Senior Instrumentation & Controls Project Engineer – Oil & Gas

LJA

Houston (TX)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Generous Time Off

Comprehensive Benefits

Family Support

Education Support

Referral Bonuses

Community Impact

Professional Development

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Fun Culture

Job summary

LJA Energy is seeking a Sr. Project Engineer to lead instrumentation and controls for oil and gas midstream facilities from office in Houston. You will own technical deliverables, serve as Engineer of Record, and collaborate with clients, vendors, and multi-disciplinary teams.

The ideal candidate holds a PE license, 7+ years of instrumentation and controls experience, and a strong background in midstream projects. Travel and comity licensure in Texas are expected as part of the role.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or another engineering discipline directly applicable to instrumentation and control systems.

Responsibilities

Develop instrumentation and controls deliverables for feasibility studies, front-end engineering, detailed engineering, facility modifications, debottlenecking projects, and brownfield installations.
Preparing, reviewing, and approving instrument indexes, data sheets, I/O lists, alarm and setpoint lists, specifications, location plans, installation details, control-system architecture diagrams, material takeoffs, and procurement specifications.
Reviewing P&IDs for instrumentation, control loops, alarms, shutdowns, safeguards, control valves, isolation requirements, and consistency with the project design basis.
Developing and reviewing control philosophies, control narratives, operating philosophies, alarm philosophies, shutdown philosophies, cause-and-effect diagrams, interlock descriptions, and sequence-of-operation documents.
Coordinating control-system requirements with process engineers, operations personnel, control-system programmers, system integrators, vendors, and client automation personnel.