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Experienced Field Control Specialist
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What they do
A Switchboard or Telephone Operator works for a telephone company or system to operate telephone system equipment to route incoming calls, direct internal calls, or assist customers with placing calls. Assists with connecting long distance or collect calls, or provides customers with assistance in finding a phone number or an address. May also answer customer calls at a company or organization or work for an agency that handles and routes emergency calls.
$42,064 / year median in Kansas
-18% projected decline
Job Description
U.S, WSP
was recognized on TIME ' s list of the world ' s best companies and Fortune ' s Change the World list. As part of our team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe. Your Impact Perform assigned field control system services under the direction of experienced FCS personnel for utility, institutional, industrial, boiler, chilled water, and balance-of-plant systems. Assist with instrumentation installation verification, calibration, loop checks, input/output checkout, functional testing, startup, troubleshooting, and control-loop tuning. Assist with the checkout and testing of programmable logic controller (PLC), distributed control system (DCS), human-machine interface (HMI), burner management, combustion control, and standalone control systems. Read and apply P&IDs, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, control schematics, instrument data sheets, installation details, and applicable test procedures. Collect field data and prepare accurate work summaries, calibration records, test documentation, redlines, software files, and other project deliverables in accordance with FCS standards. Follow WSP and client safety requirements, recognize job-site hazards, and promptly communicate unsafe conditions or changes in assigned work. Interact professionally with clients, plant personnel, vendors, contractors, and WSP team members. Understand assigned scope, schedule, and budget expectations; coordinate daily work with the project lead; and promptly communicate technical issues, delays, or changed conditions. Support proposals, estimates, client relationships, and identification of follow-on work by providing accurate field information and technical input when requested. Participate in technical training, share lessons learned, and develop the knowledge needed to perform progressively more independent field assignments. Travel to client facilities and support short- or extended-duration field assignments, outages, startups, overtime, weekends, or alternate shifts as required by project schedules.
- DCS
- HMI
- and standalone controller-based systems.