Control Systems Engineer II

Company: Southern Flow Inc.
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Industry: Instrumentation, Telemetry, and Controls Automation
Type: Full Time
Travel: 30–50% (company vehicle provided for travel)

About Southern Flow Inc.

Southern Flow Inc. is a leading systems integration firm based in Alpharetta, GA. We design, build, and commission custom turnkey control systems for water and wastewater facilities across the Southeast.

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Control Systems Engineer II.

Control Systems Engineer IIis needed to perform the following duties:

·Analyze water and wastewater treatment plant plans and specifications to determine control, monitoring, instrumentation, and automation requirements

·Develop control system architectures utilizing programmable logic controllers (PLC) remote I/O, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, industrial control networks, field instrumentation, and related automation equipment

·Develop and review I/O lists, control narratives, functional descriptions, equipment sequences, alarm requirements, and fail safe operating conditions

·Evaluate field instrumentation including pressure, flow, level, analytical, temperature, and other process measurement devices and determine appropriate signal types, ranges, and scaling requirements

·Select and specify PLC hardware, remote I/O, communication equipment, and other control system hardware based on project requirements

·Review electrical schematics, control panel drawings, instrumentation diagrams. And network drawings for technical accuracy and integration with the overall control system.

·Apply engineering principles to evaluate system redundancy, reliability, and communications methods

·Coordinate control system requirements with owners, consulting engineers, and equipment manufacturers.

·Develop, configure, and modify PLC programs used for automated monitoring and control of water and wastewater treatment processes and related equipment

·Translate process requirements, control narratives, specifications, and engineering drawings into executable control strategies and PLC logic

·Develop equipment sequencing, automatic and manual operating modes, permissives, alarm logic, and fail safe control sequences

·Develop and configure proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control loops and other process control functions to regulate flow, pressure, level, and other process variables

·Integrate variable frequency drives, motor control equipment, instrumentation, packaged process equipment, and other third party systems with PLC based control systems

·Perform technical review and troubleshooting of control logic to identify programming, process, instrumentation, and equipment interaction problems.

·Design, develop, and configure SCADA and human machine interface (HMI) applications used by operators to monitor and control water and wastewater facilities

·Develop graphical process displays, equipment control interfaces, alarms, trends, historical data collection, and system diagnostic functions

·Develop PLC to SCADA data structures and communication interfaces to reliably exchange process information, equipment status, command, and alarms.

·Configure interfaces with remote sites utilizing Ethernet, fiber optic, radio, and cellular

·Develop and apply SCADA standards intended to improve system consistency, operator usability, alarm management, and reliability.

·Develop and execute factory acceptance Test (FAT), system acceptance test (SAT), I/O checkout, functional testing, and commissioning procedures for PLC, SCADA, instrumentation, networking, and control-system equipment

·Perform system testing of control sequences, interlocks, permissives, alarms, automatic controls, PID loops, communications, and instrumentation

·Identify discrepancies found during testing, and determine whether the source is associated with programming, instrumentation, electrical wiring, communications, or process conditions

·Support start-up and commissioning of automated treatment processes and pumping systems while coordinating control changes with operators, contractors, consulting engineers, and equipment manufacturers.

·Document test results, and final system documentation.

Bachelor's Degree is required inElectrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.

Southern Flow, Inc. is a growing systems integration firm based in Alpharetta GA, working in the fields of Instrumentation, Telemetry and Controls Automation throughout the Southeast. The company enjoys 30+ years of strong track record delivering high quality control systems. We are currently seeking individuals for several positions with potential for growth to join our team.