Senior Automation Engineer

SPERTON - Where Great People Meet; Stavanger, Sandnes; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sperton Norway seeks a Senior SAS Engineer to join a long-term contractual project in Stavanger. You will lead the design, integration and verification of safety and automation systems, including ESD/PSD and fire & gas protection, coordinating with process, electrical and safety disciplines offshore.

The role requires strong knowledge of IEC 61508/61511, proven ability to specify and dimension SAS equipment, and a track record in offshore EPCI projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in SAS engineering or related field.
• Ability to specify, dimension and integrate process control & safety systems.
• Experience with fire & gas detection and protection/shutdown systems (ESD/PSD).

Responsibilities

• Participate as SAS engineer in EPCI modification/maintenance.
• Design and integrate SAS systems for process, utility and electrical interfaces.
• Lead safety reviews for fire and gas systems.
• Follow up vendor documentation and FAT testing.
• Prepare and maintain system design documentation and block logic.

Skills

SAS engineering

Process control systems

Fire & gas detection

HMI design

Project coordination

Tools

IEC 61508/61511

Job description

• Discipline: SAS- Control Systems
• Start date: 21/07/2026
• End date: 30/03/2031
• Location: Stavanger

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced "Senior SAS Engineer" for one of our client's to join their team on long-term contractual basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for the quality, delivery, and integration of Safety and Automation Systems (SAS). You will act as a technical pillar within the project with an ability to provide necessary support to specify, dimension and integrate process control & monitoring systems, fire & gas detection and protection/shutdown systems, including field devices and safety shutdown systems (ESD and PSD).

What You'll Do?

• - Participate as SAS engineer in EPCI modification and/or maintenance contract.
• - Responsible for SAS system design and integration
• - Participate in fire and gas safety reviews
• - System design of process, utility and electrical systems (interface, FS, SCD and HMI input)
• - Follow-up system design for equipment packages and electrical automation system
• - Designing solutions according to our client's requirements
• - Follow up vendors and vendor technical documentation; participate in test activities/FAT.
• - Ensure that vendor and engineering information required for progress of the work is identified

and communicated to the project interface to other disciplines, suppliers and client

• - Perform and complete engineering documents and data registers
• - Preparation of engineering documents such as F&G, C&E, SCDs, ESD/PSD Block logic and work package
• Establish, maintain and report progress for activity schedule in own discipline.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and actively seek opportunities to enhance effectiveness and cost efficiency
• - Engineering inputs to work packages.
• - As-built of drawings and red line mark-ups received from offshore.
• - Report to Discipline Lead all matters of importance.
• - Responsible for Quality and HSSE in own projects.
• - Ensure identification of changes and input to change requests.
• - Offshore survey

Who You're?

• Minimum 5 year experienced engineer
• Ability to specify, dimension and integrate process control & monitoring systems, fire & gas detection and protection/shutdown systems, including field devices and safety shutdown systems (ESD and PSD).
• Ability in taking responsibility and ownership for the procurement process of a discipline or multidiscipline procurement package.
• Ability to provide necessary support during installation and MC of SAS related equipment and modifications.
• Ability to develop new and maintain system design documentation like system philosophies and specifications including alarm specifications.
• Ability to perform analysis, calculations according to IEC 61508/61511.
• Competence to translate process functionality to the system supplier. Follow up of supplier documentation and verification of resulting software and hardware deliverables.
• Ability to interact with and understand input documentation from source disciplines like process, electrical, safety, HVAC, etc.

About Sperton:

Sperton Norway is part of Sperton Global, a recruitment and consulting company with an international reach. We are committed to helping our clients achieve success in their hiring processes, finding the right people for the right positions.