Senior Instrumentation Control Engineer

Duncan & Ross Consulting; Habshan; On-site; AED 502,000 - 893,000; Full time

Job summary

Duncan & Ross Consulting seeks an experienced Senior Instrumentation Engineer to lead on a UAE onshore EPC project. You will coordinate instrumentation design, installation, testing, and commissioning activities across multiple disciplines with a strong emphasis on ADNOC requirements and international standards.

The role demands extensive site-based experience, strong collaboration with clients, contractors, and vendors, and proven expertise in DCS/SCADA systems and instrument deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant instrumentation engineering experience in oil & gas, petrochemical, or industrial EPC projects.
• ADNOC-approved engineer with valid/current approval.
• Strong experience in onshore oil & gas EPC projects.
• Proven construction and commissioning experience with significant site-based exposure.
• Experience with DCS, ESD, F&G, PLC, SCADA, and other industrial control systems.
• Strong knowledge of instrumentation engineering, installation, testing, calibration, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities.
• Experience coordinating instrumentation interfaces with all engineering disciplines.
• Strong understanding of international instrumentation codes, standards, and ADNOC project requirements.
• Experience resolving site engineering issues and providing practical construction solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level instrumentation engineering support for onshore EPC project execution.
• Review and develop instrumentation engineering deliverables, specifications, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Lead and coordinate instrumentation engineering activities with Process, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, Civil, Structural, Telecom, ICSS, DCS, and other disciplines.
• Review instrumentation design documents including instrument index, I/O lists, instrument datasheets, specifications, hook-up drawings, loop diagrams, cable schedules, and termination drawings.
• Review and coordinate P&IDs, control system interfaces, instrument locations, and instrumentation layouts.
• Ensure instrumentation design and installation activities comply with project specifications, ADNOC requirements, applicable codes, and international standards.
• Provide technical support to construction teams during instrument installation, calibration, tubing, cabling, termination, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Resolve site technical queries, RFIs, engineering issues, and construction-related instrumentation problems.
• Review contractor and vendor technical submissions, method statements, material approvals, and instrumentation documentation.
• Coordinate with QA/QC teams for instrumentation inspection, testing, calibration, and documentation.
• Support installation and testing of field instruments, control valves, analyzers, transmitters, switches, gauges, and associated instrumentation systems.
• Support DCS, ESD, F&G, PLC, and other control system interfaces and integration activities.
• Participate in loop checking, continuity checks, functional testing, cause & effect verification, and pre-commissioning activities.
• Provide technical support during commissioning, start-up, and troubleshooting of instrumentation and control systems.
• Participate in FAT, SAT, inspections, design reviews, technical meetings, and commissioning activities as required.
• Coordinate with commissioning teams to ensure instrumentation systems are mechanically complete, tested, and ready for commissioning.
• Monitor site progress and ensure instrumentation construction activities are executed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, quality requirements, and project schedules.
• Support punch-list clearance, system handover, and final project documentation.

Skills

Instrumentation engineering

Site-based experience

Multidisciplinary coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, or related

Tools

DCS

ESD

SCADA

Instrumentation deliverables

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Instrumentation Engineer to support an onshore EPC project in the UAE. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical leadership, engineering coordination, construction support, and commissioning assistance for instrumentation systems throughout project execution. The role requires extensive site-based experience, close coordination with multidisciplinary engineering and construction teams, clients, contractors, and vendors, and strong knowledge of ADNOC requirements and applicable international standards.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide senior-level instrumentation engineering support for onshore EPC project execution.
• Review and develop instrumentation engineering deliverables, specifications, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Lead and coordinate instrumentation engineering activities with Process, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, Civil, Structural, Telecom, ICSS, DCS, and other disciplines.
• Review instrumentation design documents including instrument index, I/O lists, instrument datasheets, specifications, hook-up drawings, loop diagrams, cable schedules, and termination drawings.
• Review and coordinate P&IDs, control system interfaces, instrument locations, and instrumentation layouts.
• Ensure instrumentation design and installation activities comply with project specifications, ADNOC requirements, applicable codes, and international standards.
• Provide technical support to construction teams during instrument installation, calibration, tubing, cabling, termination, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Resolve site technical queries, RFIs, engineering issues, and construction-related instrumentation problems.
• Review contractor and vendor technical submissions, method statements, material approvals, and instrumentation documentation.
• Coordinate with QA/QC teams for instrumentation inspection, testing, calibration, and documentation.
• Support installation and testing of field instruments, control valves, analyzers, transmitters, switches, gauges, and associated instrumentation systems.
• Support DCS, ESD, F&G, PLC, and other control system interfaces and integration activities.
• Participate in loop checking, continuity checks, functional testing, cause & effect verification, and pre-commissioning activities.
• Provide technical support during commissioning, start-up, and troubleshooting of instrumentation and control systems.
• Participate in FAT, SAT, inspections, design reviews, technical meetings, and commissioning activities as required.
• Coordinate with commissioning teams to ensure instrumentation systems are mechanically complete, tested, and ready for commissioning.
• Monitor site progress and ensure instrumentation construction activities are executed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, quality requirements, and project schedules.
• Support punch-list clearance, system handover, and final project documentation.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Instrumentation, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in instrumentation engineering, preferably within oil & gas, petrochemical, or industrial EPC projects.
• ADNOC-approved engineer with valid/current approval.
• Strong experience in onshore oil & gas EPC projects.
• Proven construction and commissioning experience with significant site-based exposure.
• Strong knowledge of instrumentation engineering, installation, testing, calibration, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities.
• Experience with DCS, ESD, F&G, PLC, SCADA, and other industrial control systems.
• Strong knowledge of instrument index, I/O lists, instrument datasheets, hook-ups, loop diagrams, cable schedules, instrument layouts, and related engineering deliverables.
• Experience coordinating instrumentation interfaces with all engineering disciplines.
• Strong understanding of relevant international instrumentation codes, standards, and ADNOC project requirements.
• Experience in resolving site engineering issues and providing practical construction solutions.