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Principal Instrument Engineer

Petrofac

Aberdeen City

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 70,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

A leading company in the Oil and Gas industry is seeking a Principal Instrument Engineer for a 6-month contract in Aberdeen. The role involves providing engineering input, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and delivering technical expertise on instrumentation modifications. The position offers a full-time engagement outside IR35, inviting Limited Companies for collaboration.

Qualifications

  • Experience with DCS, ESD F&G, and Metering systems.
  • Ability to conduct site surveys and produce calculations.

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering input for project work scopes.
  • Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
  • Produce discipline documentation deliverables.

Skills

Engineering
Technical Expertise
Health and Safety Compliance

Job description

Principal Instrument Engineer

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Petrofac is seeking an Instrument Engineer 2- Contractor for 6 months based in Aberdeen, UK.

The role is outside IR35 and we invite Limited Companies to engage.

The scope of services will be reviewed should there be a significant change to client support requirements.

Scope Of Services
  • Provide engineering input to estimates for project work scopes
  • Provide input to progress and planning meetings
  • Provide technical expertise to specify modifications to existing equipment or purchasing new equipment including but not limited to:
  • DCS, ESD F&G and Metering system modifications
  • Field Instrumentation including Pressure, Level, Temperature, Flow and Specialist Measurements.
  • Valves
  • SIL, High Integrity Systems (HIPPS)
  • Measurement and Metering
  • Industrial Networking and Communications
  • Provide technical expertise to resolve technical queries, ensuring all design changes are captured by the change control process
  • Conduct site surveys on offshore or onshore assets
  • Produce calculations required for the role and participate in design reviews
  • Provide checking and approval of discipline documents; complete interdisciplinary checks where necessary
  • Produce discipline documentation deliverables for work packs
  • Support Asset Safety Case and PFEER performance standards, ensuring discipline engineering activities do not compromise safety
  • Ensure compliance with company procedures, industry, international, and client codes and standards
  • Ensure all work complies with Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality policies and procedures
  • Approve dispensations to codes or standards where justified
Deliverables
  • Control system philosophy and Software scopes of Work
  • Specifications
  • Vendor Statement of Requirements
  • Survey Reports
  • PEPs
  • Instrument and I/O Schedules
  • Instrument / Equipment / JB / IO / Alarm Schedule
  • Label Schedules
  • Calculations for Orifice Plates, Valves, etc.
  • Equipment Data Sheets
  • Requisitions (including SDRL)
  • SIL Assessment
  • Spares/Equipment List
  • Weight control sheets
  • MELS and MDRS
  • Workpack input
Design Deliverables To Check
  • Block Diagrams or Single line diagrams
  • Cause & Effect Diagrams
  • Instrument Cable Block Diagram
  • Cable Tray Routing & Layout Diagrams
  • Panel and Equipment Room Layouts
  • Panel Wiring Diagram
  • Destruct Drawing
  • Instrument Mounting / Support Details
  • Logic & Loop Diagrams
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Cable Interconnection Diagrams
  • Cable; Panel & Junction box Termination Diagrams
  • Junction Box Termination Diagram
  • Pneumatic, Chemical, Hydraulic Hook-up Diagrams and Schematics
  • Installation or storyboard diagrams
  • Cable Schedule
  • Requisition - Bulk Bill of Materials
Additional Information
Seniority level
  • Not Applicable
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
  • Oil and Gas

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