Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Engineering Manager
Pond & Company Englewood, Colorado, United States
Engineering Services · 501-1,000 employees
About the role
Lead and manage multidisciplinary I&C engineering teams to support energy and industrial projects through all phases of execution. Provide technical guidance, oversee project deliverables, and maintain client relationships while ensuring engineering standards and quality expectations are met.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and over 10 years of professional experience in I&C engineering. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership capabilities and experience in energy sector projects, with a Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred.
Full description
Position Summary
We are currently seeking an Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Engineering Manager to lead and support engineering projects within our Energy group. This role will provide technical leadership, project oversight, and team management across a variety of energy and industrial projects, including power generation facilities, natural gas compressor stations, LNG facilities, gas processing facilities, and other midstream and downstream infrastructure.
The ideal candidate is a senior I&C professional with strong technical expertise, project experience, and leadership capabilities who can work directly with clients, lead multidisciplinary teams, and help grow and develop the I&C engineering practice.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead and manage I&C engineering teams across multiple projects and clients
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to I&C engineers and designers
- Serve as a key technical and client-facing leader throughout project execution
- Coordinate I&C activities with electrical, mechanical, civil, process, and other engineering disciplines
- Review and approve engineering designs, calculations, drawings, specifications, and technical deliverables
- Develop engineering scopes, design approaches, studies, and project estimates
- Develop instrumentation and control system specifications and procurement documentation
- Evaluate vendor proposals, technical bids, and equipment selections
- Troubleshoot complex I&C and controls engineering issues and provide practical solutions
- Support project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and resource allocation
- Participate in client meetings, design reviews, technical discussions, and project presentations
- Support business development activities, proposals, and development of new client relationships
- Conduct field walkdowns, site assessments, construction support, equipment installations, commissioning, and start-up activities as needed
- Help establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, and quality expectations
- Identify opportunities to improve project execution, technical capabilities, and team performance
- Travel periodically to client and project sites as required
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical, or another relevant engineering discipline
- 10+ years of professional I&C engineering experience
- Experience leading I&C engineering projects, teams, or departments
- Experience supporting power generation, oil & gas, midstream, downstream, LNG, natural gas, gas processing, or other industrial energy projects
- Strong understanding of instrumentation, controls, control systems, and I&C engineering design
- Experience with engineering design, equipment specifications, procurement, vendor coordination, and field support
- Strong ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate technical activities across disciplines
- Excellent communication, leadership, organizational, and client-management skills
- Ability to travel to project and client sites as needed
- Active Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred
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