Controls Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kentucky, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Develop, assess, integrate, and provide support for instrumentation and control systems within both existing nuclear facility infrastructure and new construction initiatives.

• Concentrate on legacy balance-of-plant systems and electromechanical equipment.

• Assess and choose appropriate controllers, instrumentation, control panels, and interface components.

• Utilize technical references, relevant codes, site engineering standards, as well as nuclear facility quality and configuration management requirements.

• Create, configure, assess, and troubleshoot PLC logic utilizing Allen-Bradley or Siemens platforms.

• Formulate equipment sequences, permissives, interlocks, and alarms.

• Draft technical specifications for control systems, instrumentation, control panels, and interfaces.

• Prepare control narratives, sequences of operation, I/O lists, and design documentation.

• Create and review control schematics, loop diagrams, wiring and termination drawings, panel layouts, and equipment interface details.

• Evaluate designs for constructability and coordinate controls installation and integration with electrical, mechanical, process, and construction teams.

• Assess compatibility between new controls and legacy balance-of-plant systems.

• Embed operability and maintainability into control designs.

• Develop testing procedures and assist with functional testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting alongside site personnel.

• Analyze existing control system configurations and equipment conditions through drawings, field data, and coordination with site personnel and subject matter experts.

• Identify integration constraints and modernization requirements.

• Execute design recovery by reconciling existing installations, control logic, and equipment interfaces with available documentation.

• Revise or update controls documentation to accurately represent verified field conditions.

• Provide support to clients located in Hanford, Washington, and Portsmouth, Kentucky.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in controls and instrumentation.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in controls engineering.

• At least 5 years of experience within the nuclear sector.

• Practical experience with Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLC platforms, including programming, configuration, troubleshooting, and integration.

• Competence in evaluating, troubleshooting, and integrating legacy balance-of-plant control systems and electromechanical equipment.

• Experience with relay-based controls, motor starters, actuators, and instrumentation.

• Must be a U.S. citizen.

• Successful completion of drug screening.

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security or clearance badge.

• Requires a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance; qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status.

• Preferred: Experience in modernizing legacy controls while ensuring compatibility with existing balance-of-plant equipment.

• Preferred: Knowledge of CAD tools for control schematics and panel layouts, particularly AutoCAD Electrical.

• Preferred: Familiarity with HMI or SCADA configuration software.

• Preferred: Active Q Clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Paid Vacation

• 401K

• Long-Term Disability

• Short-Term Disability

• Competitive total compensation package

• Fully remote work arrangement

• Monday–Friday, 8-hour days (5/8 schedule)

• No travel required