Instrumentation & Electrical Designer
Instrumentation & Electrical Designer
Prime Controls
Texas, United States
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Job Title: Instrumentation & Electrical Designer
Department: Engineering – E&I Design
Reports to: E&I Design Manager
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Introducing Prime Controls
Established in 1991, Prime Controls is a family-owned Systems Integration and I&C Construction firm dedicated to meeting clients' industrial automation and control requirements. As a Main Automation Contractor, we offer comprehensive solutions, supported by our size, expertise, and extensive experience. With a professional team of over 750 employees, Prime Controls serves customers nationwide from our Dallas, Texas headquarters and offices throughout the South-Central United States. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality professional services while prioritizing our employees' well-being and fostering an exceptional workplace environment.
What You Will Do
As a Senior Instrumentation and Electrical Designer, you will be responsible for the electrical design, layout, and drafting of industrial facilities, primarily oil and gas. The senior designer will take client/project requirements, direction from engineer, national and customer standards and produce designs that meet those requirements, as well as direct and mentor other designers.
A Typical Day at Prime Controls
The Basic
Full-time employees enjoy a great benefits package including, but not limited to:
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Department: Engineering – E&I Design
Reports to: E&I Design Manager
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Introducing Prime Controls
Established in 1991, Prime Controls is a family-owned Systems Integration and I&C Construction firm dedicated to meeting clients' industrial automation and control requirements. As a Main Automation Contractor, we offer comprehensive solutions, supported by our size, expertise, and extensive experience. With a professional team of over 750 employees, Prime Controls serves customers nationwide from our Dallas, Texas headquarters and offices throughout the South-Central United States. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality professional services while prioritizing our employees' well-being and fostering an exceptional workplace environment.
What You Will Do
As a Senior Instrumentation and Electrical Designer, you will be responsible for the electrical design, layout, and drafting of industrial facilities, primarily oil and gas. The senior designer will take client/project requirements, direction from engineer, national and customer standards and produce designs that meet those requirements, as well as direct and mentor other designers.
A Typical Day at Prime Controls
- Performs client contact duties when required by the project engineer, project manager, or account manager (PM/AM)
- Coordinates with project engineer, PM/AM, and other disciplined engineers
- Performs site investigations
- Responsible for specification adherence
- Cost estimating to assist the project engineer
- Performs wire and conduit sizing calculations, voltage drop calculations, and conduit fill calculations
- Develop MCC layout(s) based on calculation data, including motor starter/VFD/Soft Starter or other loads circuit protector sizing
- Size VFD line/load reactors
- Responsible for designing:
- Site Electrical (ductbanks, lighting, power, and control) plans
- Electrical one-lines, and schematics
- Site Grounding plans
- Facility Lighting plans
- Electrical room layouts
- Cable tray plans
- Heat Trace plans
- Area classification drawings based on P&IDs, piping and plot plans
- Instrument layout plans
The Basic
- 10 years of experience in instrumentation and electrical design
- Bachelor of Science Degree in electrical engineering technology or equivalent experience in I & E Design
- Strong experience with AutoCAD including
- Using blocks
- Using XREFs
- Developing templates
- Import and Export of data and drawings
- 3D Cable tray design experience, preferably in Revit
- Grounding and lightning protection design in accordance with NEC article 250 and NFPA 780
- Willingness to learn and use grounding and lightning protection design software
- Experience with SKM is desired. Especially exporting to AutoCAD
- Experience with AGI32 is desired. Especially exporting to AutoCAD
- Ability to read, understand, and apply customer standards
- Ability to help create and follow company processes
- Navisworks experience
- SharePoint experience
Full-time employees enjoy a great benefits package including, but not limited to:
- Health, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Account(s)
- Generous PTO
- Numerous culture events
- 401k matching and more!
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