Instrumentation Engineer at an Agro-Allied Company - Value Edge Management Service Limited

Value Edge Management Service Limited - Our client, an Agro-Allied company, is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below: 

Job Title: Instrumentation Engineer

Location: Benin City, Edo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Design, develop, and manage instrumentation and control systems, including high and low voltage electrical systems, for existing and new processes within Food Manufacturing facilities using state-of-the-art technologies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• An expert in Plant PLC Controls Systems and Programming the applicant will support both engineering and plant maintenance in the development and troubleshooting of Process Controls and electrical infrastructure in new and existing food manufacturing facilities.
• Manage capital projects to meet deadlines and budgets utilizing solid project management principles. Identify and effectively utilize project resources.
• Develop and review process and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) and the ability to relate process P&ID to design and implementation of controls structure.
• Oversee the design and review of equipment and systems using established standards.
• Specification and sizing of control devices and instruments.
• Review new technology for applicability and benefits to current manufacturing and controls methods.
• Development of performance specifications for equipment vendors, equipment selection and bid tabulations.
• Functioning as a technical specialist formulating and developing advanced engineering concepts, techniques, and standards in the food industry.
• Assist in planning of electrical and controls portion of capital projects in terms of scope development, cost development and management, and scheduling. Includes directing activities to ensure that construction, installation, and operational testing conform to functional specifications, recognized codes and standards, and customer requirements.
• Work with finance, production, and safety to develop justifications for capital projects and prepare the Requests for Capital Expenditures in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Preparation of electrical installation tender documents.
• Perform supplier site visits to ensure compatibility of equipment designs with current plant configurations.
• Produce site visit reports, contractor job meeting minutes, project material listings, purchase orders, installation schedules and any other installations of systems.
• Manage release of design input to suppliers (integrators, contractors, hardware suppliers, etc.).
• Manage the resolution of technical issues identified by suppliers.
• Manage technical documents provided by suppliers.
• Acquire and negotiate electrical contractor bids.
• Assist in design of instrumentation systems for plant expansions, including the development of field and control room instrumentation specifications.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent related experience.
• Additionally, the incumbent must have five (5) or more years of experience directly related to food plant processing controls.
• Experienced in the development of plant system documents (i.e. logic diagrams, elementary wiring diagrams, I/O lists, etc.).
• Familiar with industrial control networks.
• Familiar with plant electrical power distribution systems, both single and 3 phase.
• Industrial motor control experience, VFDs, soft starters, FVNR, FVR, etc.
• Experience in AutoCAD.

Application Closing Date
13th January, 2023.