Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

LutechResources; Chiswick; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Job Overview:

Control and instrumentation design engineering. Work includes overseeing the design and testing of large-scale plant ICSS; liaising with client, partners and vendor; review and approval of ICSS vendor documentation; issuing studies, specifications and procedures.

Essential Qualifications and Education

• Accredited engineering degree, preferably MEng
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status
• Member of a Professional Institution (e.g. IET, InstMC)
• Typically 15 years of control and instrumentation and ICSS design experience
• Experience of all project phases from conceptual design to construction and commissioning support
• Experience of acting as the responsible engineer in charge of engineering major equipment or systems on projects
• Comfortable with schedule planning and estimating workhour and material requirements
• Demonstrable in-depth knowledge and understanding of control system engineering and field instruments
• Familiarity with current codes and standards
• Awareness of both current and emerging technologies

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Be accountable to both Project and Engineering Management as well as the Departmental Manager
• Coordinate the required flow of design information between disciplines
• Ensure the quality and technical integrity of the instrument and control design including:
• Defining the control and instrument philosophy including the technologies used
• Checking and approving of all types of design and requisitioning documentation
• Coordinating and liaising with third parties including vendors and clients
• Review, checking and approval of third-party supplier drawings and documentation for all types of instrumentation and control system equipment
• Participate in Safety reviews including HAZOPS and SIL/LOPA meetings for SIS and HIPPS scopes
• Preparation and review of Instrument specifications, and other miscellaneous Instrument documents
• Review of ICSS systems and cabinet design, including FAT/IFAT where necessary
• Hardware/Software typical development
• Preparation of ICSS IO estimates for HW/SW freeze preparation
• Preparation/Review of Cause and Effects
• Prepare execution plans and estimates for proposals