Instrumentation Designer

Actalent; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 90.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Actalent is seeking an Intermediate to Principal Instrumentation Designer to lead senior I&C design; deliver complex instrumentation packages with mentorship to design teams. Calgary-based, hybrid work, EPC experience preferred.

The role emphasizes quality, timely delivery, and collaboration with process, electrical, mechanical, piping, and automation teams across energy, mining, and infrastructure projects.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience delivering complex instrumentation design on industrial projects (energy, mining, chemicals, infrastructure).
• Strong knowledge of I&C design systems, workflows, and SAP/KMS.
• Experience with process safety studies such as HAZOP and LOPA.
• Solid understanding of project scope, workshare, and delegation of design activities.
• Expertise with SPI, junction box, wiring diagrams, and P&IDs.
• Experience with EPC projects.

Aufgaben

• Lead and deliver high-quality instrumentation design services across projects, on time and within budget.
• Develop, coordinate, and assure quality of instrumentation deliverables through the full lifecycle.
• Provide technical direction and oversight to designers and drafting teams.
• Participate in project planning, reporting, and QA procedures.
• Ensure changes are managed per project change processes.
• Support procurement, construction, and commissioning with technical input.
• Coordinate with process, electrical, mechanical, piping, and automation disciplines.
• Identify risks and provide practical solutions; mentor junior staff.
• Communicate with clients, vendors, and construction partners.

Kenntnisse

Instrumentation design leadership

I&C design expertise

HAZOP/LOPA experience

P&ID & loop diagrams

Flow/level/temperature/pressure know‑/

Mentoring junior designers

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Ausbildung

Diploma in electrical or mechanical design

Tools

SAP

KMS

P&ID drafting tools

Jobbeschreibung

Job Title: Instrumentation Designer The Intermediate to Principal Instrumentation Designer provides senior-level design leadership and technical expertise for instrumentation and control (I&C) deliverables across major projects. This role is accountable for the quality, consistency, and timely delivery of complex instrumentation design packages in support of our clients, while providing technical mentorship to design teams.

Job Title: Instrumentation Designer The Intermediate to Principal Instrumentation Designer provides senior-level design leadership and technical expertise for instrumentation and control (I&C) deliverables across major projects. This role is accountable for the quality, consistency, and timely delivery of complex instrumentation design packages in support of our clients, while providing technical mentorship to design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver high-quality instrumentation design services that meet client and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, on time and within budget.
• Develop, coordinate, and ensure quality assurance of instrumentation design deliverables across the full project lifecycle (concept, FEED, detailed design, construction support).
• Provide technical direction and oversight to instrumentation designers and drafting teams, including task assignment, workload planning, and design reviews.
• Participate in project planning, progress reporting, and compliance with required checking and quality assurance procedures.
• Ensure project scope is clearly defined and that changes are managed in accordance with project change management processes.
• Support procurement, construction, and commissioning activities, including review of requisitions and technical bid evaluations, input to purchase orders and vendor documentation, and resolution of site and vendor queries.
• Coordinate closely with engineering disciplines (process, electrical, mechanical, piping, and automation) to ensure fully integrated designs.
• Proactively identify and resolve discrepancies between client design standards and requirements.
• Provide technical input into constructability, maintainability, and operability reviews.
• Support and mentor junior designers and engineers, fostering technical excellence and knowledge sharing within the instrumentation team.
• Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, including clients, vendors, and construction partners.
• Identify technical risks and issues, develop practical solutions, and elevate when appropriate.

Essential Skills

• Extensive experience delivering complex instrumentation design on industrial projects such as energy, mining, chemicals, or infrastructure.
• Strong working knowledge of I&C design systems, workflows, and document management tools such as SAP and KMS.
• Participation in process safety and operability studies like HAZOP and LOPA, and ability to translate outcomes into design requirements.
• Solid understanding of project scope development, workshare execution, and delegation of design activities.
• Strong working knowledge of core Instrumentation & Control design deliverables including junction box and marshalling panel layouts, P&IDs, loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, instrument location drawings, and more.
• Working knowledge of instrumentation selection and application, including flow measurement, level measurement, temperature measurement, and pressure measurement.
• Diploma in electrical or mechanical design.
• 5+ years to 15 years of experience as an electrical engineer.
• Expertise with SPI, junction box, wiring diagrams, and P&IDs.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with small to large EPC projects.
• Technical expertise in instrumentation controls.

Work Environment

This position is part of the I&C team, working on a variety of projects, including high-profile ones in Alberta. The role offers the flexibility of being based in Edmonton or Calgary. The work involves collaboration with various engineering disciplines and provides opportunities for leadership and mentorship within a growing team. The environment is dynamic, focusing on multi-billion dollar projects over several years.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Calgary, AB.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $80.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Calgary, AB.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Calgary,AB.

À propos d'Actalent

Actalent est un leader mondial dans les services dingénierie et de sciences ainsi que dans les solutions de talents. Nous aidons des entreprises visionnaires à faire progresser leurs initiatives dingénierie et de science grâce à laccès à des experts spécialisés qui favorisent léchelle, linnovation et la rapidité de mise sur le marché. Avec un réseau de près de 20 000 consultants et 5 000 clients à travers les États-Unis, le Canada, lAsie et lEurope, Actalent dessert de nombreuses entreprises du Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers dêtre lune des 500 meilleures firmes de conception en lEngineering News-Record (ENR) pour nos services de conception en ingénierie et un lauréat du prix ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® tant pour le service client que pour les talents.

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About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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