Controls Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:

• 100% employee-owned with 40 years of industry history
• ENR (Engineering News Record) Top 500 firm
• Rated as a top System Integrator Giant

We have a Controls Engineer position available in our Houston, TX office. This position is responsible for engineering project requirements involving, DeltaV DCS development, PLC programming, HMI/SCADA programming, information technology (IT), operation technology (OT), network design, IT/OT equipment, procurement installation and wiring, check-out support, and commissioning.

This is a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

Technical

• Works on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major project
• Collaborate on standards, techniques, procedures, and criteria
• Develops or designs with guidance
• Consistently follows best practices
• Leads design reviews
• Has attained a level of expertise in one or more technical areas
• Designs a complete project, system, component, or process
• Prepares complete project documents
• Identifies potential roadblocks to completing tasks efficiently
• Routinely tests own work or work of associate engineers in area of technical expertise

Project Management

• Project managing simple to moderately complex projects
• Prepares project charters and execution plans
• Develops and communicates Status Reports, Earned Value Reports, Estimate to Complete Reports, and Committed Cost Reports for small to medium size projects
• Identifies project risks and develops risk management plan
• Prepares level 2 project schedules with dependencies
• Manages BST budget, effort, change orders, invoicing, and variances

Sales and Business Development

• Participates in proposals and writes sections of proposals as directed by others
• Independently prepares proposals for small projects
• Provides support in developing estimates for project proposals
• Leads customer staff meetings when it affects assigned design tasks
• Identifies opportunities to build relationships with client peers
• Fields customer requests and evaluate them vs defined scope
• Identifies potential customer needs and develops proposal or change order options for review

Business Operations

• Demonstrates ability in engineering economics, entrepreneurialism, risk management, and financial accountability
• Create personal goals that support the BU financial goals
• Participates on one or more strategic BU initiatives
• Mentor employees and clients
• Increased interest and understanding of BST

General

• Gives timely, helpful feedback to peers and managers
• Communicates assumptions and solicits clarification on tasks up front to minimize need for rework
• Solicits feedback from others and is eager to find ways to improve
• Understands how their work fits in to the larger project and identifies problems with requirements
• Delivers quality presentations to BU leadership and to client

Experience

• Three plus years of DeltaV DCS experience
• Experienced with at least one PLC and/or DCS hardware/software platform and able to configure/program graphics and control logic without assistance
• Has knowledge of and can read all of the standard programming languages such as Ladder, Sequential Function Chart, Structured text and Function Block Diagram
• Has been involved with the design process including specification generation/review, control panel design review, PLC configuration, software development, checkout and startup
• Experience with Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) a plus
• Experience with at least one standard programming language such as JavaScript, VBA, NET
• Ability to read a P&ID and be able to understand what devices are shown
• Ability to make some general conclusions from the P&ID and end up with an understanding of what the equipment is supposed to do
• Ability to correlate mechanical design documents / sequence of ops with the P&ID
• Ability to tune a PID loop without assistance
• Understanding of the S88 model and how it can be implemented
• Experience with designing basic un-managed networks to connect industrial equipment together
• Experience with software configuration to enable communications between equipment
• Ability to maintain/modify a virtualized environment
• Experience in design of electrical schematics, including power distribution 480VAC and under
• Prepare electrical, instrumentation, and DCS/PLC control panel specifications for purchase of materials and equipment and/or the solicitations of labor

Minimum Requirements

Education BS in Electrical/Controls Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science or equivalent practical work experience is required.

Experience Five to eight years of process controls engineering experience

Physical Demands of Position

Ability to travel up to 25%.

Seeing, color perception, hearing, clear speech, dexterity in hands, driving, lifting, climbing, ability to mount and dismount equipment, pushing and pulling.

Working Environment Standard office environment, On-site office environment, and diverse industrial environments including chemical and biological manufacturing environments. Frequent PC usage, fax/copy machines, phones.

 *Job Descriptions are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job.  They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.

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