Controls Engineer - Field Service

Elliott Group, Ebara Corp

About The Position

The Controls Engineer – Field Service role performs field-service activities focused on controls for rotating equipment. The engineer provides customers with technical advice, analyzes system controls, and modifies programming as needed to ensure that equipment controls operate as designed. The work includes analyzing PLC and written code, performing electrical and instrumentation checks with diagnostic equipment, troubleshooting rotating-equipment trains, and preparing professional daily and final reports for customers. Work is governed by API and ANSI requirements and may involve non-OEM equipment. This is primarily an individual-contributor role with regular contact with internal Field Service teams and direct contact with customer plant, maintenance, and reliability personnel. Travel is 70–80% throughout North America. On some turn-key field jobs, the engineer may direct work by scheduling activities, submitting crew time to payroll, and monitoring project progress.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited academic institution with 10 years of field controls experience, or proven experience with HMI interfaces and development, DCS- or PLC-based control systems, and PLC programming.
Technical knowledge of a function, product, or process.
In-depth knowledge of policies and procedures.
Analytical skills.
Knowledge of API and ANSI requirements.
Programming experience and knowledge of non-OEM equipment.
Ability to travel 70–80% throughout North America.

Nice To Haves

A minimum of six years of applicable engineering experience.
Prior field experience installing and commissioning control systems at user sites is a significant plus.

Responsibilities

Independently direct field installation and commissioning of EEE- and non-OEM-supplied control systems.
Coordinate, follow up, and provide technical expertise to users on engineered control systems.
Verify accurate instrument calibrations.
Perform instrument-loop and point-to-point wiring checks.
Verify that logic functions work as intended.
Coordinate logic and programming changes with Controls Engineering when logic issues are discovered.
Provide timely site-job reports and status updates to supervision.
Provide technical expertise on complex problems to Controls Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Project Management, Purchasing, Production, Service, and Associate Plants.
Execute site acceptance testing at user locations.
Document and report field logic and software changes in service reports and other written customer documentation.
Return final as-commissioned software code to field-service job folders for archiving.
Maintain programming skills on various OEM PLCs using control-engineering lab PLC hardware to write and test code.
Learn programming for different PLC vendors through self-study, collaboration with other control engineers, and vendor training.
Maintain knowledge of company objectives and strategic and technical plans as they relate to assignments and products, systems, and functions.
Participate in Technical Service management-team activities as assigned.
Identify and implement productivity and quality improvements related to assigned functions and organizational activities.
Become proficient as a Field Service Representative on other products, including cryogenics, new apparatus, compressors, and turbines.
Occasionally direct field-job activities for turn-key projects, including scheduling work, submitting crew time to payroll, and monitoring team progress.
Perform other duties as assigned by supervision.