Instrumentation and Controls Project Engineer-Energy and Utilities - Overland Park, United States - Affiliated Engineers, Inc

Description

Overview:

Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is a leading, multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm and collaborative community of over 800 employees who plan, design, and deliver high-performance, innovative, and holistic engineering solutions positively impacting society and advancing humankind.

Recognized in the Top 20 Engineering Firms and Top 3 Science and Technology Firms since 2000 by Building Design + Construction Magazine and #34 of the Top 100 Green Design Firms and #119 of the Top 500 Design Firms by Engineering News-Record, AEI is dedicated to designing energy and utility system solutions that balance optimum reliability, environmental compliance, and energy efficiency at today's demand levels with the flexibility to meet future load requirements and fuel sources through remarkable design and award-winning projects.

Our work reflects the highest standards in sustainable design practices, showcasing our expertise in planning, analysis, design, construction administration, and commissioning of power generation, chilled water, steam and hot water production, and distribution systems adding up to over 200 miles of thermal utilities.

As an Instrument and Controls Project Engineer in our Overland Park, KS office, you will help us empower our clients to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing power industry through design and improvement of control systems for all types of facilities and generation technologies including reciprocating engines, simple and combined cycle combustion turbines, combined heat & power (CHP), solar, wind and energy storage systems.

Here's why we need you:

In this role, you will be involved with the development of process and industrial system P&IDs, system architectures, wiring schematics and drawings, specifications, instrument points lists, control sequences, and other associated automation system design documentation. Other responsibilities include consultation on controls, performing field surveys, and reviewing vendor submittals. You will also be responsible for developing innovative and unique control solutions to align with project, client, and project partners needs which includes:

• Works collaboratively with the client and project partners to identify project technical requirements and user needs and offers technically sound advice and innovative solutions.
• Performs system calculations, and sizing and selection of system components.
• Reviews the layout of systems and equipment with project team members, project partners, and clients.
• Contributes to the development of design budgets and schedules.
• Uses effective written communication skills to prepare meeting notes, create and edit design specifications,
• Responds to Requests for Information (RFIs) incorporating information from project documents, specifications, shop drawings, and design criteria.
• Performs quality review of own work and participates in additional quality efforts as assigned.
• Travels to job sites to perform field verifications, startups, and field surveys.

Expertise of our most successful Instrumentation and Controls Project Engineer:

• BSEE/ME or equivalent experience.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Quick technical comprehension and motivation focused on client outcomes.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• 4+ years of experience specializing in Utilities, Central Plant, Process, and/or Industrial control design roles.
• Hands-on PLC programming and Human Machine Interface (HMI) development.
• Common process and industrial mechanical systems and related control instrumentation and equipment (pumping, flow, valves, pressure, temperature, tanks, batching, blending, etc.).
• Experience with industrial control networks and communication protocols.
• Experience with CAD or BIM drafting software such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD P&ID, Plant 3D, Revit.
• Ability to travel for client meetings, field surveys, limited commissioning and startup support.

Effective skills to help you flourish:

• Wonderware and System Platform integration experience.
• Allen Bradley Control/Compact Logix platform integration.
• Experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) such as Emerson, Delta-V or ABB.
• Experience with building automation systems.
• Experience designing validated controls systems for the pharma industry.
• Understanding of GAMP and cGMP design practices.
• Experience with 21 CFR compliance
• Experience writing and executing User Requirement Specifications and Functional Requirement Specifications.
• Effective working in applications such as MS Excel, MS Word and Bluebeam.
• Effective working individually and within team environments.

Our dedication to you:

• AEI passionately invests in our brilliant talent by allowing for personal and professional growth through supporting clients like NASA; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); the US Department of Energy; Independent Power Producers (IPPs) such as Calpine Energy; Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) such as Vicinity; and many other regional utility clients in the electrical generation and manufacturing sectors.
• We provide the opportunity to assist local and regional utilities and communities improve and modernize their systems. This includes assisting clients such as Evergy and Kansas City Board of Public Utilities with upgrading their aging utility infrastructures, University of Missouri-Columbia on replacing their steam turbines, and the University of Colorado-Boulder on installing new combustion turbines.
• Our flexible and collaborative work environment demonstrates our dedication to employee appreciation and collective commitment to excellence.
• Our culture encourages professional development while adhering to a set of core values that drive company and team decisions. Our commitment to these values innovation and expertise, integrity, communication, quality, responsibility, opportunity, and growth informs both project decisions and behavior amongst colleagues and clients.
• An exceptional benefits package (health, dental, vision) and a year-end bonus based on company profits, individual responsibility, and performance.

We provide the tools and a support system to ensure a thriving career. If this environment and opportunity to work on world-changing projects align with your goals, we would be thrilled to meet you.

Come and collaborate with us

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