Job Title Senior Design Engineer, Control Systems
City (or Nearest City) Greenville
State/Province South Carolina
Country/Region United States
Diversity Statement At Fluor, we are proud to design and build projects and careers. This requires teams that are as unique as the projects we execute. We are committed to fostering a work environment that embraces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) for all so our employees and stakeholders benefit from the creative solutions derived as a result of embracing differences.
Job Description The purpose of this position is to provide the essential administrative processes, technical knowledge, and Electrical Engineering work for Advanced Technologies & Life Science related projects. This role has the responsibility to promote Fluor’s competitiveness within the global marketplace by delivering quality services of unmatched value and technical competence. This position serves as an Area Lead or Lead on assigned projects or performs complex to difficult engineering assignments, evaluates, selects, and applies advanced engineering techniques to a broad set of complex assignments.
Notice to Candidates: Background checks are carried out as part of any conditional offer made, including (but not limited to & role dependant) education, professional registration, employment, references, passport verifications and Global Watchlist screening.
To be Considered Candidates: Must be authorized to work in the country where the position is located.
Basic Job Requirements • Develop and review project Scope of Services, Scope of Facilities, and other project baseline documents for all phases of projects
• Develop and review estimates and schedules, progress reports, including workforce forecasts
• Establish, track, and monitor material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts
Develop and review specifications, including design criteria
• Incorporate health, safety, and environmental factors in design
• Develop and update job execution plans
• Develop and build external relations with client representatives, vendors, and subcontractors and interface closely with other discipline functions promoting Client Service Excellence
• Participate in activities associated with equipment and material procurement, permitting, and subcontracting
• Review and approve vendor lists, prepare quotation requests/bid tabulations/purchase orders and review substitutions for technical acceptability
• Assign work to teams, monitor and manage the work
• Perform and check calculations, specify equipment, and solve problems of complex to difficult engineering complexity
• Establish and lead the squad check effort for vendor equipment documentation for assigned equipment
• Review vendor equipment documentation within the discipline and from other disciplines for compliance with project requirements, and actively seek discrepancy resolution
• Prepare/review scopes of work for third party contracts
• Support proposal and estimate activities
• Identify deviations in job scope, estimate magnitude of changes, and initiate trends or change orders
• Deliver quality work, and adhere to the Operating System Requirements (OSR)
• Execute project work in accordance with approved Activity Plans
• Adhere to industry codes and standards as well as department practices and procedures
• Monitor and support work performed by Fluor offices or other designated entities performing Distributed Execution Engineering
• Direct and oversee audits
• Other duties as assigned
Other Job Requirements • Perform control systems sizing calculations for control valves, relief valves, flow elements, thermowells and other instrumentation
• Create instrument index and datasheets, generate reports, and monitor design wiring and loop development activities in Intergraph Hexagon Smart® Instrumentation database
• Develop complex control systems narrative specifications
• Prepare complex Instrument design and installation requirements
• Develop complex control systems, cause and effect diagrams, or logic diagrams as required by project
• Represent control systems in model reviews
• Closely monitor 3D modeling prepared by the design group using review software
• Develop complex specifications for Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) hardware and software applications
• Monitor DCS/PLC/SIS design developed by the design group
• Advanced knowledge of:
o Specifying instrumentation
o Control systems procurement activities
o Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) representation; can recognize/report problems associated with control systems representation on P&ID
o Developing control strategies and represent on P&ID
Preferred Qualifications • Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in engineering field of study and ten (10) years of work-related experience; a recognized professional certification or registration in the applicable field, if required; some locations may have additional or different qualifications in order to comply with local requirements
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors
• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner
• Professional registration and membership in technical society (preferred)
• Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards, commercial availability and cost of materials
• Effort-hour estimating and staff forecasting
• Managing and leading a large project
• Project set-up, developing control-level schedules, progress reporting and project close-out
• Practical field experience
• Intermediate computer and software skills to include the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheet and electronic presentation programs
• Apply Cost Competitive Execution techniques to develop the most cost-effective total project solution for execution of the discipline work
Benefits Fluor is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote employee health, wellness, and financial security. Our offerings include medical, dental and vision plans, EAP, disability coverage, life insurance, AD&D, voluntary benefit plans, 401(k) with a company match, and training and development courses.
Requisition Number 144677BR
Diverse Workforce We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by governing law.