What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation Engineer position at Heritage Construction + Materials?
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The Electrical & Controls Engineer will serve as AMI's subject matter expert for instrumentation and controls and will have responsibilities for both supporting operations and the CPE team. This role will provide expertise to plants for troubleshooting and correcting issues with various levels of involvement and in some situations directly performing resolution in the field. Additionally, the role will work with the CPE Team to support implementation of new control systems through reviewing drawings, developing detailed electrical and controls scope of works, and creating standards and guidelines based on subject matter expertise and best practices. This role will also support and at times lead commissioning and startup of new controls systems, electrical equipment, and instrumentation.
Essential Functions
- Support operations to resolve electrical, controls systems, & instrumentation problems both on site and remotely to achieve production goals
- Manage communications with vendors to determine root cause, implement corrective action, and confirm issue resolution through onsite or remote testing
- Coordinate contractors when field modifications are required for issue resolution
- Commission VFDs and process instrumentation in the field
- Lead development of drawings on legacy equipment as required
- Serve as the controls engineering subject matter expert for CPE team
- Lead the develop and review of detailed electrical and controls written scopes of work for capital projects
- Lead the definition of functional specifications, setpoint, and alarms for control engineering firms to complete programming and configuration
- Review external control engineers work to ensure specifications, drawings, programming, and hardware selected best aligns with scope of work
- Support capital investments strategies by developing guidelines for implementing automation and electrical infrastructure
- Become knowledgeable on plant processes to effectively implement controls decision
- Collect process data and equipment information in the field, as necessary. Certain information will only be available in the field
- Lead and support commissioning and start up on new control system installations
- Travel to sites during capital project execution to assess electrical and controls installation and ensure adherence to project requirements
- Ability to understand processes through reviewing an engineering drawing or the physical equipment in the process
- Independent, innovative, and confident thinker with the ability to prioritize tasks based on multiple initiatives
- Organized with strong diligence, capable of understanding risks and when to proceed forward without all the details
- Must exhibit a keen sense of judgement in decision making and possess the ability to identify which decisions require alignment from various stakeholders
- Ability to work in a less structured environment and seek information to progress work when documentation is not available
- Leads issue resolution, anticipate potential problems, and maintains safety while driving solution to meet deadlines
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About Asphalt Materials, Inc.
Asphalt Materials, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned business headquartered in Indianapolis. Since 1954, Asphalt Materials has prioritized safety and created a people-focused culture around asphalt expertise and innovation. Through its commitment to building long-term relationships with employees, customers and vendors based on trust and confidence, Asphalt Materials creates solutions to issues affecting customers and our communities. Asphalt Materials is a part of The Heritage Group's family of businesses. Learn more at www.asphalt-materials.com.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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