Lead Control & Instrument Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm seeks a Lead Control and Instrumentation Engineer for a 12-month contract in Aberdeen. The role involves team leadership on various capital projects in the Chemical, Oil and Gas industries while ensuring compliance and effective budget management.

Qualifications

• Experience in Medium/Large capital projects from concept to start-up.
• Experience on UK projects using UK standards essential.
• Offshore experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the C&I team through all phases of project delivery.
• Manage and control budget for C&I central projects.
• Develop Instrument Engineering deliverables on a project basis.

Skills

Budget control

Communication

Instrumentation Engineering Design

Project execution

Compliance

Education

Degree in related discipline

Chartered Engineer status (working towards)

Tools

DCS/PLC/SIS systems

Flow devices/control valves

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Lead C&I Engineer

Contract Length: 12 Month Contract

Location: Aberdeen

IR35 Status: Inside IR35 PAYE

Rate: Negotiable rate dependant on experience

Hybrid: 3 days office, 2 Days home

Overview:

Our Client are currently recruiting for an experienced Lead Control and Instrumentation Engineer to join their project delivery team in Aberdeen on a 12-month contract basis. This role will require a strong focus on leadership responsibilities, including budget oversight, planning, cost control, and team management.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Control and Instrumentation (C&I) team through all phases of project delivery, ensuring high standards of performance and timely completion on a long-standing Master Service Agreement.
• Develop, manage, and control the budget for C&I central projects on the MSA, ensuring cost efficiency while maintaining project quality.
• Work activities will include both project and proposal work where both the technical approach and continuity must be aligned.
• Work activities for both projects and proposals will be executed across all phases of projects including Conceptual Studies; Basic; FEED and Detailed Design.
• Projects and proposals are for process plants and facilities across the Chemical; Oil and Gas; Power and Energy Transition/ New Energy sectors.
• Project work will include the development of Instrument Engineering deliverables as required on a project-by-project basis.

Qualifications:

Skills / Qualifications

• Experience in Instrument Engineering Design on Medium / Large capital projects from concept to start-up.
• Experience working on UK projects using UK standards essential
• Competent in working within the C&I Discipline of a contracting organisation.
• Competent to Lead the C&I Discipline interface with other Disciplines.
• Very good proactive communicator. The role involves liaison with Client Engineers & Project Management.
• Degree qualified for the related discipline.
• Have or work towards Chartered Engineer status as a Member of the Institute of Measurement and Control (IMC) or Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
• Proven ability for equipment specification and the selection and in ensuring compliance from the suppliers, preferably within an EPC contracting organization.
• Competent in project execution using selected design tools and techniques.
• Competent in budget & Schedule control/monitoring and reporting.
• Competent in design safety, and constructability.
• To be able to work to Company standards.
• Innovative when appropriate.
• Competent in Electrical protection methodologies.
• Competent in Specification, technical bid analysis, and requisitioning of Field Instrumentation and Analysers.
• Competent in the application, specification, and requisitioning of DCS, PLC, and SIS systems, with experience in the system's full lifecycle.
• Competent in the Specification / Design / Implementation of Hazardous Area Instrumentation (ATEX).
• Competent in Instrumentation and Control requirements for Mechanical packages.
• Competent in P&ID development.
• Competent in the Sizing of flow devices/control valves/relief devices
• Offshore experience
• BOSIET/MIST (Preffered)