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, AEI is dedicated to enhancing public health and improving patient outcomes, advancing revolutionary biomedical research, and enabling the next generation of scientific discovery and technological innovation through remarkable design and award-winning projects.

From collaborating with the California Air Resources Board to transform air quality in the worlds largest, zero net energy emissions testing facility to creating human-centric, technically advanced clinical environments that elevate communities such as Healthcare Design Magazine's 2022 Design Showcase Winner, Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Venice, Florida our work reflects the highest standards in sustainable design practices.

As an Instrumentation and Controls Project Engineer , you will help us empower our clients to achieve energy-efficient building solutions, save global environments, and create a better, greener future for all.

Here's why we need you:

In this role, you will serve as an embedded engineer with a client located in Rockford, IL. Responsibilities include consultation on control systems, hands-on integration, assisting with equipment procurement, attending design meetings, performing field surveys and reviewing documentation of existing systems. 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.
• Travels to job sites to perform field verifications, startups, and field surveys.
• Works to establish a positive working relationship with project partners based on competence, trust, and respect.
• 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.
• Understands interpersonal dynamics of working with co-workers, and project partners, and responds appropriately seeking support as needed.
• Contributes to the development of design budgets and schedules.
• Anticipates, identifies, and plans design work required to meet project deadlines. Effectively adapts to changing needs and priorities. Raises day-to-day and long-term, budget, and quality issues with the appropriate people (Project Engineers, and Department Facilitator) in a constructive manner.
• Reviews work for completeness and accuracy.
• 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.
• Reads relevant project correspondence and maintains proper filing structures.
• Performs quality review of own work and participates in additional quality efforts as assigned.
• Participates in the advancement of discipline practices, processes, and tools as assigned. Actively shares lessons learned and suggests continuous improvement initiatives within the Instrumentation and Controls discipline.

Expertise of our most successful Instrumentation and Controls Project Engineer:

• BSEE/ME/ChemE or equivalent experience.
• Strong commitment to service excellence.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Excellent perceptual, conceptual, and interpretive skills.
• Quick technical comprehension and motivation focused on client outcomes.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Effective working in team environments as well as individually.
• 4 years of experience specializing in Building, Process, and/or Industrial control design roles.
• Hands-on PLC programming and user interface 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, Plant 3D, Revit.
• Ability to travel for client meetings, field surveys, commissioning, and startup support.

Effective skills to help you flourish:

• Experience with robotics, automated guide vehicles, conveyors, tracking or positioning systems.
• Wonderware and System Platform integration experience.
• Allen Bradley, National Instruments integration experience.
• Experience with building automation systems.
• Experience with mechanical test equipment.
• Understanding of GAMP and cGMP design practices.
• Experience with 21 CFR compliance
• Experience writing and executing User Requirement Specifications and Functional Requirement Specifications.

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 Institutes of Health and Cone Health System; the US Department of Homeland Security and US Department of Energy; and Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology.
• Our flexible and collaborative work environment demonstrates our dedication to employee appreciation and collective commitment to excellence.
• We provide the opportunity to serve the greater good of humanity through work on cutting-edge, state-of-the-art projects like Promega Corporations Kornberg Center, The University of Arizonas Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, AbbVies West Coast Oncology Hub, and BioMed Realtys Gateway of Pacific.
• 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!

To be considered, apply online at https://aeieng.com/about/careers/.

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