Principal Instrumentation and Control Engineer (PSC)

-; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Principal Instrumentation and Control Engineer for a contract role in Reading. The position involves executing project work for a Middle Eastern gas project on a hybrid basis, requiring substantial experience in instrumentation and control engineering, and HAZOP & SIL. The contract duration is approximately 12 months.

Qualifications

• Significant HAZOP & SIL experience is essential.
• Extensive experience in instrument and control engineering in the oil, gas, or petrochemical industry.
• Technical acumen with the latest advances in technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop specifications and prepare material requisitions for control systems and instruments.
• Prepare and provide technical input into project deliverables with quality standards.
• Advise on major slippages and unresolved differences with other Groups.

Skills

HAZOP & SIL experience

Instrument and control engineering

Technical documentation delivery

Material Take Off control

Technically astute

Education

BSc Electrical / Process / Process Control Engineering

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is currently recruiting for a Principal Instrumentation and Control Engineer (contract). The role will be working a Middle Eastern gas FEED project in our Reading office on a hybrid basis. The role will for around 12 months.

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The Role

Responsible for the execution of project work, in accordance with the Discipline Design Instructions, including Wood and/or Project Procedures on Safety and Quality Control, within the man-hour, cost budgets and the project schedule targets.

Our Clients and Projects

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Wood's Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and, or sheer scale. Just like the nature and expansiveness of our sectors, so is our Projects business, in its solutions, abilities and global track record. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Work scope:

• Develop specification and prepare material requisitions for control systems, instruments, control valves and all other instruments
• Issue material requisitions to the Material Management Department for enquiry, order placement and for any subsequent revisions
• Prepare the Master Requisition Index and update and issue it on a regular basis
• Review Vendors' quotations, prepare technical quotation evaluation and recommend the final technically acceptable Vendor, in conjunction with Materials Management Department commercial quotation evaluation. Technically approve Order Variation Summaries
• Hold co-ordination meetings and engineering review meetings with Vendors of major equipment as required
• Assess progress and procedure associated reports and input to the DMS. Derive and suggest plans to recover slippage, correct inefficiency and to take any resulting agreed actions
• Advise the Chief / Principal Instrument Engineer of any major slippages and their causes, all policy matters, major technical problems and unresolved differences with other Groups, and requests for changes by the Client which may constitute a contract change
• Assist in the preparation of Auxiliary Flow Diagrams as necessary
• Prepare, check, approve and provide technical input into project deliverables to the required quality standards in conformance with or better than, the approved budget and programme
• To provide relevant knowledgeable practical skills in the response and actions for:
  • Site visits and site surveys
  • Site queries and discussions
  • Supplier, vendor, contractor, client and site related discussions
• To prepare and support discipline contributions to Proposals including:
  • Interpretation of the discipline technical content of the Enquiry and understanding the relationship with other disciplines
  • Advise Proposal Manager of any omissions, anomalies, inconsistencies or interpretations and develop these to a conclusion
  • Definition of activities and deliverables
  • Prepare discipline man-hour estimates
  • Liaise with the Estimating Group on the preparation of equipment cost estimates and installation work content
  • Contribution to Proposal's discipline write up

QUALIFICATIONS

What makes you remarkable?

Expected:

• BSc Electrical / Process / Process Control Engineering
• Significant HAZOP & SIL experience
• Extensive experience in instrument and control engineering in the oil, gas or petrochemical industry
• To be technically astute and conversant with the latest advances in technology
• Ability to deliver documentation that is technical correct to the required standard and schedule
• Understand and control Material Take Off
• Experience in a similar role within the contractor environment is essential
• Prior experience reviewing Engineering Flow Diagrams and Piping Layouts and Models with reference to assigned equipment

Desirable:

Middle East project experience is preferable (Gas Plants, Refineries etc)