Instrumentation & Controls Internship

Energy Management

Energy Management oversees MU’s district-energy system, which provides utility services to more than 15 million square feet of facilities including hospitals and clinics, a research reactor, research facilities, laboratories, academic buildings, residential halls, dining facilities, recreational and athletic facilities, computing centers and administrative buildings. Utility services include steam, electricity, drinking water, chilled water, utility distribution, insulation services, energy automation and commissioning, energy conservation, and off-campus utility coordination.

The University of Missouri (MU) was recognized in 2017 as a national leader in the development and use of renewable energy by EPA's Green Power Partnership. The MU campus now uses 40% of its energy from a renewable portfolio of biomass, wind and solar!
Nature and Level of Work

Perform skilled work specializing in the operation, inspection, calibration and tuning, maintenance and repair, and installation of microprocessor-based PC based, pneumatic, analog, electro-hydraulic control systems and electrical devices for university power plant substations and water wells.

Key Responsibilities

Perform calibration of plant instrumentation, metering, valves, dampers, actuators, controllers as required to maintain reliability. Work with high pressure steam, water, and hydraulics with pressures up to 2500 psig and temperatures up to 1000 F; occasionally working around high voltage electricity up to 13,800 volts.

Install plant instrumentation devices including running signal and control wiring, conduit connections, termination, process connections, tubing, configuration and programming.

Maintain and repair plant microprocessor based DCS (Distributed Control System), PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers), HMI (Human Machine Interface), including repairs and replacements to control modules, I/O interface boards, relays, and power supplies, etc.

Use DCS, PLC and HMI engineering software tools to troubleshoot plant process control and instrumentation problems.  Assist with the implementation and maintenance of plant SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Systems.

Maintain and repair the plant's CEMS (Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems), including repairs, routine calibrations, calibration audits.  Keep documentation and records or maintenance for the CEMS equipment.

Safely coordinate work with power plant operations to prevent upset and/or trip of the plant or plant systems by following all plant safety practices including, but not limited to, wearing of personal protective equipment as required, following all lockout and tag out procedures, following all confined space procedures, and attending safety meetings and training sessions.

Perform other duties as assigned.