Associate Field Engineer - Controls

Wunderlich-Malec Careers•Lakewood, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Wunderlich-Malec's Lakewood, CO engineering group has an opportunity for a travel-ready, entry-level Field Engineer or Technician who is eager to build hands-on technical experience and grow quickly. This position is responsible for electrical and controls engineering projects involving electrical and instrumentation, coordination with electrical subcontractors, PLC/SCADA/HMI programming, commissioning support, and start-up assistance. Please Note: This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization, including H-1B sponsorship. The Company does not participate in the STEM OPT training program for this position.

Requirements

BS Electrical, Computer, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering preferred. An AA in Engineering Technology or equivalent field technician experience may be substituted.
New Graduate or 0-2 years of field experience
Understanding of or exposure to field instrumentation, hardware panels and low voltage controls design
Understanding of control systems, components, PLC programming, SCADA programming and their applications

Responsibilities

Installation & Wiring QA/QC Verification including control panels and associated instruments (Level 2). Ensure devices and/or equipment, associated with the control system, have been installed and wired per the manufacturer’s requirements as well as the submitted and approved package shop drawings and documentation
“Point-to-Point” testing to ensure field devices, associated with the control system, have been installed per the submitted and approved system shop drawings and documentation. (Level 3) This process also verifies the data to and from field devices are properly configured in the control system and includes data that may be read via network integration
Functional Performance Testing (FPT) to ensure the control system and field devices operate as defined by the relevant design (Level 4)
Verification of the proper execution of control sequences, alert configuration, alert activation, trend displays, trend configurations, control system failures, and overall verification of the system graphics
Support System Level Testing to ensure the control system and field devices functionally perform as one system (Level 5). Verify proper execution of control sequences with all relevant systems operating to achieve a common goal. During this testing, the SCADA is used to navigate the different areas and views of the facility, alerts are activated, trend displays are monitored, and system failure scenarios are examined
Interaction and coordination with customers and third-party vendors.
Daily usage of PC/office applications and cell phone.