Senior Instrumentation Engineer

EUROTECNICA Contractors and Engineers S.p.A.; Varese; In loco; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading engineering company in Varese, Italy, is seeking a Senior Instrumentation Engineer to lead instrumentation activities on projects. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Automation or Electrical engineering and at least 7 years of experience in engineering design in the Oil & Gas or Power sectors. Responsibilities include coordinating discipline activities, interfacing with clients, and providing technical expertise. Proficiency in Italian and English is required, along with availability for business trips.

Competenze

• Minimum 7-8 years of work experience in engineering design in Oil & Gas or Power sectors is preferred.
• Proactivity, initiative, ability to work independently and in a team.
• Fluent in Italian and English (written and spoken).
• Availability for short and long-term national and international business trips.

Mansioni

• Discuss project execution strategy and time schedule with Project Manager and Head of Department.
• Coordinate discipline activities to ensure consistency with project requirements.
• Cooperate with other disciplines’ leaders for project execution.
• Identify deviations by contract scope of work and their impact on the project.
• Interface with Customers, Vendors, and Manufacturers for instrumentation subjects.
• Provide instrumentation engineering expertise for project design and development.
• Check and approve project documentation.
• Contribute to Hazard and Operability studies.
• Provide technical support to procurement department.

Formazione

Bachelor’s Degree in Automation / Electrical engineering

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Senior Instrumentation Engineer is responsible for activities related to its discipline within a project or across projects assigned. He / She guides, as Discipline Leader, a group of instrumentation engineers assigned to the project, for the development of deliverables and execution of activities of instrumentation and automation discipline according to the project schedule in compliance with safety and technological requirements and standards defined for the project.

He / She reports to the Project Manager and Process Automation Manager for the project related activities, while reports to the Head of Department for resource management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Automation / Electrical engineering.
• Minimum +7 / 8 years of work experience in engineering design in Oil & Gas or Power sectors is preferred.
• Proactivity, sense of initiative, ability to work independently and in a team.
• Fluent in Italian and English (written and spoken).
• Availability to short and long term national and international business trips.
• We encourage candidates who may not meet every single requirement to apply, as we provide opportunities for growth and learning.

Main tasks and responsibilities

During the project execution the main tasks and responsibilities of Senior Instrumentation Engineer are :

• Discuss with Project Manager and Head of Department the project execution strategy and project time schedule
• Coordinate the discipline activities ensuring consistency with schedule, project requirements, technological requirements, safety requirements and standards defined for the project
• Cooperate with other disciplines’ leaders for the project execution
• Identifies deviations by contract scope of work and their impact on the project.
• Interface with Customer, Vendors and Manufacturers for instrumentation subjects
• Provide instrumentation engineering expertise for the design and development of the project
• Checks and approves the documentation related to the project before issuing
• Contribute to Hazard and Operability studies (HazOp), Hazard Identification studies (HazId), risk assessment, SIL assignment
• Provide technical support to procurement department (Technical Bid Evaluation)

As part of the Process Automation and Electrical Department, the Senior Instrumentation Engineer :

• Provides feedback to Head of Department to increase efficiency of the team assigned to the project
• Assist in the development of departmental procedures, standards and work instructions
• Trains colleagues technically according to the needs of the Department transferring competences and sharing experiences
• Keeps himself updated about the instrumentation design and promotes improvements
• Pursues the continuous improvement of his technical and managerial competences

Possible additional tasks

• He / She can be Department representative during technical meetings with Customers or Manufacturers.
• He / She can be Company representative at plant site
• He / She can be assigned at site as pre-commissioning / commissioning supervisor and start-up supervisor for all those activities related to plant process automation
• He / She can check pre-commissioning, commissioning procedure related to plant process automation prepared by others
• He / She can assist Customer during plant running, plant fine tuning and for plant data collection
• He / She can be Company representative for manufacturer inspection
• He / She can support Commercial Department in the preparation of technical proposal and to attend at technical / commercial meetings