Electrical Engineer – Instrumentation & Controls (I&C), Level III

Akima, LLC•Oak Ridge, TN

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (AIS) is seeking an Electrical Engineer specializing in Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) to join their staff augmentation team supporting the Department of Energy at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. As an employee of AIS, you will contribute to Y-12's mission of ensuring a safe, secure, and reliable U.S. nuclear deterrent. While employed by AIS, you will take day-to-day direction from Y-12 staff. AIS provides pay, benefits, HR, and employment management. Qualified applicants must be US citizens, at least 18 years old, and able to meet pre-employment requirements including physicals, drug screens, and background investigations for Department of Energy clearance. This role involves developing high-quality detailed design packages, providing engineering procurement and field technical support, and offering expertise for troubleshooting and technical assessments of plant systems. The design work includes preparing conceptual engineering deliverables like cost-estimating bills of material, labor-hour estimates, statements of work, and design criteria. It also encompasses title II design engineering deliverables such as calculations, analyses, construction specifications and drawings, and equipment specifications. The engineer will work cooperatively as a team member within an integrated project team and will routinely perform walkdowns in existing plant facilities to generate design documents and provide field support to craft personnel. All electrical engineers will apply technical expertise with a primary focus on instrumentation/controls for equipment process control and monitoring, using established engineering practices, codes, and standards. Field troubleshooting of existing systems will be required to inform design for corrective actions. Specific deliverables include preparing conduit/cable schedules, conduit/equipment plans, one-line diagrams, wiring/connection/schematic diagrams, instrument loop diagrams, various sections/elevations/details, calculations, datasheets, and construction specifications. Design engineers will also develop control cabinet assembly drawings, system diagrams, and control logic for both batch and continuous processes using conventional analog instrumentation, distributed digital control systems, and PLCs/HMIs. They will also develop process control system narratives, assist in developing process software requirements, and provide input to P&IDs. This is a full-time position with a 4/10 schedule (Monday-Thursday).

Requirements

US citizen, at least 18 years of age
Able to meet pre-employment requirements including any required physicals, drug screen, and/or background investigation to satisfy clearance requirements from the Department of Energy
ABET accredited Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with 10-14 years of experience or a MS with 10-13 years of experience
> 5 years instrumentation and controls design experience
Ability to obtain a DOE Q clearance
Demonstrated experience utilizing the National Electrical Code, UL508A, and relevant ISA standards to design instrumentation and controls systems
Pre-employment Drug Screen
Medical Exam(s)
Ability to obtain and maintain a clearance from the Department of Energy
Participation in an ongoing random drug testing program (if applicable)

Nice To Haves

DOE Q-Clearance is highly desired but not required to start work
Experience utilizing Rockwell Automation industrial automation software (RSLogix, FactoryTalk View, etc.) is preferred, but not required
A Professional Engineering License (PE) is preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Developing high quality detailed design packages
Providing engineering procurement and field technical support to implement designs
Providing expertise for troubleshooting and technical assessments of plant systems
Preparing conceptual engineering deliverables such as cost-estimating bills of material and labor-hour estimates, statements of work, design criteria
Preparing title II design engineering deliverables including preparation of calculations and analyses, construction specifications & drawings, and equipment specifications
Effectively and cooperatively working as a team member of an integrated project team
Routinely performing walkdowns in the existing plant facilities in order to generate design documents and provide field support to craft personnel
Applying technical expertise and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts in the Electrical Engineering field with primarily instrumentation/controls focus for equipment process control and monitoring
Providing self-performed technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems through the application of established engineering practices, codes, and standards
Field troubleshooting support of existing systems to inform design for corrective actions
Preparing conduit/cable schedules, conduit/equipment plans, one-line diagrams, wiring/connection/schematic diagrams, instrument loop diagrams, various sections/elevations/details, calculations, datasheets, and construction specifications
Developing control cabinet assembly drawings, system diagrams, and control logic for both batch and continuous processes using conventional analog instrumentation, distributed digital control systems, and programmable logic controller/human-machine interfaces (PLCs/HMIs)
Developing process control system narratives
Aiding in the development of process software requirements
Providing input to Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)