Principal Instrumentation Engineer

4 weeks ago


Houston, United States PTS Advance Full time

Our Client is an exciting, new start-up company and they are part of a global organization within the Oil & Gas sector. They will provide Technical Engineering resources and support Green Energy development and deployment and support their parent company with the provision of Green Energy Solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior/Principal Instrumentation & Controls Engineer who will be based at their corporate Head Office in Houston (hybrid model).


Basic Functions and Responsibilities:

  • Acts as internal consultant to engineers and technical staff.
  • Applies sound and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices and carries out assignments which require the exercise of judgement and independent evaluation.
  • Assigned as area lead in a project or as a lead engineer in a smaller project
  • Assigns all engineering work including checking of calculations; reviews engineering sketches.
  • Assigns engineer to review drawings.
  • Checks drawings for conformity with design requirements. Stamps drawings as required.
  • Continually upgrades technical knowledge and capabilities.
  • Coordinates with other departments.
  • Develops standard specifications and design standards.
  • Ensures that drawing check is performed.
  • Functions as Lead Engineer on Major Projects
  • Keeps Department Chief informed of any changes in staffing requirements.
  • Maintains a copy of the relevant sections of the project estimate and generates change notices.
  • Makes independent decisions and recommendations on engineering problems and methods that are recognized as authoritative and have an important impact on engineering activities.
  • Negotiates critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies.
  • Organizes work to comply with project requirements.
  • Plans the work of engineers in programs of critical importance to the Company.
  • Prepares and updates the Discipline Design Basis for a project.
  • Prepares material requisitions and technical input to subcontract packages.
  • Provides overall supervision.
  • Recognized leader and authority in the company in a broad area of specialization or in a narrow but intensely specialized field.
  • Reviews and helps update drawing schedule. Makes man-hour forecasts.
  • Reviews other disciplines and vendor print intersquad drawings.
  • Saves original calculations for Department/Project files.
  • Uses advanced techniques and the modification and extension of theories, precepts and practices to solve problems.
  • Works with business development personnel on client proposals.


Education:

  • BS in Engineering
  • PE preferred


Required Skills and Experience:

  • Typically 15+ years experience, 13+ with a Master’s degree
  • SPI/INtools proficient
  • Minimum 5 yrs Lead Engineer or Control Systems Lead Engineer in the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical, refining industry on major projects.
  • Need good, rounded experience across controls - some field device as well as systems (Logic, DCS/PLC) knowledge.
  • Specifying and procurement of offline and inline Instrumentation/Analyzers systems.
  • Solid knowledge of ISA, API, API-14C, IEC standards.
  • Experience with complete engineering, design, specification, procurement and testing of DCS/SIS/Fire and Gas systems.
  • Experience supervising, coordinating and checking execution of engineering scope of work by subcontractor or High Value Center.
  • Lead experience of major projects
  • Experience in revamps a plus


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