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Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount.

Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company?

Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company?

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

About the Controls Engineer Position

As a Engineer of Controls, you are accountable for performing and leading engineering design and support activities for various Controls Systems at Colonial Pipeline. The Controls Engineer serves as controls engineering resource on multiple projects simultaneously while also being responsible for supporting the existing controls systems to ensure safe and reliable pipeline operation

What You Get to Do:

• Performs project related work in a manner to ensure projects stay within budget and schedule. Work with project team as a technology representative and coordinates work within the technology organization as well as pipeline operations and other engineering disciplines.

• Assists with the management of integrators/vendors/contractors by participating in developing bid packages, reviewing proposals, reviewing statements of works, creating requisitions, reviewing invoices, etc.

• Regularly oversees the work of controls system integrators and performs reviews of deliverables related to the design of the control systems to ensure they are complete and accurate.

• May serve as resource to less experienced engineers and can direct the work of other engineers to help meet objectives.

• Consults with operations and other stakeholders to fully understand, define, and document user requirements and functional specifications.

• Defines test plans and methodologies to ensure control system solution functions and performs as intended and meets requirements.

• Responsible for ensuring control system design is properly documented to support purchasing, installation and maintenance using drawings, bills of material, data maps, and other related documents

• Responsible for ensuring HMI design satisfies requirements/specifications and follows all applicable standards and guidelines.

• Responsible for ensuring PLC programming satisfies requirements/specification and follows all applicable standards and guidelines.

• Leads troubleshooting and issue resolution of problems related to controls systems, responds to inquiries related to the current operation of the controls solution and participates in incident analysis information gathering.

What You Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Controls, Computer, Mechanical or Chemical engineering, or a related engineering field from an accredited college or university; will consider a combination of experience and/or education.

• Ideally 10 + years for Senior level experience with Industrial Automation/Controls engineering (5+ years Staff level and 3 years for Engineer level).

• Valid Driver’s License and the ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

• Experience within the Industrial Automation and Controls Systems (PLC, HMI, and Communications),

• Experience with various Allen-Bradley PLC platforms, GE Fanuc Proficy iFix HMI, various communication protocols.

• Advanced level understanding of PLC products, programming principles, and architectures.

• Advanced level understanding of HMI software products, design principles, and architectures.

• Expert level understanding of control strategies used within the refined petroleum pipeline industry.

• Expert level understanding of Controls Signals, Protocols, and Transmission Medium for communicating with end devices used to monitor and control pipelines such as discrete voltage, analog, digital, digital bus, etc.

• Commitment to consistently adhere to policies and procedures and be a positive example for others by demonstrating the Company’s core values of Respect, Accountability, Innovation, Safety, and Excellence in completing work assignments.

• Self-motivated, have a phenomenal work ethic and looking for the right company to support your growth.

Got Extra to Bring?

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.

• Professional Engineering License/Certification.

• Ideally 5 years Pipeline/Oil/Gas industry experience.

Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company:

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Are you up to the challenge? What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Physical Requirements & Work Conditions:

Normal vision or corrected vision. Normal color recognition and identification. Hearing in the normal range. Speak and understand English at a normal voice range. Read and Write legibly. Digital dexterity. Lift up to 20 pounds. Climb to and work from elevated platforms, ladders and walkways. Climb stairs, vertical ladders up to 10 ft. high and tank steps with total height up to 60 ft. Must display situational awareness. Must be safety oriented. Display sound judgment and decision-making. Must be able to withstand extreme weather conditions. Ability to respond to and address callouts and emergencies after regular business. Job pressure: Normal to High pressure. Office Physical surroundings: work generally in a comfortable environment; and Outdoor Field locations. May work in low-lit areas depending upon the location. Weather Conditions: Varies from normal up to and including inclement weather due to seasonal factors. May work extended hours, as required, including nights and weekends in process operations environment and during periods of inclement or adverse weather conditions. Hazards: Generally hazard-free. Must be safety oriented and acutely aware of hazards associated with facilities visited.

This is a Department of Transportation (DOT) covered job and is subject to all applicable regulatory requirements such as testing for the presence of prohibited drugs and alcohol as defined under 49 CFR Part 199 as a condition of employment, to include pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable cause/suspicion and fit for duty testing.

Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.

Statement to all Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations:

Colonial Pipeline accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Colonial Pipeline employees, hiring managers, or send to any Colonial Pipeline facility. Colonial Pipeline is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.

Colonial Pipeline Company operates the world’s largest pipeline of its kind. It delivers refined petroleum products – gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel and fuels for the U.S. military – through a network of 5,500 miles of underground pipe buried under more than 3,000 miles of right of way in the Southern and Eastern United States. A vital part of the nation’s infrastructure, Colonial places the highest emphasis on safe operations that protect its employees as well as the communities in which we live and serve, and the environment along the pipeline route.