Automation Engineering

Description

Introduction:
Arion opened its doors in April of 2018 and is already recognized as a leader in the industry and
ranked by Houston Business Journal as the #16 engineering design firm in Houston, Texas.
Arion primarily serve the upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas and energy
industries. We provide engineering, design, procurement, project management and
construction management services from Concept, through FEED and Detail Engineering &
Design, to Completion for onshore and offshore oil & gas and energy industry facilities. Our
services include execution of greenfield and brownfield projects for oil and gas production,
processing, transportation, storage, and refining facilities worldwide.

Description of Responsibilities:
Researches, develops, designs, and tests a variety of equipment, facilities, components,
products, and systems for commercial and industrial purposes.

• Prepares Automation Equipment Specifications, Data Sheets, Purchase Requisitions and Bid evaluations for OT/IT convergence, open process automation, digital twins, edgetocloud integration, asset performance optimization, and traditional automation technologies.
• Conducts technical evaluation, evaluate equipment / material suitability and issue clarification of supplier bids complete technical report to support order placement
• Leads technical discussion, meetings with suppliers and clients
• Works with instrument engineers, process engineers, technologists, designers and others toprovide automation engineering and design deliverables to a variety of projects
• Develops designs that require innovation and ingenuity
• Reviews Vendor Documents
• Responsible for quality control of all deliverables within the scope of the Automation discipline
• Interface with Project Management and Client and liaise with other project disciplines
• Assist in preparation of cost estimates and defining scopes of work for automation systems
• Build internal and external relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal & external service providers or contractors
• Maintain effective communication with project team members and with the customer
• May provide some technical guidance to less experienced design and engineering personnel.

Qualifications

Qualifications / Skills:

• Experience with the engineering and design of onshore and/or offshore oil & gas or energy facilities involving, but not limited to, OT/IT convergence, open process automation, digital twins, edgetocloud integration, asset performance optimization, and traditional automation technologies.
• Experience with working on DCS, SCADA, PLC, HMI, Safety Systems, Fire and Gas, and Networking
• Excellent oral and written communication skills is required
• Work closely with market leaders to understand and implement new technologies, tools, methodologies, and applications.

Software:

• Advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) preferred
• Microsoft Project
• Programming experience preferred (C/C , Visual Basic, etc…)
• Honeywell Experion PKS DCS & C200/300 Controllers, Pi Historian
• Yokogawa Centum VP DCS, Prosafe RS SIS, Stardom RTU
• Rockwell Control Logix PLC, Factory Talk and PanelView HMI
• Modicon Unity PLCs
• ControlNet, DeviceNet, Modbus Plus, and Fault Tolerant Ethernet industrial communication networks.
• Bristol Babcock Controlwave Micro RTU and BSAP Communications

Education Level:

• BSc, MSc or equivalent in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Instrument
• Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science is required
• 5 years of experience
• NCEES P.E. License is preferred

Amount of Travel:

• Some travel to site locations may be required