Control Systems Engineer III

Control Systems Engineer III – Dynalectric San Diego

We are a leader in fully-integrated electrical and building systems installations, with capabilities ranging from complete pre-construction and new construction to renovation and maintenance for a variety of markets. Our team is prepared to handle a wide range of projects from small-scale, time-and-materials jobs to large-scale, technology-intensive projects.

Dynalectric Company San Diego is hiring a Control Systems Engineer 3 who will serve as the project responsible engineer and oversee all technical aspects of the physical and software layers of the project automation scope. The engineer will interact with the client, the Dynalectric project team, and other disciplines and trades throughout the project life‑cycle. This role provides technical leadership for multiple projects/assignments, participates in department personnel decisions, and collaborates with the project manager to meet schedule and quality objectives.

• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of applicable codes and standards, including periodic updates.
• Peer‑review the design work of colleagues to ensure that project quality objectives are satisfied.
• Direct the design of control systems architectures to meet user requirements for communications, integration, data acquisition, and redundancy.
• Direct the development of project‑related drawing and documentation packages such as wiring diagrams, control panels, interconnect diagrams, specifications, and manuals.
• Direct the specification of instruments, valves, and analyzers.
• Configure, program, test, and troubleshoot control systems and networks.
• Direct the configuration, programming, testing, and troubleshooting of graphical user interfaces.
• Direct the configuration, programming, testing, and troubleshooting of data historians.
• Direct the development of project test protocols, including FAT, SAT, and SIT.
• Prepare detailed design specifications.
• Direct the configuration, programming, testing, and troubleshooting of instruments, valves, and VFDs.
• Lead interactive design reviews with the client and the client’s consulting engineers.
• Execute FAT, SAT, and SIT protocols.
• Provide onsite support and service for local clients.
• Prepare recommendations to remediate or update existing control systems to meet client needs (e.g., component obsolescence or additional functionality).
• Identify and vet new and/or unfamiliar technologies, products, and services that can reduce client costs or add value.
• Provide engineering support for the foremen responsible for system installation and commissioning.
• Provide technical support and training to less‑senior colleagues.

• Control Panel Design:
  Panel layout and power distribution, enclosure selection, breaker/fuse selection, I/O selection, loop drawings, VFD selection/configuration, relational database maintenance, UL 508A compliance.
• Control System Design:
  System architecture, device‑level LANs, controller selection, hazard analysis and mitigation, circuits for hazardous areas (XP, IS, NI), safety circuits and interlocks, over pressure relief device selection, specification development, test protocol development, RFI generation.
• Instrumentation and Final Control Elements:
  Configuration and application limitations for common pressure/level/temperature sensor technologies, analyzers, flow meters, toxic and combustible gas detectors; control valve sizing and selection, regulator sizing and selection, instrument and valve datasheets, material compatibility with common process fluids.
• Codes and Standards: NFPA 701 (National Electrical Code), ISA RP‑12 (Intrinsic Safety), ISA S882 (Batch), ASME BPE3 (Bioprocessing Equipment), ASME BPCV4 (Pressurized Vessels), ANSI B16.55 (Pipe Flanges and Fittings), UL 508A (Industrial Control Panels).
• Control System Software Development:
  Control logic development, graphical user interface development, network configuration, time‑sequence database development, communication protocols.

• 7‑plus years of related experience.
• An undergraduate technical degree (e.g., Chemical…