Facilities Controls Engineer | PLC/SCADA Application Developer

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Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and troubleshoot controls systems and instrumentation, including a variety of flow, pressure, temperature, level, pH,

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Software EngineeringApplication Developer

Responsibilities

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→Design, implement, and troubleshoot controls systems and instrumentation, including a variety of flow, pressure, temperature, level, pH, and water quality monitoring equipment
→Program and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers (PLCs), including PLC hardware (including I/O interface modules) and PLC programming software
→Program and troubleshoot Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems for monitoring facility systems
→Design, implement, and troubleshoot a secure and reliable industrial network to support communication between devices on the network (e.g. peer communication between PLCs and PLC communication with SCADA drivers)
→Assist with development and execution of the controls-related scope in facility expansion and sustaining projects (e.g. Process and Instrumentation Diagrams, Sequence of Operations, I/O lists, panel drawings, instrumentations lists, etc.)
→Understand industrial equipment & processes, their operating parameters, and make decisions (with engineering support) to improve or maintain the associated controls and instrumentation hardware & software
→Provide technical controls support for the 24-hour operations team
→Ensure projects and systems are compliant with applicable codes (e.g. National Electric Code, International Fire Code, etc.)
→Influence supplier performance via management and audits of work performed in the field
→Develop relationships and communicate with engineers across disciplines and at other TI sites to foster best practice sharing and communication

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Requirements

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Bachelor’s degree in engineering
5+ years of relevant engineering experience with industrial controls and instrumentation systems

Experience with PLCs and/or SCADA systems
Experience in application of controls and instrumentation for process systems (process cooling water, hot water, air systems, exhaust, chem/gas distribution, etc.)
Proven Experience with Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley, or WAGO PLCs (PLC hardware and software)
Proven Experience programming PLCs using Control narratives or sequence of Operations (Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley, or WAGO PLCs
Experience with development or delivery of turnkey Wonderware/Operation Management Interface (OMI) SCADA systems
Experience in industrial network design, configuration, installation, maintenance, security strategies, troubleshooting, etc.
Basic understanding of PID loop tuning
Able to terminate instrumentation to a controller and perform calibration through the program interface
Able to troubleshoot alarms, field instrumentation, pneumatic and electric control valves, variable speed drives and motor starters
Experience managing multi-discipline projects
Able to respond quickly to potentially critical situations, perform rapid, accurate assessments, identify causes of failures, determine appropriate corrective actions, and implement these corrections promptly to mitigate the effects of system upsets
Proficient with PC hardware and windows-based applications