Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer - @Orchard

Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

Kingsport, TN

@Orchard LLC has been retained by a well-established solutions provider within the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure sector to identify an experienced Instrumentation & Controls Engineer to support their work in Kingsport, TN. If you are an experienced I&C Engineer with expertise in performing complex engineering tasks, our client has a challenge for you. Period of Performance is 6 Months with potential extension beyond the said period and a strong possibility for an FTE opportunity after 6 months on the contract.

Responsibilities:

• Perform complex engineering tasks and particularly important engineering work efficiently and accurately.
• Prepare and/or check specifications (control system and instrumentation), location plans, equipment/instrument schedules, datasheets, and other drawings and documents required to design, procure, install, configure, and operate I&C equipment and devices.
• Complete a variety of assignments such as drawings, specifications, and other materials suitable for procurement and construction purposes.
• Prepare, check, and issue specifications, data sheets, and other construction documents.
• Coordinate activities and deliverables with group leads and other engineers and designers within I&C discipline on the project.
• Provide technical guidance to CAD designers/Drafters, Designers, and lower-level engineers working on the same project.
• Interface with other engineers, Engineering disciplines, as well as other departments.
• Programing, configuring, of controls system equipment.
• Preparing detailed requisitions for equipment and materials. This includes reviewing supplier drawing submittals and performing technical bid analyses
• Supporting the commissioning and installation of field equipment.

• Bachelor's Degree in Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering (or related field)
• A minimum of 8 years of related work experience. 
• Professional Engineer registration is not required but is desirable.
• Must be a US Citizen, but no security clearance is required.
• Willingness to work at the client's site and from corporate engineering offices is required.
• Willingness to occasionally travel to a second client site is expected (<150 miles) is also expected.

If you are excited by this opportunity and believe you have the experience and talent to be a success in the role, we need to hear from you!

Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC, also known as, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.