About Us

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.

The Role We Want You For

The Instrumentation & Controls Engineer II will support the process electrical & instrumentation team, to ensure that instrumentation and control systems are properly designed and specified. The candidate will support projects within the industrial business units including Food & Beverage, Chemical Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Advanced Manufacturing. Candidate will provide status updates related to schedule and deliverables throughout the project.

The Specifics of the Role

• Actively support & review Process Flow Diagrams and P&ID development.
• Participate in and conduct project review meetings.
• Prepare instrument specifications in coordination with process, mechanical, & piping designs.
• Responsible for sizing & selecting process instrumentation.
• Develop Instrument and IO lists.
• Review technical bids from instrument and mechanical equipment suppliers for the instrumentation and controls scope.
• Review 3D piping models for proper installation and accessibility.
• Review of vendor drawings and packaged systems.
• Responsible for production of instrument location plans and details.
• Perform quality reviews of all instrumentation deliverables.
• Responsible for producing construction scope of work documentation.
• Perform contractor RFI and submittal reviews.
• Participate in front end engineering for material cost & engineering hour estimates.
• Responsible for developing project instrumentation design standards.
• Produce DCS and PLC IO schematics.
• Specify control panels and produce subpanel layout drawings.
• Develop integrator scope of work documentation.
• Develop electrical equipment and packaged control system specifications.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Chemical Engineering. Completion of the fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam is a plus.
• Minimum 5+ years of instrumentation engineering experience.
• Experience with certification and code requirements (Awareness of Electrical Codes & Standards; IEC, NEC, UL for components certification, ISA, ASME, ANSI)
• Knowledge of hazardous area design.
• Must be knowledgeable in the use of computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AutoCAD)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to travel.

Some Things You Should Know

• This position is based in our Lenexa, KS office.
• No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
• The pace is fast!

Why Clayco?

• Best Places to Work – St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal.
• ENR – Top Midwest Contractors (#1), Top Design Build Contractors (#4), Top 400 Contractors (#23), ENR – Top Green Builders (#5).

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive Annual Salary: Based on qualifications, skills, training, experience, and location.
• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company performance and individual contribution.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!