Role Overview:The PLC Engineer will be responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and maintenance of advanced control systems for land-based drilling rigs and associated equipment. This role involves active participation in design reviews, testing, troubleshooting, and providing technical support to ensure optimal performance and compliance with safety standards.
Key Responsibilities:- Support the development and implementation of advanced control systems for land-based drilling rigs and drilling rig equipment, including participation in customer and vendor facing meetings, and internal design and status reviews.
- Perform regular support activities such as lab and shop floor set-up, integration testing, factory and customer acceptance testing.
- Participate in and perform troubleshooting of drilling rig and associated equipment control systems to minimize downtime and optimize performance.
- Provide technical support and guidance to internal field technicians and drilling operations and support teams.
- Ensure all control systems comply with industry safety standards and regulations.
- Work closely with Canrig and Nabors engineering teams, and Nabors and 3rd party operations teams to integrate new technologies and improve existing systems.
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation for control systems and procedures, such as product documentation, functional requirements documents, software release documents, commissioning documents, etc.
- Train and mentor junior engineers on control system design, implementation, and maintenance.
- Train and support field technicians on the deployment, set-up, and commissioning of drilling rig and drilling equipment control systems.
Required Skills:- Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing and maintaining control systems for drilling rigs.
- Proficiency in PLC programming (Allen-Bradley preferred, but also Siemens).
- Experience with SCADA systems and HMI development.
- Experience with Variable Frequency Drives (ABB and GE Converteam preferred).
- Experience and understanding of Industrial PCs, Servers, networking and communications protocols.
- Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
- Hands-on approach to solving problems.
- Knowledge of industry safety standards and regulations.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
- "Can Do" attitude.
- Ability to travel to drilling rig sites (International and Domestic travel will be required).
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing and maintaining control systems for drilling rigs.
- Must be a US Citizen or GC Holder (L1, GC or Citizen) due to federal compliance.
