Experienced Instrumentation & Controls; I&C Design Engineer

Overview

Experienced Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Design Engineer

Engineering

Job Code: 9293

As the Savannah River Site's management and operations contractor since 2008, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) makes the world safer. With safety and security in the forefront, SRNS develops innovative approaches to deliver on our environmental commitments and nuclear materials challenges; supplies products and services necessary to maintain the nation's nuclear deterrent; secures nuclear materials to prevent unwanted proliferation; and transforms nuclear materials into assets and stable waste forms.

The SRNS workforce is highly capable, engaged, and adaptable to meet existing and expanding missions. SRNS employees apply superior expertise and innovative solutions to complex and challenging national and global issues. We have the knowledge to address a range of national and international nuclear issues. We make the world safer - and you can, too.

Engineering

Electrical / Instrumentation & Controls Engineering

P3-P5

P3: $85,700 - $120,000; P4: $99,400 - $144,000; P5: $124,000 - $180,000

This is the range within which SRNS expects the majority of qualified candidates would enter this role if offered. Actual offers may be more or less than the amounts shown depending on candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and other factors.

Engineering roles perform engineering work in operations, production, construction, or maintenance environments. They may design and scale up manufacturing processes, instruments and equipment and tests manufactured products to maintain quality. They may plan, design, and estimate time and cost and oversees construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems, and components. They analyze and develop solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems or the causes of component failures.

They develop and apply engineering standards and procedures and provide advice on issues within the engineering field.

Electrical/Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) engineers provide engineering support for electrical and/or instrumentation systems in an operating nuclear materials processing plant or as part of the broader site infrastructure. Electrical/I&C engineers identify system concepts and determine system functional and technical requirements, develop, and analyze equipment performance, monitor system performance, troubleshoot, and resolve problems and ensure operation within technical, regulatory and safety basis requirements.

They propose and develop process/system improvements including equipment upgrades, and plant modifications.

• These engineers will report to the Process Controls & Automation Engineering (PC&AE) Organization and will design and install distributed control systems for various facilities at SRS.
• These engineers will be responsible for leadership roles for the planning, design, procurement, commissioning, and maintenance of the DCS for HVAC/Ventilation, manufacturing and plant utilities for various chemical and nuclear processes.
• Process Control Engineers are expected to be completely cognizant about the nuclear/chemical facility that they are assigned.
• Working knowledge of plant system designs, electronic sensors, and the relationship between the plant equipment and a process control system are key to success of this assignment.
• Software development, software modification, offline and online testing, documentation, system improvements for existing and planned PLC systems.
• Develop, test and implement new DCS systems to maintain and support Facility Operations.
• Provide creative solutions to upgrade existing control systems.
• Experience with DCS, PLC or SCADA programming, Emerson Delta
  
  V preferred.
• Experience working in a structured environment with standardized coding.
• Skills in troubleshooting PLC hardware and software issues on production system.
• Experience working with safety systems.
• Working knowledge of IEEE/ISA standards.
• Good team player.
• The position will typically work with Design Engineering, Purchasing, Vendors, Architectural & Engineering Companies, Construction, Operations, Maintenance and Cognizant System Engineers.
• Automation Support for Manufacturing Systems using Emerson, Yokogawa, ABB, Honeywell, Rockwell, Siemens platforms, including programming, graphics development, and system hardware support.
• Provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new software requirements for projects and initiatives to support and enhance our existing systems.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and identify modifications needed in existing applications to meet changing user requirements and business needs.
• Manage projects - defining scope, stakeholder analysis, objectives, timeline, testing phase, implementation, and evaluation.
• Write control narratives, technical procedures, and…