Job ID: 11558
Location: Houston, Texas
Employment Type: Contract
Date Added: 01/22/2026
Job Description
Location: Houston, TX
Description
The primary purpose of this role is to drive execution of automation engineering projects within the Autonomous and Automation Americas team by leveraging cutting-edge digital, technology, and autonomous solutions across multiple vendor platforms. The consultant will play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions that enhance operational efficiency, safety, and sustainability in mining, on-shore or off-shore operations.
Overall Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities
- Strong self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset and motivated.
- Work with client to share work and integrate staff on projects for a blended execution team.
- Project experience including coordinating interfaces with engineering partners, construction contractors, equipment manufacturers, system integrators and project management as well as technical disciplines including process, civil, structural, piping, mechanical, and electrical.
- Desire to expand role and be adaptable to client’s needs.
- Assists, and later, leads the preparation of proposals, execution plans and budgets.
- Project experience working on all engineering phases within a project from concept through design and engineering, construction support, and commissioning/validation and handover.
- Programming and configuring PLC and DCS platforms while leading a team for project implementation. Hands on and leading.
- Team will be responsible for producing process automation deliverables – control narratives, cause and effect drawings, Boolean logic diagrams, DCS / SIS / PLC functional specifications, produce system cabinet layout drawings, wiring diagrams, system card layout and loading. Also, basic I&C deliverables such as instrument datasheets, instrument index, wiring diagrams, system architecture will be in scope.
- Project experience in the development and commissioning of complex automation projects.
- Excellent communication skills including ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, produce concise reports and presentations appropriate for all levels.
- Takes ownership for project success: delivery of target quality, cost management and customer satisfaction.
- Proactively builds a knowledge base of tools and methodologies to drive productivity and growth.
- Lead role in work process improvement.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multicultural environment.
- Travel as required for various field programs – can be 25-50% depending on project phase and assignment.
