Control and Instrumentation Engineer - Energy Sector

Ramboll India Pvt Ltd; Chennai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ramboll India Pvt Ltd in Chennai seeks a Senior Instrumentation Engineer with extensive DCS experience to lead plant design tasks. The role involves reviewing P&IDs, selecting instruments, and ensuring system integrity across power and waste-to-energy projects.

You will coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, develop control philosophies, and contribute to safety and cyber-security compliance per IEC standards. Excellent English is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering.
• Extensive experience with DCS systems (ABB, Siemens, Yokogawa).
• Knowledge of ISO/IEC/ISA standards and Industry 4.0 integration.

Responsibilities

• Review P&IDs of complete power and related plants.
• Coordinate with Process/Mechanical teams; select instruments; finalize ranges.
• Prepare/review DCS/PLC specifications and control logic.
• Lead SCADA/DCS/PLC architecture design and safety concepts; support HAZOP.

Skills

P&ID review

DCS/PLC expertise

Industrial instrumentation

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering

Tools

ABB DCS

Siemens

Yokogawa

Job description

Company Description

About Ramboll Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. We have more than 18,000 experts working across our global operations in 35 countries. Our experts are leaders in their fields, developing and delivering innovative solutions in diverse markets including Buildings, Transport, Planning & Urban Design, Water, Environment & Health, Energy, and Management Consulting. We invite you to contribute to a more sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering company. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we together shape the societies of tomorrow. Ramboll in India Ramboll India is part of Ramboll Group owned by the Ramboll Foundation, with strong corporate values and long-term thinking. In India we have major offices in Gurugram, Noida, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai. Here, you can apply your professional passion for high quality and delivering innovative solutions within Buildings, Transport, Water, Environment & Health, Energy and Management Consulting. We invite you to contribute to a sustainable future, working in an open, collaborative, and empowering culture. We invite you to bring your passion, curiosity, positive energy, and technical expertise to develop sustainable solutions for industry projects worldwide. To succeed in this role, you must possess a strong technical background in industry engineering (Process, Chemical, Petrochemical, etc.), extensive experience as a Piping and Layout specialist, and the ability to lead project teams across Ramboll’s offices and geographies within the Plant Design discipline.

Job Description

• Review of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) of complete thermal power plant/ WtE plant/ Biogas plant/ Carbon Capture plant.
• Co-ordination with Process/ Mechanical team Selection of Instruments, finalisation of ranges etc., Preparation of Instrument interface with piping/equipment Review of Drawings, Data sheets of the instrumentation packages of complete power plant Selections of Control Valve, flow elements, analysers, etc., Co-ordinations with various suppliers in Proposal and Project phase to ensure the completion of engineering documents.
• Preparation and review of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) specifications, Data sheets, etc., Preparation/ Review of Sequential logics (Interlocks) and control loops for various key equipment in Thermal power plant Knowledge in NFPA-85 Boiler Combustion Control system Preparation/Review of cable schedule, interconnection charts between DCS/PLC, MCCs & JBs etc,. Preparation/ Review of Process Description and plant control Philosophy. Preparation of hook up drawings for instruments and control valves. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure designs meet project requirements. Knowledge in Cost preparation of complete Instrumentation package. Participation in HAZOP workshop Knowledge in Burner controls Site/ Shop acceptance test and report preparation Assisting Performance Guarantee Test of complete Thermal power plants. Review of quality documentations (ITP, FAT, SAT documentation). High level review of Electrical SLD, MCC/ VFD schematics. Lead the design and review of SCADA/DCS/PLC/PMS/EMS architectures, OT networks, OT/IT integration, industrial communications, and power management systems. Ensure functional safety and cybersecurity compliance through IEC 61508/61511/62443 implementation, HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA/SIL studies, risk assessments, and FAT/iFAT/SAT verification.

Qualifications

• The right person for this job will Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Electrical/ Instrumentation Engineering.
• Experience in design, installation, and commissioning of proven DCS systems such as ABB, Siemens, Yokogawa or similar.
• Well versed with ISO, IEC and ISA codes & standards.
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 integration with experience in IBM ERP systems or similar.
• Appreciate and enjoy the challenge of supporting a busy team.
• Good English communication skills for effective collaboration with team members and stakeholders.
• In total about 15 years of experience with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in Thermal power plants or similar.
• Independent and ability to lead the team.
• Knowledge in EfW/WtE or CCU equipment is an added advantage. Strong understanding of Vendor’s standards. Be diligent, focused and detail orientated. You are systematic and structures in your way of working, and you are creative minded.

Additional Information

Working at Ramboll To work at Ramboll means being part of a people organisation. We are focused on knowledge sharing and collaboration across competence areas and geometry, and we aim for a strong diversity among our employees. This enables us to solve a broad range of projects, and we firmly believe that cross-collaboration leads to creative and longstanding solutions. Thus, the possibilities at Ramboll are many and diverse –we invest a lot in the development of people and offer career paths tailored for each individual.

Experience Level Senior Level