Leads control system design, PLC/HMI programming, instrumentation specification, HAZOP participation, factory acceptance testing, and field commissioning for hydrogen refueling infrastructure. Troubleshoots controls systems, supports hazardous-area installations, directs technicians and contractors, develops procedures and risk assessments, and provides customer support. The role requires independent technical judgment, safety and quality leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and occasional travel to customer sites.
Powertech Labs Inc is a cleantech company with the mission of being a trusted innovation partner providing solutions, specialized testing, and technical expertise for a safe and sustainable global energy future. Powertech has a global reputation for delivering transformative solutions in both the electric power industry as well as the transport sector. A clean future will be driven by electric and hydrogen power, and we will help get there.
We are always guided by our values as a global clean-technology and engineering company:
What we offer
Location: Surrey
Job Grade: P3
Job Status: Full time Regular
Salary: $109K - $138K
* All applicants with lesser qualifications and relevant experience are encouraged to apply and may be considered at the
appropriate level.
We are always guided by our values as a global clean-technology and engineering company:
- Safety: This top everything. We do our work safely or we do not do it at all.
- Challenges: We ready ourselves for the hardest challenges – through attaining accreditations, developing industry-leading innovative products & services, investing in our labs, hiring great people, and making them better.
- Diverse Teams: We are strongest together and capitalize on our varied attributes – together we are more than the sum of parts.
- Our customers: Customers fuel this company, and we constantly work with them to earn and retain their trust and loyalty. We expect that our customers hold us accountable to our commitments.
- Excellence: Striving for excellence, acting with integrity, and having the highest standards in quality are core to what we do
- Lead and execute control system design and documentation (control narratives, functional descriptions, logic diagrams, etc) for hydrogen refueling equipment.
- Lead and execute PLC and HMI programming for hydrogen infrastructure equipment.
- Actively participate in or lead HAZOP studies.
- Size and specify instrumentation, control valves, and PLC/HMI hardware.
- Lead factory acceptance testing at Powertech.
- Lead field commissioning work, including:
- Willing to travel to customer sites.
- Startup of equipment.
- Diagnosing and troubleshooting instrumentation and controls issues.
- Hands-on field work
- Oversee and provide technical input and directions to technicians and electricians involved in the construction and testing of the hydrogen infrastructure equipment.
- Independently strategize, analyze and design hydrogen infrastructure control systems to meet customer requirements.
- Establish quality control and safety of the process and design.
- Develop standardized processes and technical procedures.
- Demonstrate a proactive approach to sourcing of project materials and components.
- Engage effectively with multiple contractors and customers to ensure the highest level of customer service is achieved.
- Maintain professional relationships with other departments, outside consultants, contractors, customers, and suppliers in order to gather and relay information and resolve issues of concern.
- Provide customer support for new and existing hydrogen stations. This may involve remote support or travel to customer sites.
- Provide input and recommendations in the budget, work planning and resource allocation processes for the department.
- Exercise a high degree of independent judgment to solve highly complex problems that have an impact across sectors and include customers, technology, financial planning and staffing.
- Consistently demonstrate strong teamwork and collaboration skills with the Hydrogen infrastructure team.
- Foster relationships across Powertech to utilize all of the company’s resources for our clients.
- Review and align with the broader corporate objectives such as safety, quality and environment management.
- A degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university.
- Minimum Eight years of direct experience in an industrial controls and programming environment with a strong familiarity in several the following areas:
- Industrial automation - PLC and HMI programming (Allen Bradley / Rockwell, Siemens)
- Instrumentation specifications and troubleshooting
- Preparing technical specifications and control descriptions
- Hazardous area electrical installations
- AutoCAD design
- Proficient with relevant codes and standards (CSA C22.1, NFPA 70, NFPA 79)
- Working knowledge of IEC standards
- Expertise in the development of Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and process controls
- Proven ability in creating technical risk assessments for process designs
- Hydrogen or other high pressure gas experience is desired
- Registration as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. Canadian, out-of-province registrations are acceptable as long as there is an ability to immediately transfer the accreditation to Engineers and Geoscientists of BC.
- Functional Safety experience is considered an asset.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills to adequately articulate and discuss technical options, present proposed solutions to a wide range of audiences, and the ability to adapt to the different understanding levels of the audience.
- Computer and software systems skills as applicable to position including but not limited to: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, and Outlook.
- Exceptional organizational skills, driven and self-motivated.
- Uncompromising dedication to safety and quality.
- Demonstrated analytical abilities and ability to follow-through with various stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and with a team and role model high standards of professionalism.
What we offer
Location: Surrey
Job Grade: P3
Job Status: Full time Regular
Salary: $109K - $138K
* All applicants with lesser qualifications and relevant experience are encouraged to apply and may be considered at the
appropriate level.
Powertech Labs Inc. Surrey, British Columbia, CAN Office
12388 - 88th Ave, Surrey, BC, Canada, V3W 7R7
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