Control System Engineer

Title: Control Systems Engineer

Location: Richmond, CA (Hybrid/On-Site)

Duration: 12 Months

Type: W-2

Client Industry: Energy - Oil & Gas

Job Description:

Exciting opportunity to support the research of Downstream Technology and Services as a Control Systems Engineer.

This position is part of a small team that programs and maintains the control systems used to control our Research Units and smaller Bench Scale Units which are fundamental in catalyst R&D, Lower Carbon Initiatives and process technology advancement in areas such as Carbon Capture. The individual will be expected to perform the following tasks:

• Designs, programs and maintains process control systems (PCS), PLCs, HMIs and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
• Supports clients/customers and makes significant contributions to more complex projects under periodic supervision.
• Make programming modifications/enhancements to existing PLCs
• Develop PLC programs/logic for new Research Unit construction
• Develop Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) for new and existing Research Units
• Provide programming support for existing Yokogawa distributed control system (DCS)
• Support the Process Control Network (PCN) infrastructure, network security, and backup systems
• Work with Instrumentation Technicians to troubleshoot issues in the field Additional responsibilities include tuning of control loops, and assistance in training console operators.
• Requires regular communication with many work groups including Operations, Maintenance, and Project Services. Individual reports to the DT&S IT/Controls Team Leader.
• This is a small team which interfaces directly with our Research community and therefore good communication skills are required as well as a dedication to sound documentation principals and a basic knowledge of Information Risk Management (IRM) guidelines.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience as a Control Systems Engineer, or equivalent.
• Expertise in Process Control Systems and SCADA
• Expertise in PLCs & DCS