SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI) Technical Consultant

My client is an Automation & Engineering Firm, provides the highest quality services for the Refining, Gas & Oil, Pipeline, Renewable, Chemical, and Biopharm Industries. They have over 25 years of experience in Engineering, Procurement and Construction with 15+ years of experience in Lifesciences Engineering and Compliance Consulting.  They are customer-centric and fully committed to their clients' needs and as a result, most of their business is repeat business. My client is an employee-owned company with opportunities for growth.

 They are seeking an SPI Subject Matter Expert (SME) for their Sugar Land office. The SPI SME classification is specific to the individuals who have advanced knowledge of SPI, Databases, Programming, and/or senior levels of Instrumentation/Control Systems industry standards and practices.

Qualifications:
 

• Advanced experience with SPI modules (Engineering and Design), SPI Import Utility, SPI Administration, Claims and Merges, SQL statements, and Interfaces between SPI and other applications
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and Access, Database platforms, DBMS tools, SQL for Exporting data, Adobe Acrobat, CAD applications, and other software used for data implementation
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience
• A SPI Subject Matter Expert will have the following SPI capabilities:
  • Advanced knowledge of creating and customizing of ESL background files and symbols
  • Advanced knowledge with SPI ESL layouts, macros, redlining, and smart text implementation
  • Advanced knowledge with customizing SPI specification forms
  • Advanced knowledge with SPI administration module (access rights, projects, claims and merges, domain creation, etc.)
  • Strong knowledge with source file data manipulation and interpretation for SPI data imports (identifying instrument types, service descriptions, equipment, etc.)
  • Strong knowledge of exporting source domain SPI data and Import to a target SPI domain
  • Strong knowledge with SPI import utility
  • Basic understanding of SQL statements (Select, Update, Cases, Comparison, Join - explicit & implicit, etc.)
  • Advanced knowledge with domain upgrades and all tasks associated with it
  • Creation of SPI procedures for data implementation, quality control, project schedules, project tracking, etc.
  • Provide basic and advanced SPI training and consulting services
  • Basic Information Technology concepts including operating systems, server infrastructure, programming, etc.
  • Advanced knowledge with SPI import utility
  • Advanced knowledge with resolving claim and merge database issues (repairing merged project data)
  • Strong knowledge with source file data manipulation and interpretation for SPI data imports (identifying instrument types, service descriptions, equipment, etc.)
  • Advanced knowledge of exporting source domain SPI data and Import to a target SPI domain
  • Advanced knowledge with SQL statements (Select, Update, Cases, Comparison, Join - explicit & implicit, etc.) and SPI table structure
  • SPI Data Replication
  • Advanced Information Technology concepts including operating systems, server infrastructure, programming, etc.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with a discretionary bonus potential
• Benefit Time Off (BTO) that can be used as paid vacation, sick time, holiday funding, or as cash-out
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) & 401(k) plan for retirement with employer match
• Company funded health and dental insurance with low employee cost sharing
• Wellness & Vision subsidy
• Company paid short term and long-term disability coverage

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.