Instrumentation Engineer

Job Description

Position Title: Instrumentation Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Direct Hire Instrumentation Engineer opportunity located in Moses Lake, WA.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as subject matter expert for engineering and maintenance staff on all instrumentation related to the Facility.
• Interprets industry standards and legal requirements related to instrumentation and SIS systems.
• Assures and certifies the site’s compliance with SIS design, application, maintenance, testing, and operation requirements in accordance with industry practices and standards and legal requirements.
• Conduct technical reviews of vendor/contractor instrumentation design to ensure compliance with project specifications and applicable standards and codes.
• Applies Management of Change work process for all aspects of instrumentation/control and SIS systems, assuring that all such work is sufficiently evaluated and correctly executed.
• Provide specification and installation guidelines for instruments and instrumentation systems, ensuring compliance with established engineering standards.
• Work with maintenance in developing instrumentation preventative maintenance and calibration plans.
• Develop instrumentation database for specifications and calibration records.
• Configure, program and maintain field instruments with appropriate software platforms.
  
  
  

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical, mechanical, chemical, manufacturing or related engineering.
• MUST HAVE industrial engineering experience.
• Experience in materials production and/or chemical processing is preferred.
• Experience in capital project management.
• Experience with DCS and SIS control systems (Emerson, Yokogawa or similar).
• Experience with PLC and SCADA control systems (Allen Bradley, Siemens, Ignition etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrated organizational skills.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• TUV or ISA certification in Safety Instrumented Systems, or equivalent experience and readily able to become certified.
• Extensive knowledge of DCS, PLC, and field instrumentation including, but not limited to; pressure, temperature, flow, level and equipment monitoring and controls; DCS systems; PLC implementation and use including safety DCS and PLCs.
• Extensive experience with management of change as applied to control systems and instrumentation discipline.
  
  
  

Job Details:

• Direct Hire
• Location: Moses Lake, WA
• Salary Range: $120-140k
• ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C.
• 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.
  
  
  

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.