Immediate need for a talented Instrumentation & Controls Project Lead. This is a Fulltime opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Atlanta, GA (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 26-23426
Pay Range: $130000 - $140000/annum. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as I&C project lead and owner’s technical representative for assigned Client projects.
- Establish design criteria, scopes of work, battery limits, deliverables, schedules, and technical acceptance requirements.
- Lead and coordinate work performed by EPC firms, consultants, system integrators, vendors, and contractors.
- Develop and review:
- P&IDs, instrument indexes, data sheets, and I/O lists.
- Instrument layouts, installation details, loop diagrams, and cable schedules.
- Control narratives, operating sequences, and cause-and-effect matrices.
- PLC, HMI, remote I/O, and industrial-network architectures.
- Alarm, interlock, permissive, and shutdown requirements.
- Select and specify process instruments, analyzers, control valves, actuators, and related accessories.
- Review instrument ranges, sizing, accuracy, materials, process connections, environmental ratings, and hazardous-area suitability.
- Coordinate instrument power, grounding, shielding, signal segregation, intrinsic safety, surge protection, and cable routing.
- Ensure control-system designs properly implement process requirements, operating philosophies, alarms, interlocks, permissives, and shutdown functions.
- Coordinate interfaces between plant control systems and packaged equipment, motor controls, safety systems, and industrial networks.
- Provide basic electrical engineering support for 120/480 VAC power distribution, MCC and VFD interfaces, control panels, Client/DC systems, grounding, and heat tracing.
- Review single-line diagrams, load lists, wiring diagrams, equipment data sheets, and cable-sizing calculations as they relate to I&C systems.
- Prepare and review specifications, RFQs, technical bid evaluations, vendor submittals, RFIs, deviations, and field changes.
- Monitor engineering progress and identify design gaps, interface conflicts, long-lead items, and cost or schedule risks.
- Evaluate project deliverables for technical accuracy, completeness, integration, constructability, operability, and commissioning readiness.
- Support construction walkdowns, installation inspections, FAT, SAT, calibration, loop checks, I/O verification, functional testing, commissioning, and startup.
- Participate in PHA, HAZOP, MOC, PSSR, constructability, and commissioning-readiness reviews.
- Verify final project documentation reflects the installed and commissioned system.
- Mentor engineers and designers and provide technical direction across multidisciplinary teams.
- Travel approximately 10%–20%, depending on project requirements.
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Key skills; (I&C OR Instrumentation & Controls Engineer) AND (Chemical) AND (P&ID)
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related discipline from an ABET-accredited program.
- Seven or more years of instrumentation and controls experience in chemical, petrochemical, energy, manufacturing, or a related process industry.
- Experience delivering Client projects through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
- Experience serving as an I&C discipline lead, project technical lead, or owner’s engineer.
- Experience managing technical interfaces among EPC firms, system integrators, vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge of process instrumentation, analyzers, control valves, PLCs, HMIs, remote I/O, and industrial networks.
- Experience developing and reviewing P&IDs, instrument data sheets, I/O lists, loop diagrams, control narratives, and cause-and-effect matrices.
- Knowledge of instrument grounding, shielding, signal segregation, intrinsic safety, and hazardous-area installations.
- Basic knowledge of industrial electrical systems through 480 VAC, including MCCs, motors, VFDs, control panels, Client/DC systems, and grounding.
- Experience supporting FAT, SAT, construction, calibration, loop checks, functional testing, commissioning, and startup.
- Knowledge of applicable ISA, NEC, NFPA, IEEE, ANSI, UL, OSHA, and hazardous-area requirements.
- Strong technical leadership, project coordination, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, contractors, and priorities.
- Seven or more years of relevant project experience.
- Experience with Rockwell ControlLogix, Siemens TIA Portal, Codesys, or similar platforms.
- Familiarity with Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, Profibus, Profinet, HART, and related protocols.
- Experience with safety instrumented systems, analyzer systems, alarm rationalization, and shutdown testing.
- Familiarity with AutoCAD Electrical, SPI/Intools, or similar engineering tools.
- Experience with project controls, technical change management, and contractor change-order review.
- Exposure to medium-voltage electrical systems and power-system studies.
- Experience in advanced recycling, chemical processing, refining, plastics, or renewable fuels.
- Strong instrumentation and controls project leadership.
- Ability to manage technical interfaces across multiple disciplines and organizations.
- Ability to evaluate EPC, integrator, and vendor deliverables for completeness and quality.
- Strong understanding of process measurement, automation, and packaged-equipment integration.
- Ability to balance safety, operability, constructability, cost, and schedule.
- Self-starter with sound technical judgment and strong initiative.
- Effective communicator capable of leading through influence.
- Comfortable managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Our client is a leading Recycling Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar fulltime positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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