Sr. Project Engineer - Instrumentation & Controls
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Minimum of seven years of directly relevant instrumentation and controls engineering experience.
- Direct experience with oil and gas midstream facilities.
- Experience working within an engineering consulting, EPC, or midstream operating-company environment.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare, check, approve, and take professional responsibility for instrumentation and controls deliverables.
- Demonstrated knowledge of field instrumentation, control systems, shutdown systems, metering systems, and industrial communications.
- Ability to accept professional responsibility for assigned instrumentation and controls work and serve as Engineer of Record within the limits of education, experience, licensure, and technical compet
- Strong working knowledge of field instrumentation, industrial control systems, and midstream facility operations.
- Experience specifying pressure, temperature, flow, level, analytical, vibration, and other process instrumentation.
- Experience specifying control valves, shutdown valves, actuators, regulators, solenoids, switches, and related accessories.
- Understanding of PLC, RTU, DCS, SCADA, HMI, safety-system, and packaged-equipment control-system applications.
- Knowledge of hazardous-area classification and instrumentation requirements for classified locations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
- Ability to work from LJA’s Houston office during the three-month probationary period.
- Ability to travel to operating facilities and client locations when required.
Full description
WHAT LJA HAS TO OFFER
LJA is offering an exciting opportunity that will allow you to reach your full career potential. The structure of our organization is designed to amplify your capabilities while gaining the benefits of being an employee-owner. What truly sets this opportunity apart is the chance to collaborate every day with dedicated, skilled, and supportive leaders. Whether you are in the office, in the field, or behind the scenes, working at LJA gives you the chance to grow through hands-on experience and exposure to a broad range of clients and services.
WHAT MAKES LJA DIFFERENT
At LJA, our employee-owners take pride in their work and their workplace. We’re guided by leaders who foster a culture of respect, collaboration and a shared vision of success. Our difference is evident in the experiences and opportunities we provide:
- Employee-owned. Client-focused
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Consistently ranked as a Top Workplace
- Internal recruitment team, in-house training, and a marketing department specific to our industry
- We celebrate flexibility, allowing every team and office to lead with their proven approach
- Our culture champions continuous learning and personal growth
- We believe success comes through constant evolution and communication
- We are passionate about having fun and making money, all while creating impact
POSITION OVERVIEW: As a Sr. Project Engineer at LJA Energy, you will support instrumentation and controls engineering for oil and gas midstream facilities, including natural gas processing plants, compressor stations, pipeline facilities, pump stations, terminals, metering facilities, liquids-handling systems, and brownfield modifications. This role is focused on engineering definition, specification, coordination, checking, and professional oversight of instrumentation and control systems. The ideal candidate is a licensed Professional Engineer who is prepared to take technical ownership of assigned work, serve as Engineer of Record, and collaborate directly with clients, vendors, project managers, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
A TYPICAL DAY MIGHT INCLUDE:
- Developing instrumentation and controls deliverables for feasibility studies, front-end engineering, detailed engineering, facility modifications, debottlenecking projects, and brownfield installations.
- Selecting and specifying field instrumentation for pressure, temperature, flow, level, composition, vibration, speed, density, and other process variables.
- Preparing, reviewing, and approving instrument indexes, data sheets, I/O lists, alarm and setpoint lists, specifications, location plans, installation details, control-system architecture diagrams, material takeoffs, and procurement specifications.