Nabors Industries · 10 hours ago
Controls & Automation Engineer III
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelNabors Industries is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry, seeking a highly skilled and motivated Controls Engineer to join their team. The role involves design support, implementation, deployment, and support for control systems for land-based drilling rigs, ensuring efficient and safe drilling operations.
EnergyIndustrialOil and Gas
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 3^rd 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
Qualification
Required
Strong understanding of drilling rig equipment and process
PLC hardware and programming
SCADA systems
Industrial networks and communications
Variable Frequency Drives (VFD's) and Power Systems
HMI development
Design and implementation of advanced control systems for land-based drilling rigs
Participation in customer and vendor facing meetings
Internal design and status reviews
Regular support activities such as lab and shop floor set-up
Integration testing
Factory and customer acceptance testing
Troubleshooting of drilling rig and associated equipment control systems
Providing technical support and guidance to internal field technicians and drilling operations and support teams
Ensuring all control systems comply with industry safety standards and regulations
Collaboration with engineering teams and operations teams
Preparation and maintenance of technical documentation for control systems and procedures
Training and mentoring junior engineers on control system design, implementation, and maintenance
Training and supporting field technicians on deployment, set-up, and commissioning of drilling rig and drilling equipment control systems
Company
Nabors Industries
Nabors Industries is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry.
Founded in 1952
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.1B2025-11-04Post Ipo Debt· $700M
2024-07-17Post Ipo Debt· $550M
2023-11-15Post Ipo Debt· $650M
Leadership Team
Anthony Petrello
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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