looking for an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer / Foxboro Programmer position located in Rensselaer, New York. This is a 3 month contract position with potential for extension.
Responsibilities
- · Configure, program, test and troubleshoot PLC or DCS based control systems and associated components
- · Design and install wiring to reliably communicate information between measurement and control element devices and control equipment
- · Designing new automation equipment or processes
- · Convert current manual processes to automatic control using the Foxboro system control (this would include code, logic, graphics, hardware, documentation and training)
- · Provide support to client's functions during the manufacturing process to bring designs to completion.
- · Establish standards, templates, and guidelines as applied to the automation system using the information gathered in the definition stage while considering the operator interaction
- · Responsible for automation and controls systems design, specifications, programming, simulation, testing, as well as start-up assistance
- · Select the physical communications media, network architecture, and protocols based on data requirements to complete system design and support systems development
- · Identify and manage technical risks on the projects and ensure mitigation plans are in place
- · The control panels / instrumentation will be inside the pharmaceutical / manufacturing plant – 25 acre plant
Qualifications
- · Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or two-year technical school degree in Electrical Controls or Information Technology
- · Foxboro DCS Controls experience
- · Foxboro Programming experience
- · Minimum of 5 years of experience
- · Excellent oral and written communication skills
- · Ability to travel to the pharmaceutical plant to troubleshoot control systems
Source: Job Diva – Job Listing