Reporting to the Instrumentation and Control Technical Authority, the Principal Instrument Engineer will have the following main duties and responsibilities:

• Ensuring that standards, specifications and guidelines pertaining to the Instrumentation and Control discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards and guidance.
• Effective prioritisation of operations support / own projects and tasks to ensure on time delivery and within budget.
• Providing specialist support and advice to other departments within the organisation, including, Operations, HES, Decommissioning, IT, F&A, Commercial and Drilling.
• General control of project work, including look-ahead planning, controlling budgets and schedules, change control, estimating activities, document management system set-up and weekly progress reporting.
• Reviewing client and international standards and ensuring project compliance.
• Developing project functional requirements specifications for control systems, SIS, F&G and instrumentation.
• Carrying out feasibility studies and reviewing design alternatives.
• Developing instrument databases.
• Participating in design reviews, including HAZOP SIL / LOPA, hazardous area, constructability, etc.
• Performing calculations for intrinsic safety, SIL verification, flow metering sizing, valve sizing, thermowells, etc.
• Managing the preparation of design deliverables.
• Developing the control and instrumentation content of piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs).
• Liaising with and managing interfaces with other engineering disciplines, including Process, Electrical, Mechanical, Piping, Civils and Architectural.
• Interfacing with client engineering representatives.
• Preparing subcontract requisitions for E&I installation and testing.

Experience / Qualifications:

• A Degree qualification in a relevant Engineering discipline, or an equivalent level of engineering experience in a similar role, is essential.
• Chartered Engineer status, or working towards, is essential.
• TUV certification would be preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience within the Oil and Gas industry is essential.
• Previous experience in a similar Principal Instrument Engineer type role, within the Oil and Gas industry, is essential.
• Previous experience in executing control and instrumentation project work, within the Oil and Gas industry, is essential.
• Experience with the design and operation of Oil and Gas installations, including DCS, ESD, F&G and process instrumentation for use in hazardous area environments, is essential.
• Experience in the provision of engineering support to offshore operations is essential.
• Experience in the planning and delivery of technical projects is essential.