For the right candidate, this position offers the opportunity for significant professional growth and the potential to collaborate with local and national teams. In this role, your responsibilities will include developing instrumentation and controls designs (specifications, wiring diagrams, and P&IDs), and conducting control system startups for industrial and municipal projects and collaborating with client development teams with the goal of supporting proposal development. We are looking for candidates who have a proven track record of design, testing, and starting up industrial control systems for municipal water/wastewater work. The role requires the ability to integrate and apply Brown and Caldwell’s service offerings and talent to help our clients solve their most challenging issues.
Description:
Serve as an I&C Lead Engineer on stand alone design projects and in support of multi-disciplinary design teams
Develop P&IDs, wiring schematics and network control system architecture design documents for industrial automation projects
Develop control strategies that are used as the basis for automation controls
Perform submittal reviews from installation contractors, equipment vendors, and system integrators developed automation programming, acting as the owner’s advisor
Perform Discipline engineering level services during construction including submittal review, response to RFIs and change order management
Work and communicate effectively with other disciplines, task leaders, project managers and with teams in local and virtual (remote) environments
Produce effective and accurate written documents, reports, and technical memorandums.
Perform in technical role for value engineering and QAQC and review of sub-contractor work
Desired Skills and Experience
10+ years of experience as an instrumentation engineer in industrial or municipal water and waste water projects.
in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or other engineering degree relevant to process automation control system work.
PE Preferred
Experience in design, testing, and startup of industrial process automation systems
Experience with industrial process control networking including fieldbus technologies
Experience with industrial control cyber security is a plus
Ability to work in REVIT/BIM environment along with AutoCad software
TWIC card or the ability to acquire one
Solid knowledge and understanding of electrical safety systems and NFPA 70E
Effective oral and written communication
Candidate should be a self starter, results oriented, and be able to work under tight and pressured deadlines
Position is located in Houston, TX office; minimum of 50% office time required
Travel away from home is anticipated. Anticipated travel is 10%
Comfortable and effective with clients and contractors as direct interface
Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Location B: $117,000 -$160,000
You can view which BC location applies to you If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.
Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click to see our full list of benefits.
About Brown and Caldwell
Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction firm with 50 offices and 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit
This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.
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