Lead Safety System Engineer

Yokogawa; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational automation firm in Abu Dhabi is seeking a highly experienced engineering leader for their Safety Instrumented Systems team. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering and over 14 years of experience in instrumentation and control systems. Responsibilities include leading design and testing phases, coordinating with customer engineers, and ensuring compliance with project specifications. This role emphasizes commitment to safety and quality, aligning with the company’s mission of fostering innovation within a diverse workplace.

Qualifications

• Minimum 14 years of experience in Instrumentation and Control and Safety Systems.
• Safety Training B Certificates required.
• TUV Functional Safety Engineer Certification preferable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Safety System Engineering Team in a project.
• Review Project technical requirements Specifications and Standards.
• Preparation and review of work procedures and hardware/product specifications.
• Report to the Project Manager on daily activities.
• Perform and review detailed engineering design assembly and testing.

Skills

Knowledge of IT basics

Project Report writing skills

Project Design Engineering Packages and related Software

Education

Degree in Engineering Field (Instrumentation, Electronics, or Electrical)

Job description

Not just a job but a career

Yokogawa award winner for Best Asset Monitoring Technology and Best Digital Twin Technology at the HP Awards is a leading provider of industrial automation test and measurement information systems and industrial services in several industries.

Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition (bio)technology artificial intelligence industrial cybersecurity etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

About the Team

Our 18000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission to co-innovate tomorrow. We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our return we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect value creation collaboration integrity and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.

Job Purpose

To lead the detailed engineering design assembly and testing team of various Safety Instrumented Systems as per the project specification requirements.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Lead the Safety System Engineering Team in a project.
• Reviewing the Project technical requirements Specifications and Standards.
• Preparation and review of work procedures and hardware/ product specifications.
• Reporting to the Project Manager on day to day activities.
• Performing and reviewing the detailed engineering design assembly and testing of the system as per the Project specification requirements.
• Preparation and review of Bill of Material for various Safety Systems.
• Coordination with Customer Engineers for technical issues.
• Preparation and review of Purchase Order for various Projects Materials.
• Assisting the Project Engineer and Senior Project Engineer as and when required for technical issues.
• Preparation of Safety Validation Plan for Safety Projects.
• Coordination with Document Controller for Control of Project documentation and QC Engineer for Inspection and Testing related activities.
• Arranging Internal Meeting/ Project walk through for achieving Project milestones.
• Project Progress Monitoring and control.
• Participating site acceptance test commissioning and start-up activities.
• Adhering to the Project Schedule & Project Quality Plan.
• Preparation of scope of work deviations and tracking.

Qualification and Experience

• A Degree in Engineering Field Preferably in Instrumentation or Electronics or Electrical.
• Minimum 14 years experience in the field of Instrumentation and Control and Safety Systems.
• Safety Training B Certificates.
• TUV Functional Safety Engineer Certification (Preferable)

Required Competencies / Skills

• Knowledge of IT basics and Microsoft Applications.
• Project Report writing skills.
• Project Design Engineering Packages and related Software.

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse equitable and inclusive will actively recruit develop and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience knowledge thinking styles perspective cultural background and socioeconomic will not discriminate based on race skin color age sex gender identity and expression sexual orientation religion belief political opinion nationality ethnicity place of origin disability family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong contribute succeed and demonstrate their full potential.