Control Engineer - Energy and Infrastructure Solutions (EE25157)

Job # EE25157

Job Title Control Engineer

Office Location Houston, TX preferred

Business Function/Department Energy & Infrastructure Solutions/Operations/Engineering

Sales Territory, if applicable N/A

General Role Description

Provide hardware and software design for drive, inverter, motor, and control solutions for the business unit’s (BU) industries that meet client needs and fulfill project requirements

Role Accountabilities

- Interpret client specifications and apply industry codes and standards to all products supplied to meet project requirements

- Create equipment specifications, bills of materials, and drawings, utilizing Company approved tools, that accurately reflect each project’s equipment and product needs to ensure a design that meets project requirements and quality standards

- Prepare purchase specification and ERP requisition in a timely manner to achieve the project schedule

- Track all revisions to the specifications and drawings, complying with established change control procedures

- Edit project drawings to reflect preliminary, manufacturing, as shipped, and final “As-Installed” configurations

- Update the project drawings as needed in support of site commissioning activities

- Develop project documentation in accordance with design standards and project requirements

- Control document distribution, and archiving using established document control procedures

- Interpret and implement software project design requirements in collaboration with the project team and client

- Build control system software files as needed for products supplied with a project

- Develop and document software interfaces to client and third-party systems

- Perform system test and simulation to ensure quality functionality

- Demonstrate product capabilities during client witness of system test as needed

- Provide technical instruction to commissioning engineers and clients during system installation

- Develop engineering standards and engineering practices as assigned that contribute to the development of the Company’s engineering automation tools to improve productivity, increase quality, and reduce cost

- Provide timely technical guidance to internal and external clients and suppliers as required to ensure total project requirements are met

- Provide on-site commissioning as assigned

General Employee Accountabilities

- Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

- Give manager best advice

- Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

- Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

- Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

- Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

- Recommend viable improvements proactively

- Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics engineering or related field, or equivalent via education and/or work experience

- 2 years’ design experience in circuit and control panel design and/or commissioning of control systems for industrial applications

- Demonstrated knowledge of industry standards related to control panel design including device selection, cable selection etc.

- Demonstrated knowledge of industrial PLC and field I/O

- Demonstrated experience using AutoCAD or equivalent drawing tool for industrial applications

- Demonstrated success as contributing member in project team

- Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts

- Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills

- Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility

- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook

- Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 15%, sometimes, with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

- 5 years of design experience, specializing in motor drive design, utility scale photovoltaic inverter systems, circuit design and/or control panel design

- Electrical hardware design experience.

- Exposure to electrical panel design, wiring and build

- Familiarity with industrial PLC and associated I/O

- Familiarity with industrial panel manufacturing and commissioning practices

- Demonstrated experience with software design for industrial PLC, distributed I/O, and HMI systems

- Advanced Excel Skills

- Familiarity with Visual Basic programming or equivalent

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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