Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer - Oil and Gas

About this role

Who We Are

Atwell, LLC is a bold leader in the consulting, engineering, and construction services industry, delivering a broad range of creative solutions to clients in the real estate & land development, and energy markets. We have a strong national presence and a diverse, award-winning project portfolio. Atwell is a privately owned company, with 2,000+ passionate team members across 75+ locations and growing!

Atwell, LLC is a proud recipient of the following 2025 awards:

• Ten consecutive years in a row as a “Best Place to Work” by Zweig Group (#11)

• Recognized as #70 in the ENR Top 500 Design Firms, ranked in every region

• Recognized in Crain's “Fast 50” as one of the fastest-growing companies (#14)

• Recognized as the 2025 ENR Design Firm of the year for the Southeastern US

Position Snapshot

Atwell is hiring an Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer with oil and gas experience to support natural gas, CO₂, hydrogen, RNG, and midstream pipeline/facility projects. This role will focus on electrical power distribution, instrumentation, controls coordination, equipment specification, and construction support for pipeline and facility projects.

You’ll support E&I engineering from concept through design, procurement, construction, and commissioning while coordinating with multi-discipline project teams to ensure safe, compliant, practical, and constructible designs.

Essential Functions

• Lead and support electrical and instrumentation engineering tasks for oil and gas pipeline and facility projects.

• Provide technical guidance to designers, engineers, and project teams while reviewing and implementing client-requested design changes.

• Serve as a technical liaison with clients, EPC partners, vendors, internal teams, and construction personnel.

• Support project execution by communicating scope, schedule, technical requirements, risks, and design changes.

• Mentor junior engineers and designers while promoting collaboration across civil, mechanical, structural, process, controls, and survey teams.

• Maintain and apply E&I best practices, industry standards, client requirements, and Atwell design procedures.

• Travel to client sites, Atwell offices, vendor facilities, and active jobsites as needed.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

• Professional Engineer license preferred, or ability to obtain based on state and project requirements.

• Oil and gas, midstream, pipeline, industrial, or facility engineering experience strongly preferred.

Day to Day

• Act as an E&I engineering resource for pipeline and facility projects, including compressor stations, meter and regulator stations, terminals, valve sites, pump stations, and related midstream facilities.

• Develop and review electrical and instrumentation design deliverables, including one-lines, load lists, cable and conduit schedules, grounding plans, area classification, lighting, heat trace, I/O lists, loop drawings, and instrument location plans.

• Coordinate with process and mechanical teams on P&IDs, equipment layouts, instrumentation requirements, control narratives, and package equipment interfaces.

• Prepare and review equipment specifications and data sheets for switchgear, MCCs, transformers, panels, VFDs, generators, UPS systems, instrumentation, analyzers, PLC/RTU panels, SCADA, telecom, and related E&I equipment.

• Perform or review electrical studies such as short circuit, protective device coordination, arc flash, voltage drop, motor starting, cable sizing, and grounding calculations using SKM, ETAP, or similar software.

• Support procurement through RFP packages, vendor bid evaluations, technical clarifications, equipment reviews, and coordination with suppliers.

• Provide construction and commissioning support, including RFIs, submittal reviews, FAT/SAT…