Senior Design Engineer, Control Systems

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Company: Fluor Corporation

Location: Greenville, SC 29615

Description:

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.

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

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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

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

Notice to Candidates:

Background checks are carried out as part of any conditional offer made, including (but not limited to & role dependent) education, professional registration, employment, references, passport verifications and Global Watchlist screening.

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.

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