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Instrumentation and Controls Engineer, Data Center Power Generation opening in Pike County, OH at SB Energy DevCo (US), LLC. Real opening, seen on the employer's official posting — the application link and contact live in the portal (free account).
Job description
<div class="content-intro"><p>Do you want to work with high-caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future.</p>
<p>Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California. In 2026, SoftBank Group and OpenAI announced a $1 billion investment to support SB Energy as their leading development and execution partner for data center campuses, while Ares Infrastructure continues its long-standing support of the company's growth. SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States. Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide.</p>
<p>SB Energy also leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load. We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today.</p>
<p>Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition!</p></div><p><strong>Basic Function</strong></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Engineer - DC Power Generation will serve as SB Energy’s owner-side I&C subject matter expert for simple-cycle and combined-cycle gas power generation projects. This role will provide technical oversight throughout engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover, helping ensure plant instrumentation and control systems support safe, reliable, and coordinated operation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The engineer will coordinate I&C design interfaces among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors, control system suppliers, consultants, and SB Energy’s internal teams. Key responsibilities include reviewing design packages, resolving technical questions, and developing coordinated owner responses to requests for information (RFIs), submittals, and proposed design changes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Instrumentation and Controls Engineering Oversight</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":140,"335559739":80}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Review instrument specifications, instrument indexes, input/output (I/O) lists, loop diagrams, instrument installation details, control valve requirements, and panel designs.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">OEM and EPC Interface Coordination</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":140,"335559739":80}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Coordinate I&C interfaces among gas turbine, steam turbine, heat recovery steam generator, generator, and balance-of-plant packages, as applicable to each project configuration.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Establish and maintain clear interface requirements, scope boundaries, responsibilities, and required engineering deliverables among OEMs, the EPC contractor, and control system suppliers.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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