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

Akima, LLC•Oak Ridge, TN

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (AIS) is seeking an Electrical Engineer – Instrumentation & Controls (I&C), Level IV, 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. Successful candidates will be employees of AIS, a government contractor focused on employing motivated personnel to advance the Y-12 mission. While employed by AIS, day-to-day direction will come from Y-12 staff. AIS provides pay, benefits, HR, and employment management. Applicants must be US citizens, at least 18 years old, and meet pre-employment requirements including physicals, drug screens, and background investigations for Department of Energy clearance.

Requirements

ABET accredited Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with 15-20 years of experience or a MS with 14-18 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.

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, and design criteria.
Preparing title II design engineering deliverables including 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 existing plant facilities 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 a primary 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.
Performing 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, and providing input to Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).