Senior

EQT Corporation•Canonsburg, PA

17d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Facilities Instrumentation and Electrical Engineer I/II/III/Senior provides technical guidance on instrumentation, controls, and devices for EQT’s upstream facilities, working with EQT team members and external business partners. The role offers development through mentorship and cross-functional collaboration in a diverse engineering department. It focuses on connecting networks and advancing the use of instrumentation and automation to improve operational success. The engineer owns or supports the design, planning, execution, cost management, and closeout of upstream automation, instrumentation, and electrical projects. The role develops and maintains engineering standards, specifications, budgets, performance metrics, equipment accountability, control applications, network architecture drawings, and standard HMI and site-controller configurations. It also coordinates design documentation and reviews, aligns engineering standards with operations, optimizes location controls, and leads development of connections between facility data and machine learning. The selected incumbent will be placed at the level that best fits their abilities and experience.

Requirements

At least 2 years of engineering experience focused on automation and controls.
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Petroleum, Chemical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.
Valid driver’s license.
General understanding of process flow and equipment used to separate fluids on common oil and gas production wells.
Understanding of ASME, ANSI, API, ISA, NFPA, IEEE, IEC 61131, and NEC specifications and standards.
Experience with hazard mitigation and root cause analysis.
Understanding of engineering drawing packages, including cause-and-effect documents, bills of material, controller programming, control panel and junction-box drawings, instrument cable schedules, interconnect drawings, heat-trace panel drawings/designs/isos, grounding, and electrical power drawings.
General understanding of edge-device computing and associated communications and programming.
Economic acumen, including prior cost and project management experience.
Communication and presentation skills.
Technical writing capabilities, including design specifications and standard operating procedure generation.
Demonstrated ownership mentality.
Ability to communicate complex workflows and ideas concisely to achieve results.
Self-starter and team player.
Ability to work independently as needed.
Ability to travel 15–20% of the time.
Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and holidays as needed.

Nice To Haves

Prior oil and gas industry experience, with familiarity with water operations.
Educational exposure to topics similar to data science.
Experience in equipment design or manufacturing, or oil-field facility construction.
Advanced Microsoft Office Suite experience, including Visio.
Familiarity with PLC programming.
Familiarity with Allen-Bradley PLCs and HMIs.
Familiarity with Emerson control devices, including Remote Operations Controllers (ROC) and FB3000s.
Familiarity with transmitters and flowmeters, particularly Rosemount.
Familiarity with pump automation and control loops.
Familiarity with Aspen, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, CMMS, ProMax, Salesforce, SCADA systems, Smartsheet, and Synergi.

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise in all phases of measurement and instrumentation design.
Own automation, instrumentation, and electrical engineering design, planning, execution, cost management, and project closeout for upstream facilities.
Develop and evolve engineering standards, specifications, and guiding documentation for automation and I&E.
Manage M&I and I&E projects and jobs associated with upstream facilities.
Develop or consult on yearly budgets for M&I and I&E projects.
Develop and manage annual key performance indicators and metrics aligned with executive targets and goals.
Identify and maintain accountability for I&E and electrical equipment, including long-lead items for new designs, installations, repairs, and upgrades.
Coordinate with drafting teams and third-party engineering firms on design documentation, including cause-and-effect documents, bills of material, controller programming, panel and junction-box drawings, instrument cable schedules, interconnect drawings, heat-trace designs, grounding, and electrical power drawings.
Review and approve instrument indexes for new facilities and repair or upgrade work.
Lead internal and external design and model review meetings for M&I and electrical projects related to upstream facilities.
Align standards and operations with M&I engineers within and outside the department.
Optimize on-location controls and automation in collaboration with Production Operations.
Own network architecture drawings for upstream facilities.
Develop and maintain control applications to optimize usability and meet control requirements.
Maintain application revision control and revision-history documentation for upstream facilities.
Own standard base HMI and site-controller configurations for upstream facilities.
Lead development of an engineering approach that connects upstream facility data with machine learning, including artificial intelligence.