Instrumentation and Control Engineer

About the role

Niagara Falls, NY location produces organic salts, including propionates and acetates, serving Pharmaceutical, Food, Feed and Technical Industries. With this long-standing and fully automated manufacturing site, we offer world class quality products to a global market. Our products fill vital needs in a broad range of applications that are essential to everyday life including food preservation, antibiotic formulation, dialysis treatment, energy production and more.

Key responsibilities

Instrumentation/Controls Engineer Role and Responsibility

• Development of instrumentation testing protocols procedures.
• Development of Preventive Maintenance programs and procedures.
• Development of Resource Library for Electricians.
• Ensuring instrumentation operation complies with quality parameters.
• Assist with identifying and scheduling routine/planned maintenance.
• Assist with troubleshooting any issues or concerns.
• Assist Electricians with technical issues and concerns.
• Evaluate existing instrumentation and processes to improve system efficiency and reliability.
• Analyze equipment failure data.
• Conduct Root Cause analysis
• Assist with training production staff if required.
• Working with Operations and Engineering to design and develop new control processes.
• Provide as needed Controls support to Operations and Engineering.
• Assist with Installation of new control processes.
• May involve procurement and budgetary responsibility.
• Provide IT support for plant phones, Access control and Security Systems

Assist Electricians with Installation, maintaining, testing, inspections, diagnose failures and calibration equipment to ensure it is in good working order .

Knowledge of the following instrumentation and controls

• Pressure Transmitters
• Coriolis and Mag Flow Meters
• RTD/Thermocouple and controllers
• Actuated Control valves and Positioners
• Level Capacitance, Radar, Ultra sonic
• Allen Bradley PLC
• Allen Bradley Variable Frequency Drives
• Yaskawa Variable Frequency Drives.
• Servo Motors

Qualifications and skills

Skill requirements for instrumentation/Controls engineer

• Communication – need strong verbal communication skills to work within wider manufacturing team as well as written communication skills for activities such as report compilation and writing training documents.
• Team working – instrumentation engineers are required to work closely with people across many different departments and at all levels.
• Attention to detail – even small deviations from expected system performance must be noted and acted upon
• Problem-solving skills – the role can require individuals to assess problems and come up with new and innovative solutions.
• Organizational skills – must be able to prioritize tasks and perform duties to minimize manufacturing downtime and meet deadlines.
• Curiosity – genuine interest in keeping up with new technologies is advantageous.
• A continuous improvement mindset - identifying and implementing ways to continuously improve reliability.
• Safety-conscious - the ability to identify potential hazards and take the necessary steps to mitigate them.
• Project management - the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and effectively including planning, scheduling, and organizing.
• Industrial Electrical Standards -Strong Understanding of Industrial Electrical Standards, practices and NEC code requirements