Instrument & Control Specialist

Lansing Board of Water & Light • Lansing, MI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Instrument & Control Specialist performs technical work involving electrical instrumentation, control, and monitoring for the Lansing Board of Water & Light’s electric, steam, water, and chilled water utilities. Equipment ranges from legacy pneumatic systems to computerized Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. The role requires troubleshooting aptitude across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, electronic, computer, and networking systems.

The specialist installs, configures, tests, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs control, instrumentation, monitoring, and networking equipment; understands how facility processes and control systems affect operations; and communicates issues, concerns, or potential improvements to plant staff. The position also works with engineering on project reviews and updated prints, maintains reporting-data integrity, performs daily checks of critical plant systems, participates in job-related training, and supports asset-management and NERC-CIP initiatives.

Requirements

• Must have completed a four-year Instrument Controls Specialist apprenticeship plus one year of experience, or an associate degree with an electrical, electronics, and computers curriculum plus four years of utility maintenance experience, or equivalent education and experience to current Journeyman ICS.
• Must have a valid Michigan driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Must be able to obtain respirator, CPR, and AED certifications within six months of hire.
• Must be available for overtime and on-call work as needed.
• Must be able to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.
• Must follow good documentation practices.
• Must be able to differentiate between colors and have fine motor skills to service sensitive equipment.
• Must be able to perform physical work including stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and prolonged standing, and may need to lift objects weighing 50 pounds or more.
• Must be able to work indoors and outdoors, in hot and freezing weather, around plant dust, fumes, heat, noise, asbestos, and coal dust, and in elevated, confined, enclosed, and underground spaces.
• Must wear ARC flash clothing and other pertinent personal protective equipment.

Responsibilities

• Comply with LBWL, state, and federal safety mandates; complete ongoing safety training and participate in safety initiatives.
• Install, configure, test, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair DCS, SCADA, and Human Machine Interface systems.
• Maintain and troubleshoot control-system networks and supporting devices, including switches, routers, gateways, servers, and media converters.
• Install, configure, test, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair wireless networks, PLCs, process controllers, data recorders, vibration monitors, variable frequency drives, digital process indicators, process transmitters, gauges, switches, analytical equipment, and pneumatic equipment.
• Understand facility processes and operational requirements controlled by instrumentation and control systems, and inform plant staff of issues, concerns, or improvements.
• Read, understand, and extract technical information from schematics, diagrams, prints, manuals, and other resources.
• Work with engineering to update prints reflecting project and field changes and to review new projects and system modifications, providing instrumentation and controls feedback or recommendations.
• Ensure the integrity of reporting data for engineering review and historian captures.
• Perform daily walk-downs and checks of critical plant systems.
• Participate in ongoing job-related training.
• Support LBWL Asset Management System initiatives and NERC-CIP requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive wages, employee development, and opportunity for professional growth.
• Vacation, free choice, sick leave, parental leave, and 11 paid holidays.
• Medical, prescription, dental, life insurance, long-term disability, and employee assistance program.
• Voluntary vision, supplemental and dependent life insurance, flexible spending, AFLAC options, LifeLock anti-theft, long-term care, and tuition reimbursement.
• BWL Home Purchase Plan: forgivable $5,000 loan for purchase of a home in Lansing.
• 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan, company-paid up to 9.5% of base salary for BU positions and up to 13% for NBU positions.
• 457 Deferred Compensation matching up to $2,500 per year.
• Post-retirement benefits at the respective level of coverage, co-pays, and health care premium as active employees.
• Two on-site fitness centers open 24/7, work-life balance program, and free parking.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree