logic design experience
• Motor elementary design experience
• VFD elementary and controls design experience
• Create and maintain typical Electrical drawings: Single Line Diagrams, Power Panel Schedules, Power Plans, Lighting Plans, Motor Control elementaries, Cable Schedules, etc..
• Ability to respond to questions from electrical contractor and assist with startup testing

Instrumentation / Controls skills desired:

• Create and modify instrument loop diagrams
• Create and modify control system schematics (120VAC, 24VDC...)
• Rudimentary control panel design and specification of components
• Provide instrumentation input on P&IDs
• Specify instrumentation based on given process and piping information
• Control system platforms used on site: Foxboro IA, Allen Bradley PLCs (PLC-5, ControlLogix), Siemens S7

CAD skills desired:

• Plant standard CAD system is AutoCAD
• We have recently migrated from Microstation. So, there will be some familiarity with Microstation needed
• Ability to create or modify electrical and controls drawings: Single Line Diagrams, Power Panel Schedules, Power Plans, Lighting Plans, Motor Control elementaries, Cable Schedules, etc..

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