Process Controls Engineer

Job Description

When you join Design Group as a Process Controls Engineer, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. Design Group is widely known as an industry leader, recognized as a top system integrator, ranking #7 in the 2023 System Integrator Giants; as a Rockwell Platinum Integrator, the highest designation given to Rockwell partners; and as an Ignition Enterprise Premier Integrator.

As a part of this team, you will learn from industry leading experts and may even have the chance to be an active participant in industry events like the Ignition Build-A-Thon which Design Group won in 2023!

In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Control System Integration Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

• Motivated, high energy, well-organized, collaborative Process Controls Engineer who will develop and design control systems for our clients in the food & beverage, consumer health, life science, or advanced technology sectors.
• Use their knowledge and experience with instrumentation devices, control systems, networking, P&, data, sheets, and instrumentation installation drawings to provide engineering solutions for control systems and PLC/SCADA interface systems that meet and exceed our clients’ requirements for safety and optimization.
• Lead I&C design for the preliminary and detailed design phases of projects.
• Conduct system and facility engineering job walk assessments.
• Develop and design engineering solutions for equipment optimization.
• Design systems that will monitor pressure, temperature, humidity, and flow in a manufacturing environment.
• Troubleshoot and complete root cause failure analysis on assigned projects.
• Document process requirements for instrumentation equipment used in systems design.
• Demonstrate current knowledge of best practice design concepts and practice
• Interface smoothly with engineering design team members and client representatives.
• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team

• 5+ years’ experience of I&C design for the programming phase of projects.
• Experience with Rockwell Automation hardware and software.
• Experience with Mechanical, Electrical and Process (MEP) systems and working with MEP engineers and technicians.
• Experience with multi-discipline large capital projects involving Owners, General Contractors, Contractors, and System Integrators.
• Good Understanding of Design/Build (Engineering and Construction)
• Good understanding of complex process systems architecture & design, Instrumentation, Device Selection, Networking, PLC & I/O architectures, P&IDs, data sheets, and SCADA.
• Working knowledge in the following industrial environments would be a plus:
  Dry/Wet Mechanical, AWN, Gas/Chem Distribution, HVAC, and Clean Room environmental control.
• Proficient with written and verbal technical communication including generating reports and conducting group presentations.
• Willing and able to travel as necessary for project requirements to include but not be limited to: project installation and start-up activities, client meetings, company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, or conventions, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• A degree emphasizing process control and instrumentation or equivalent work experience in process control and instrumentation in life science or advanced technology manufacturing will be considered.
• PE or EIT is a plus

Our culture and commitment to our people is what sets us apart. We foster an environment of mutual respect, integrity, and unconditional interest in the individual and collective success of our professionals. Our model and entrepreneurial mindset offer a rewarding, challenging, and highly flexible path.

As a Process Controls Engineer, you will build a meaningful and fulfilling career with the support of professional development resources and mentorships including our First Year Experience program, Individual Development Plans, and Career Path resources and tools. You will be surrounded by exceptional talent who will support your development as both a world-class engineer and a highly effective leader.

Feel like you're on the path to becoming a Process Controls Engineer but you're not quite there yet? We'd love to connect with you to see if we can take you from where you are today and grow you into a Design Group Engineering Consultant.