Harris Group thrives on providing expert engineering for some of today’s most complex challenges. We are creative in our approach by delivering multi-discipline services across a wide range of project types. Our successes are directly related to high-quality collaboration, across all offices, expertise, and backgrounds. Harris Group is a 100% Employee-Owned company with our eyes focused on the people in the company, the clients we serve, and the communities in which we live. Join a team that goes beyond projects and develop your career with a Great Place to Work® Certified™ company!
Harris Group is seeking a dynamic, self-driven Controls Designer to join our Portland, OR location. We offer a flexible work arrangement with a hybrid work model. Relationships are the key to our success! We are looking for a team member who can both work independently and collaborate on a project team.
Harris Group is an engineering consulting firm with locations across the US. Harris Group provides engineering in nearly every discipline and offers varied and diverse projects across an array of industries that inspire professional development and growth. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package and a friendly, flexible, collaborative culture that values and supports professional development.
Job Summary
The Controls Designer works closely with our professional engineers to design and document process controls systems, instrumentation, and final controls devices. The Controls Designer will be engaged in designs for industrial facilities, studies, client site support, and a wide variety of other tasks that help our clients be more successful. This role may work independently on design projects but usually takes direction from an engineer or a senior designer. The Controls Designer will work on projects within many industrial sectors, including aerospace, energy, life sciences, and chemicals sectors.
Responsibilities
Apply engineering fundamentals to prepare design documents under the supervision of engineers and senior design staff.Perform calculations as well as operate various software related to the design, as directed by the engineers.Setup CAD drawing files and backgrounds to company standards.Use MS Excel to generate Instrumentation Lists, Instrument Data Sheets, and Bills of Material.Work cooperatively with others to produce a coordinated set of design documents (drawings, lists, spreadsheets, etc.) conforming to project standards.Review work of others for design integrity, completeness, accuracy, clarity and quality.Develop equipment and construction specification documents.Develop plans for control panels, communications systems, and instrumentation.Develop schematics and wiring diagrams for final controls devices, variable frequency drives, control power distribution, process controls and building systems controls.
Requirements
Associate degree or technology certificate, and 0-3 years of electrical, controls, or mechanical design or detailing experience. Ability to read electrical and wiring schematicsAbility to read Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and experience with AutoCAD. Skill with Revit or BIM modeling is desirable.Travel up to 20% of the year may be required to client locations and/or accept client site assignments when required.Ability to pass Client badging and screening processes.
Equal OpportunityHarris Group provides a competitive compensation and benefits package and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Drug Free WorkplaceHarris Group, Inc. is a 100% drug free workplace. For the safety of our employees, customers, and our customer’s facilities, we do a pre-employment drug test and may require random testing to meet specific client needs. Please note that Marijuana, even if prescribed by a physician OR allowed under a state law regulating Marijuana, remains illegal under federal law and is against Harris Group’s policy.
We look forward to receiving your resume!
Full-time
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
