Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

Danos, LLC; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Danos, LLC is seeking an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to define scope for pre-commissioning and commissioning activities on upstream projects. You will estimate man hours, budgets and develop schedules while ensuring safety and reliability of instrument and control systems.

Coordinate with customers, vendors, and engineers to review P&IDs, instrument data sheets and control narratives; leverage SAP/Tableau for data analysis and maintain strong English communication skills.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a closely related position and supervisory experience in related field.
• Extensive knowledge of discipline design standards, specifications, codes, and appropriate safety criteria.
• Able to review, evaluate, and update cause and effect, P&IDs, logic and architecture diagrams and control narratives.
• Experience in selection, application, and ISA data sheet specification of hardware including pressure/temperature/level instruments, control valves, shutdown valves, and fire/gas detection.
• Proficient in data collection and analysis with common database and software data analysis tools such as SAP, Analytics for Excel and Tableau.
• Read, write, and speak fluent English, especially as it applies to technical and business communications.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with customers, vendors, engineers, and other disciplines as required.
• Participate in HAZOP/LOPA reviews and other technical, constructability and quality reviews.
• Assist in the design, review and approval of Instrumentation related engineering deliverables (instrument indexes, installation details, datasheets, wiring drawings, P&IDs, material requisitions, evaluation of alternatives and selection of instruments).
• Support project Acceptance Testing (AT) including reviewing procedures, assigning resources, attending AT, and adjusting commissioning scope.
• Develop, track, and adjust commissioning execution schedule.

Skills

Experience in related field

Engineering standards

P&ID review

Instrumentation hardware

Data analysis tools

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Analytics for Excel

Tableau

Job description

Overview

The Instrumentation and Controls Engineer is responsible for defining scope of all pre-commissioning and commissioning activities, assign workloads, review and implement standards/procedures including man hour estimating, cost estimating, budgeting, and progress reporting for Instrumentation scope for all phases of the project. Supports development and execution of centralized engineering services for existing upstream production operating units and new upstream capital projects to maintain safety availability and reliability of the instrument and control systems while optimizing cost.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with customers, vendors, engineers, and other disciplines as required.
• Participate in HAZOP/ LOPA reviews and in other technical, constructability and quality reviews
• Assist in the Design, Review and Approval of Instrumentation related engineering deliverables, i.e. instrument indexes, installation details, location drawings, datasheets, wiring drawings, loop drawings, P&ID's, material requisitions, evaluation of alternatives and selection of instruments, calculations (control valve, flow elements, pressure safety valves), document control logs, bill of materials and instrument change approvals.
• Support project Acceptance Testing (AT) including: reviewing procedures, assigning resources, periodically attending AT, and adjust commissioning scope to integrate AT successes and deficiencies.
• Develop, track, and adjust commissioning execution schedule.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a closely related position and/orsupervisory experience in related field
• Bachelor’s/MS degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related engineering specialty, or equivalent professional experience
• Previous experience in a closely related position and/orsupervisory experience in related field
• Experience with unconventional upstream and tight oil assets
• Extensive knowledge of discipline design standards, specifications, codes, and appropriate safety criteria
• Able to review, evaluate, and update cause and effect, P&IDs, logic and architecture diagrams and control narratives
• Experience in selection, application, and ISA data sheet specification of hardware including pressure/ temperature /level instruments, control valves, shutdown valves, and fire/gas detection
• Proficient in data collection and analysis with common database and software data analysis tools such as SAP, Analytics for Excel and Tableau
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs
• Read, write, and speak fluent English, especially as it applies to technical and business communications
• Must meet all conditional job offer requirements