Senior SPI Administrator - SmartPlant Instrumentation

Fluor; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 170,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluor in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, seeks an experienced SPI Administrator to oversee SmartPlant Instrumentation administration, configuration, and data integrity within EPC projects. The role requires strong governance, system maintenance, and collaboration with IT and engineering teams.

Responsibilities include project setup, data migration, backups, and reporting, with opportunities to lead SPI initiatives across multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 13 years of overall experience in engineering systems, instrumentation engineering, or engineering data management environments.
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience administering and supporting SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI) systems.
• Proven experience in EPC, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refining, Energy, or Industrial projects.
• Extensive experience in SPI project setup, configuration, customization, user management, and system administration.
• Strong experience in database maintenance, backups, upgrades, patch management, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with SPI data migration, bulk data loading, and system integration activities.
• Proven experience supporting instrumentation deliverables including instrument indexes, loop diagrams, wiring, datasheets, and specifications.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, SQL queries, and engineering management reports.
• Experience coordinating with IT, database administrators, cybersecurity teams, and software vendors.
• Strong background in engineering data quality management, revision control, and governance standards.
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects and leading SPI-related initiatives throughout the project lifecycle.
• Previous experience in a lead or senior SPI Administrator role is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain the SPI environment, ensuring system availability, performance, and data integrity.
• Configure and manage SPI modules, projects, user access, roles, and permissions in alignment with IT/EDMS and cybersecurityRequirements.
• Support engineering teams in instrument index management, loop diagrams, wiring, specifications, datasheets, and reporting activities.
• Perform system configuration, database maintenance, backups, upgrades, and patch management activities.
• Troubleshoot technical and functional issues related to SPI applications, interfaces, and integrations.
• Coordinate with IT, cybersecurity, database administrators, and vendors to resolve infrastructure and application-related issues.
• Develop and maintain SPI procedures, workflows, naming conventions, and governance standards.
• Support project execution activities including project setup, data migration, bulk uploads, and handover processes.
• Generate and customize reports, queries, and dashboards to support engineering and project management requirements.
• Ensure compliance with data quality, revision control, and engineering information management standards.
• Participate in testing, validation, and deployment of system enhancements and integrations.
• Provide user support, awareness sessions, and technical guidance to engineering and project teams.

Skills

SPI administration

Instrumentation engineering

Data management

SQL queries

Governance standards

Job description

Fluor in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, seeks an experienced SPI Administrator to oversee SmartPlant Instrumentation administration, configuration, and data integrity within EPC projects. The role requires strong governance, system maintenance, and collaboration with IT and engineering teams.

Responsibilities include project setup, data migration, backups, and reporting, with opportunities to lead SPI initiatives across multiple concurrent projects.