Project Engineer, Instrumentation & Controls

Our employee-owned and multi-disciplined team of engineering and design professionals is looking for an Instrumentation & Controls Engineer / SCADA Automation Engineer with an interest in industrial, rail and water/wastewater process and facilities controls design.

As a member of our team, you will prepare instrumentation and control system plans, conduit/cable schedules, instrumentation schedules, instrument schedules, P&IDs loop sheets, elementary drawings, I/O schedules, and front end and technical specifications. You will also assist in developing operator interfaces and platform logic, preparing construction estimates, conducting construction administration tasks, and performing system start-up and commissioning services.

Flexible work arrangement (3 days in office / 2 days WFH)

Location Note: TKDA HQ is moving to the South Loop Bloomington neighborhood!

Check out the announcement to learn more! TKDA New HQ | 2025

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college/university in Electrical Engineering or closely related electrical/science/engineer field.
• Five or more years of previous experience with an emphasis on control system design.
• Knowledge of PLC controls and SCADA, DCS configuration
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, Power Point, etc.).
• Strong interpersonal skills and effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to write specifications and reports and lead and/or participate in discussions during client consultations and project team meetings.
• Ability to travel to client project site, as needed, to gather information before engineering begins, for plant reviews, contractor pre-bid job walks, construction kick-off meetings, construction observation, system checkout and start-up, and project closeout.

Advantageous Qualifications

• Ability to lead team members in design.
• Advanced knowledge of PLC controls and SCADA, as well as DCS configuration experience.
• Previous experience with site, facility, industrial and water/wastewater process system design.
• Professional PE registration in state of Minnesota or ability to obtain such is highly preferred.
• Experience with process automation systems is highly preferred.
• Previous experience configuring VFDs, pressure, flow, temperature, and/or analytical instrumentation, where appropriate.
• Previous experience with the creation of process flow diagrams, piping and instrument diagrams, and equipment general arrangement drawings, where appropriate.
• Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD.

Upon acceptance of a conditional offer of employment, the selected candidate will be required to complete a standard pre-employment background screening, which consists of Social Security verification, educational verification, review of criminal convictions, and driving history.

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