Instrumentation & Electrical Designer

Introducing Prime Controls

Established in 1997, Prime Controls is a family-owned Systems Integration and I&C Construction firm dedicated to meeting clients' industrial automation and control requirements. As a Main Automation Contractor, we offer comprehensive solutions, supported by our size, expertise, and extensive experience. With a professional team of over 850 employees, Prime Controls serves customers nationwide from our Dallas, Texas headquarters and offices throughout the South-Central United States. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality professional services while prioritizing our employees' well-being and fostering an exceptional workplace environment.

What You Will Do

As a Instrumentation and Electrical Designer, you will be responsible for the electrical design, layout, and drafting of industrial facilities, primarily oil and gas. The designer will take client/project requirements, direction from engineer, national and customer standards and produce designs that meet those requirements, as well as direct and mentor other designers.

A Typical Day at Prime Controls

Performs client contact duties when required by the project engineer, project manager, or account manager (PM/AM).

• Coordinates with project engineer, PM/AM, and other disciplined engineers.

• Performs site investigations.

• Responsible for specification adherence.

• Performs wire and conduit sizing calculations, voltage drop calculations, and conduit fill calculations.

• Develop MCC layout(s) based on calculation data, including motor starter/VFD/Soft Starter or other loads circuit protector sizing

• Responsible for designing:

• Site Electrical (duct banks, lighting, power, and control) plans

• Electrical one-lines, and schematics

• Site Grounding plans

• Facility Lighting plans

• Electrical room layouts

• Cable tray plans

• Heat Trace plans

• Area classification drawings based on P&IDs, piping and plot plans

• Instrument layout plans

What You Will Bring

The Basic

• 4 years of experience in instrumentation and electrical design

• Bachelor of Science Degree in electrical engineering technology or equivalent experience in I & E Design

• Strong experience with AutoCAD including

• Using blocks

• Using XREFs

• Developing templates

• Import and Export of data and drawings

• 3D Cable tray design experience, preferably in Revit.

• Grounding and lightning protection design in accordance with NEC article 250 and NFPA 780

• Willingness to learn and use grounding and lightning protection design software

• Experience with SKM is desired but not required.

• Experience with AGI32 is desired but not required.

• Ability to read, understand, and apply customer standards.

• Ability to help create and follow company processes.

• Navisworks experience

• SharePoint experience

What We Offer:

Full-time employees enjoy a great benefits package including, but not limited to:

• Health, Dental, and Vision coverage

• Flexible Spending Account(s)

• Generous PTO

• Numerous culture events

• 401k matching and more!

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities may be made to enable them to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities may be made to enable them to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Prime Controls is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action/Veteran/Disabled employer.