What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Controls Engineer position at Ghafari Associates, LLC?
Job Description:
General Summary:
Design of controls systems including hardware design, PLC communication networks, power distribution, and selection of field devices for a variety of manufacturing processes. This would be electric battery, electric vehicle, and industrial manufacturing industries (process engineering). Applications would include dry material transport, liquid mixing and delivery, level control, pressure & temperature control, etc., and equipment set projects which includes electrical installation of various machines for manufacturing.
Essential Job Functions:
- Participate in overall engineering of system designs, system flow schematics, general layouts and detailed sequence of operations.
- Understand and be familiar with National Electric Code and Local Electrical and Safety Codes and Standards.
- Coordinate with project teams and clients as directed to prepare project specifications and scopes of work for controls design and system installation.
- Specify and design power distribution to and within production and process equipment. Perform calculations and designs relative to demand and diversity factors, bus loading, voltage drops, circuit protection and coordination, feed sizing, distribution equipment sizing, etc.
- Specify and design control panels, motor control centers and motor control panels. This includes selection of control panel components including circuit breakers, power supplies, motor starters, VFD’s, relays, etc.
- Specify field devices for controls systems. This includes the selection of the devices and the interface of them in the overall system design.
- Design installation drawings including cable tray and conduit layouts, field interconnect diagrams and bill of materials.
- Schematic design of PLC network systems for communication and control. This would also include PLC to PLC as well as PLC to I/O and PLC to device communications.
- Review and approve fabrication of controls systems including control panels, MCC’s, and production equipment prior to shipment to site. This includes visiting fabricators of equipment being provided. This will include traveling to the vendors.
- Participate in the system commissioning, including initial system checks, inspection of wiring, powering up of the equipment, start-up, debug, balancing and testing, and finally provide punch-listing of the installation. This will include traveling to the project jobsites.
Employment Qualifications:
Education/Experience:
- Prefer Bachelor Degree in an engineering discipline from an accredited university
- Prefer 3 to 5 years of related work experience.
Skills/Competencies:
- Proficient in 3D CAD/modeling, MS Office
- Revit proficiency preferred
- Proficient in controls hardware design and engineering.
- Previous experience with PLC’s (e.g., Allen Bradley ControlLogix family, Siemens S series), networks (Profibus, Ethernet, DeviceNet, etc.)
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
Since 1982, Ghafari Associates has taken a personal approach to highly technical projects in complex markets including: aviation, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, hospitality, K-12 and higher education. As a global team of engineers, architects, process designers, and consultants we blend insight with technological innovation helping clients elevate their efficiency, sustainability, and impact.
Continuously rated a Top Workplace to Work, Crain’s Cool Place to Work, and a Best and Brightest company to work for in the US, Ghafari has made a name for itself through our culture, employee benefits, and portfolio of projects.
Over a quarter of Ghafari employees have diverse identities that are championed by our growing approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Ghafari supports hybrid and in-office work environments.
Through career mapping, Ghafari employees are encouraged to seek licensure, coached for knowledge growth, and provided opportunities for management and mentorship roles if interested. Our robust internship program recognizes undergraduate and graduate students from across the world, having an over 90% success rate of hiring our interns after graduation.
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