Sr Principal Process Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Job Description and Qualifications
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Roles and Responsibilities:
We are seeking a Sr Principal Process Control and Instrumentation Engineer within our Instrumentation Engineer team located in Houston, TX. This position requires 30% domestic / global travel.
We are currently recruiting for a Sr Principal Process Control and Instrumentation Engineer to join our America team.
The GEMTE Americas Process Controls Engineering team provides engineering and commissioning support for new Cryogenic Air Separation and Process Gases Plants. The Engineering Team serves a diverse market including petrochemical, steel, gasification and electronics. We are a regional team who work closely with colleagues in our United Kingdom, India, and China engineering offices. We also provide support to the Americas Operations team and after sales support in upgrading/modifying, revalidation and maintaining existing plant assets.
Required Skills / Abilities:

• Develop PROCESS CONTROLs execution strategies in conjunction with overall project development team (both locally and with remote engineering centers)
• Participation in P&ID development and Operability and Hazard Reviews
• Author, check or approve specifications of PROCESS CONTROL equipment including control valves, relief valves, flow measurement devices, process instrumentation, analytical systems, and DCS, PLC, and SCADA systems
• Identify and manage PROCESS CONTROLs technical risk items
• Manage your functional project teams schedule, budget, and quality. This team may be a local in-house design team, geographically remote engineering and design center, or an outside engineering EPC.
• Review SIL assessments and author SIL verifications
• Participate in Control System Design reviews
• Responsible for Cyber Security aspects of their scope of supply.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing of Process Automation equipment (DCS, Analyzers, PDC)
• Production and maintenance of instrument summaries
• Participate in plant commissioning, BPCS / SIS validations, SAT, and startups.
• Manage deliverables and report to project management about progress.
• May participate in preparing cost estimates for valves, instrumentation, analytical equipment, DCS equipment, SIS equipment and labor

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Education and Licensing Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering with at least 10 years of applicable work experience
• Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of the design and implementation of control and instrumentation systems for process plants
• Experience developing BPCS / SIS architectures, control applications, and hardware specifications using Siemens PCS7.
• Additional experience with other controls platforms is a plus
• Must be able to demonstrate technical competence, leadership skills, communicate effectively
• Instrumentation specification authoring in Smart-Plant Instrumentation toolset
• Must be able to lead and direct the work of junior engineers assigned to projects
• Must be a strong team player with a willingness to accept responsibility
• Have good problem-solving abilities, be ambitious, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills enabling you to work well within a multi-disciplinary design team located in multiple geographies and to liaise directly with suppliers and clients
• Travel is required, both domestic and international
• Travel will include trips to plant sites, equipment fabricators, outside engineering firms, and customer locations (estimated at 30%)
• Relevant practical site commissioning experience while not essential would be of benefit

We are the world's largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.
At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance, retirement plans/401(k), and sick time. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.
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