Instrumentation Controls Engineer

Company: Orion Talent
Location: New Orleans
Posted on: April 18, 2024

Job Description:

Orion Talent, the nation's largest military recruiting firm, is currently recruiting transitioning or former military professionals for an Instrumentation Controls Engineer position with a fully integrated, sustainable energy services provider to higher education & healthcare campuses, cities, and communities, with utility infrastructures serving more than 130 million square feet of space and operations in 9 cities across the United States and growing.

Position Details
Location: New Orleans, LA
Compensation: $75K - $90K annually (based on experience) + potential 10% annual bonus
Shift: Monday - Friday - General Office Hours (with some flexibility to start early or stay late)
Travel: Local travel to customer sites in New Orleans.
Benefits: Company offers a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Life and Disability Insurance as well as generous PTO. 2 weeks of vacation/year, 40 hours of sick time, 2 floating holidays, and 8 paid holidays/year.

Position Description
As an Instrumentation Controls Engineer, you will be responsible for assisting in the repair, maintenance, and retrofit of all instrumentation and controls which includes designing and maintaining of systems for district energy plants producing hot water, chilled water, and steam and its energy transfer stations. You will also be responsible for process control instrumentation maintenance and programming of the distributed control system and its peripherals.

You will work extensively with Emerson DeltaV, Allen-Bradley PLCs and other types of logic controllers. You will report directly to the Director, Platform Instrumentation & Controls and will be a critical member of the Company's Engineering & Construction team.

Position Requirements
--- Ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree in engineering and a superior controls and instrumentation foundation.
--- Knowledge of PLC/HMI/SCADA/DCS hardware and software.
--- Knowledge of various instrumentation including flow, temperature, pressure and valves.
--- Experience with development and integration of various communication protocols such as CIP, Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP/IP.
--- Ability to read and understand P&ID and PFD diagrams.
--- Ability to read and understand loop diagrams, electrical schematics and one-line diagrams.
--- Must be able to perform work in a safe manner; overhead, climb ladders, squat, bend, perform in a confined space, dusty and noisy environment, work outdoors, plenum spaces, hot and cold environments.
--- Must be able to program, troubleshoot, and maintain all instruments and logic controllers which utilizes programming languages: plain English structured text, sequential function chart, function block diagram and ladder logic.

Keywords: Orion Talent, Metairie , Instrumentation Controls Engineer, Engineering , New Orleans, Louisiana