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Senior Field Engineer

Urbandale, IA, USA

Job Type

Full Time

Workspace

Hybrid

About the Position

The Senior Field Engineer will travel to customer sites for field engineering, site surveys, and technical sales support.

Key Responsibilities

  • Travels to customer sites for field engineering, site surveys, and technical sales support.

  • Performs acceptance tests, IO loops commissioning, IO installation reviews, valve stroke tests, piping review, system powerup and checkout, C&E testing, commissioning of auxiliary equipment, compressor surge testing, steam turbine governor commissioning, control loop tuning, and writing field service reports.

  • Prepares training material and delivers informal training and site-specific training courses.

  • Configures and programs PLC, DCS, and HMI hardware. Tests control systems prior to shipment.

  • Conducts FATs (Factory Acceptance Test) and SATs (Site Acceptance Test) both remotely from office as well as in-person at customer sites.

  • Prepares project documentation that may comprise control narratives, logic diagrams, cause & effect diagrams, CSDs, IO lists, communication tag lists, alarm lists, FAT and SAT procedures.

  • Reviews and revises cabinet layouts, wiring schematics, power distribution schematics.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.

  • 8 years of experience as a Senior Field Engineer, Field Engineer, Instrument Engineer, or similar duties under a different job title.

  • 8 years of experience with: plant automation and control systems within the oil and gas, petrochemical, or fertilizer industry; configuring and programming PLC, DCS, and HMI hardware; Turbomachinery Control Systems including anti surge, performance, and load sharing control.

  • 5 years of experience installing, configuring, calibrating and testing field instrumentation like transmitters, switches, vibration monitoring equipment, control valves and hydraulic actuators for steam turbines.

  • Willingness to travel up to 50% internationally.

Benefits and Compensation

  • Medical & Dental Insurance including Health Savings Account

  • Long Term Disability

  • FMLA benefits including both partners.

  • 401(k) with company match.

  • ECT is an employee owned company and you will have the opportunity to join our ownership team and share in our success after a short vesting period.

About the Company

We (Energy Control Technologies, Inc.) are a fast-paced, entrepreneurial company that is looking
for an energetic employees to help us grow our company. ECT’s customers span the Industrial/Manufacturing, Oil and Gas and the Bio-fuels market segments and our products are state of the art in the field. You will have the opportunity to work on some of the most complex and critical machines that directly affect the operation of energy production plants across the world.

Come work with us

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