Senior Instrument Engineer

4 weeks ago


Houston, United States Petroplan Full time

We are partnered with one of the first and largest U.S. exporters of LNG and are seeking a Senior Instrument Engineer to lead QA/QC of EPC contractor deliverables for Instrumentation (Detailed Design - Commissioning) on Floating LNG (FLNG) capital projects. This person will ensure designs meet contractual, regulatory, and industry standards for Liquefaction (LQF) & Pretreatment (PTF) facilities. We are requiring an expertise in Integrated Control & Safety Systems (ICSS) including DCS/BPCS, SIS, and FGS to guarantee safe, efficient, and reliable operations. You will work closely with Operations during startup while providing technical support.

***This position will require an in-office presence in Houston, TX 3 days per week and 2 days per week on site in Freeport, TX

Essential Functions & Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

- Review and comment on Specifications and Data Sheets

- Review and comment on Detailed Design Deliverables

- Review and comment on Procurement Packages

- Review and comment on Supplier Document Deliverables

- Participate in Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) of ICSS and other Instrumentation Systems (infrequent domestic and international travel should be expected)

- Participate in Site Acceptance Tests (SATs) of ICSS and packaged equipment

- Coordinate engineering and design interfaces between Instrumentation and other discipline teams in a strong matrix, multi-discipline project team environment.

- Review project deliverable documents for completeness and accuracy, and check and approve Instrument design drawings.

- Ensure EPC Contractor meets all regulatory requirements in a timely manner

- Review other disciplines and vendor print inter-squad drawings, and coordinate with other discipline leads to ensure effective quality product.

- Ensure Contractor compliance with project schedule for Engineering and Construction.

- Review as-built documentation process for all Instrumentation work.

- Ensure instrument design, construction, and testing is code compliant.

- Represent Owner in responses to EPC Contractor Change Orders

- Knowledgeable Subject Matter Expert on Process Control and Distributed Control Systems (DCS).

- Review Process Control narratives and the revision of these with any changes to control.

- Knowledgeable on Cause and Effect (SIS interlocks).

- Participation in Hazops and Hazids as required.

- Support Alarm Management. Interface with other Discipline Engineers and Operations to resolve issues.

- Support Process Trip Investigation during startup.

- Provide input to resolution of Process Control Design Issues found post-startup

- Ensure compliance with established site and corporate philosophies, standards, specifications and procedures related to the SIS, control and instrumentation.

- Provide guidance to Smartplant Instrument (SI) use on Train 4 and interface with existing Trains 1-3 database.

- Provide input to configuration of graphical displays

- Review all package unit inquiries and purchase order requisitions where instrumentation is to be furnished by a Vendor as part of the package unit.

- Review unpriced requisitions and purchase orders of equipment and address any Technical Deviations from Project requirements.

- Participate in any Contractor Engineering Audits for the Instrument Discipline

Competencies:

- Strong written and verbal technical communication skills.

- Excellent planning and organizational skills and be able to evaluate and prioritize multiple tasks to ensure alignment with project goals.

- Ability to effectively collaborate and work with all levels of the organization including operations, technical, plant management, contractors, vendors.

- Strong interpersonal and conflict resolutions skills

- Ability to work safely, efficiently and effective with minimal guidance and direction.

- Knowledgeable and familiar with tuning of loops, process control, DCS systems and graphics.

- Self-starter/motivated

- Excellent troubleshooting/analytical skills

- Familiarity with cyber security



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