Company: Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.
Location: 4004 Summit Blvd NE, Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA 30319
Position Title: Staff Instrument & Controls (“I&C”) Engineer


Job Description:

Executes Instrument and Controls Engineering design activities for minor to major scale EPC projects in food, consumer products, pharmaceutical, life science and chemical industrial facilities. Responsible for providing Controls Systems and Instrumentation design deliverables for the project(s) in the front end, detailed design, construction, and start-up phases. Responsible for compliance with company and project site safety policies. Works with a team of Instrument and Controls Engineers and Designers in the execution of design and interfaces with a multi-discipline project team consisting of project manager, electrical, controls, estimating and multiple engineering disciplines. Responsible for developing PLC and HMI programming design deliverables as well as commissioning and startup support of those design deliverables. Develop instrumentation engineering/design deliverables, including Instrument Index, Instrument Data Sheets, Instrument Installation Details, Instrument Location Plans, Wiring Diagrams, and Loop Diagrams. Develop controls design deliverables, including I/O list, Process Control Narratives, and Control Panel Design. Develop electrical design deliverables including 480VAC and below equipment power design, installation plan drawings, and conductor schedules. Develop I&C purchase specifications, review bids, make technical recommendations and manage the overall purchase. Develop and manage third party control system suppliers to comply with the control system design requirements, including participating in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT). Responsible for applying knowledge of commonly used I&C engineering/design concepts, principles, practices, codes, and procedures within the engineering services industry. Interfaces directly with construction personnel in development of contracts and execution of work. Tracks Instrument and Controls design efforts against budgets and expected progress. Works with clients and vendors directly in developing design and builds lasting business relationships. Responsible for leadership and guidance of less experienced team members. Provides the specification of the various types of instruments for flow, pressure, temperature and level. Develop design calculations, project studies and report preparation. Perform quality reviews of project design submittals. Quality review the construction administration including coordination with field personnel to resolve design related installation issues, calculations, field inspections and testing of electrical systems. Coordinates workload with Control Systems Department Manager. Interfaces directly with offsite design office and coordinates and tracks execution of all electrical controls department work to that office. All other duties as assigned. Telecommuting is allowed up to 30 days per year. Primarily domestic travel required up to 30% of the time to project sites to survey and support installations and startups.

Job Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Instrument & Controls (I&C), Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a directly related engineering field from an ABET accredited program plus three (3) years of applicable Instrumentation & Controls program experience.

*Any Engineering Technology field must be accompanied with completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.

Must have three (3) years of experience in each of the following:

• EPLAN engineering software program.
• Standard engineering techniques and procedures.
• NFPA, ISA, IEC, IEEE, ISA/IEC 61511, ISO13849, UL508A or other applicable design standards covering I&C Design and Engineering.
• Rockwell and Siemens platform.
• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Leading design of panels with EPLAN software.
• Control panel and field hardware design.
• Coordinating panel designs with panel shop for panel fabrication.
• Developing hardware requirements utilizing motor, IO, and instrument lists.
• Specifying panel hardware, develop control panel schematics, and control panel layout drawings.
• Developing Bill of Materials for panel and field hardware.
• Executing control panel checkout at panel shop and during start-up and customer site.

Alternatively, the employer will also accept a Master’s degree in Instrument & Controls, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a directly related engineering field plus two (2) years of applicable Instrumentation & Controls experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree plus three (3) years of described experience.

*Any Engineering Technology field must be accompanied with completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.

Must have two (2) years of experience in each of the following:

• EPLAN engineering software program.
• Standard engineering techniques and procedures.
• NFPA, ISA, IEC, IEEE, ISA/IEC 61511, ISO13849, UL508A or other applicable design standards covering I&C Design and Engineering.
• Rockwell and Siemens platform.
• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Leading design of panels with EPLAN software.
• Control panel and field hardware design.
• Coordinating panel designs with panel shop for panel fabrication.
• Developing hardware requirements utilizing motor, IO, and instrument lists.
• Specifying panel hardware, develop control panel schematics, and control panel layout drawings.
• Developing Bill of Materials for panel and field hardware.
• Executing control panel checkout at panel shop and during start-up and customer site.

Telecommuting is allowed up to 30 days per year. Primarily domestic travel required up to 30% of the time to project sites to survey and support installations and startups.


Qualified applicants please submit resume on the company website. Requisition ID 241346. Employees may also refer a candidate to apply and be eligible for an award through Burns & McDonnell’s Employee Referral Program described in the company’s Policy Manual. EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.