Senior Instrumentation and Control System Engineer

Yara International ASA; City Of Karratha; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing allowance

Karratha housing allowance

Regional location allowance

Annual bonus (up to 1 month salary)

Health and Wellness allowance

Relocation assistance

Flight coverage for dependents

Parental leave (6 months)

Salary packaging

Job summary

Yara Pilbara is seeking a Senior Instrumentation and Control System Engineer to lead instrumentation and control systems across production plants, focusing on SIS lifecycle and risk reduction. The role drives reliability, safety, and performance improvements in a complex petrochemical environment.

The successful candidate will oversee capital projects, MOC processes, and long-term asset strategies, while mentoring engineers and coordinating with operations, maintenance, and OEMs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation Engineering with experience in control systems.
• MIEAust and/or functional safety certification is advantageous.
• 12+ years' experience in petrochemical or similar process industries.
• Strong experience with DCS, ESD and PLC systems, including configuration and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting both operating plant reliability and brownfield capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as the site SME for instrumentation, control systems, analysers and valves across both production plants.
• Provide technical leadership for instrumentation and control system reliability, performance, safety and compliance.
• Lead the lifecycle management of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) including HAZOPs, LOPAs, SIL assessments and testing.
• Develop and govern instrumentation, control and alarm management standards and specifications.
• Drive troubleshooting, root cause investigations and reliability improvements for critical equipment.
• Lead instrumentation and control aspects of capital projects and MOC processes.
• Develop long-term asset, maintenance and obsolescence strategies for instrumentation, SIS, fire and gas systems.
• Optimize maintenance and reliability strategies to maximise availability and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering teams and OEMs on technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers and technicians with day-to-day engineering support.

Skills

Instrumentation engineering

Control systems (DCS/PLC/ESD)

SIS lifecycle management

Hazop/LOPA/SIL

Root cause analysis

Contractor management

SAP

SCADA / instrumentation management

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation Engineering

MIEAust certification

Functional Safety Engineer certification (TÜV)

Tools

SAP

Instrumentation management systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Area of Expertise: Technical Expertise and Support

Job Type: Permanent

Job Requisition ID: 25507

Senior Instrumentation and Control System Engineer

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About the role

This permanent full-time role reports to the Engineering & Reliability Superintendent , and acts as the discipline Subject Matter Expert (SME) for instrumentation systems and proficiency in control systems (DCS, PLC, ESD) across both of our sites (ammonia, and technical ammonium nitrate).

The role leads complex troubleshooting, capital projects, SIS lifecycle management, and long-term reliability and obsolescence strategies.

What you’ll do day-to-day

• Act as the site Subject Matter Expert (SME) for instrumentation, control systems, analysers and control valves across both production plants.
• Provide technical leadership for instrumentation and control system reliability, performance, safety and compliance.
• Lead the lifecycle management of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), including HAZOPs, LOPAs, SIL assessments, testing and validation activities.
• Develop, maintain and govern instrumentation, control and alarm management standards, philosophies and engineering specifications.
• Drive troubleshooting, root cause investigations and reliability improvements for critical plant equipment and control systems.
• Lead instrumentation and control aspects of capital projects, plant modifications and Management of Change (MOC) processes.
• Develop long-term asset, maintenance and obsolescence strategies for instrumentation, SIS, fire and gas systems, analysers and field devices.
• Optimise maintenance and reliability strategies to maximise equipment availability, plant performance and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering teams and OEMs to deliver technical solutions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and technicians while providing day-to-day engineering support across the sites.

Your work-life balance

• 5 weeks paid annual leave
• Optional RDO roster delivering 16 additional paid days off per year
• Residential role based in Karratha - no FIFO

What’s on offer

• Choice of complimentary employer-provided housing or a $46,000 per year Karratha housing allowance
• $35,000 per year regional location allowance
• Annual bonus - target of up to one month’s base salary
• $1,000 per year Health and Wellness allowance
• $3,000 per year utilities reimbursement (electricity/water)
• Flights for you and your dependents, twice per year (after initial service period)
• Relocation assistance
• 6 months paid primary parental leave
• Salary packaging and active Social Club

Why Yara?

• Low turnover, long‑tenured workforce
• Strong internal promotion culture
• Long-term career stability with a leading global organisation

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation Engineering, with experience in Control systems.
• MIEAust and/or relevant professional certification. Functional Safety Engineer certification (e.g. TÜV) highly regarded.
• 12+ years' experience in petrochemical, gas processing, oil refining or similar process industries.
• Strong experience with DCS, ESD and PLC systems, including configuration and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting both operating plant reliability and brownfield capital projects, including commissioning activities, within a process manufacturing environment.
• Sound knowledge of engineering standards, functional safety requirements and statutory obligations.
• Strong contractor management, root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to review PLC logic and implement minor software changes.
• Experience using SAP, instrumentation management systems and the Microsoft Office suite.

About Yara Pilbara

Yara Pilbara is part of Yara International, a global crop nutrition company. The Pilbara site is one of the world’s largest ammonia production facilities, with downstream processing through the Yara Pilbara Nitrates Technical Ammonium Nitrate plant, a joint venture with Orica. Together with ENGIE, Yara Pilbara is also developing a renewable hydrogen plant to produce renewable ammonia.

Yara reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement prior to the closing date without prior notice.

Apply no later than

20 September 2026

Knowledge grows through differences Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchoredDiversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

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