Senior Principal Process Control and Instrumentation Engineer
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This position is based at our Project Delivery office in Amherst, NY.

Hiring Bonus $10K+.

Senior Principal Process Control and Instrumentation Engineer - Role and Responsibilities:

Required Skills / Abilities:

We are seeking a Senior Principal Process Control and Instrumentation Engineer within our Instrumentation Engineer Team located at our Project Delivery Facility in Amherst, NY.

Our Global Process Controls Engineering Team provides engineering and commissioning support for new Cryogenic Air Separation and Process Gases Plants. Our Engineering Team serves a diverse market including petrochemical, steel, gasification, and electronics. We are a regional Team who work closely with colleagues in our United Kingdom, India, and China Engineering offices. We also provide support to the Americas Operations team and after sales support in upgrading/modifying, revalidation and maintaining existing plant assets.

Scope of responsibilities include:

* Develop process controls execution strategies in conjunction with overall project development team (both locally and with remote engineering centers)

* Participation in P&ID development and Operability and Hazard Reviews

* Author, check or approve specifications of process control equipment including control valves, relief valves, flow measurement devices, process instrumentation, analytical systems, and DCS, PLC, and SCADA systems

* Identify and implement process controls technical risk items

* Lead your functional project teams schedule, budget, and quality. This Team may be a local in-house design team, geographically remote engineering and design center, or an outside engineering EPC

* Review SIL assessments and author SIL verifications

* Participate in Control System Design reviews

* Responsible for Cyber Security aspects of their scope of supply

* Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing of Process Automation equipment (DCS, Analyzers, PDC)

* Production and maintenance of instrument summaries

* Participate in plant commissioning, BPCS / SIS validations, SAT, and startups

* Orchestrate work and report to project management about progress

* May participate in preparing cost estimates for valves, instrumentation, analytical equipment, DCS equipment, SIS equipment and labor

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Qualifications

* Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of the design and implementation of control and instrumentation systems for process plants

* Experience developing BPCS / SIS architectures, control applications, and hardware specifications using Siemens PCS7

* Additional experience with other controls platforms is a plus

* Demonstrate technical competence, leadership skills, communicate effectively

* Instrumentation specification authoring in Smart-Plant Instrumentation toolset

* Lead and direct the work of junior engineers assigned to projects

* Must be a strong teammate with a willingness to accept responsibility

* Have excellent problem-solving abilities, be high-reaching, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills enabling you to work well within a multi-disciplinary design team located in multiple geographies and to collaborate closely directly with suppliers and clients

* Travel is required, both domestic and international

* Travel will include trips to plant sites, equipment fabricators, outside engineering firms, and customer locations (estimated at 30%)

* Relevant practical site commissioning experience while not essential would be preferred

Education and Licensing Requirements:

* A Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering with 15 years of applicable work experience

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The expected pay range is $122,470 - $183,650 plus bonus. This is the range that we reasonably expect to pay for this position as individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.

We are the world's largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.

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We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

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