Principal Instrumentation and Control Engineer (PSC) in Reading

Wood is currently recruiting for a Principal Instrumentation and Control Engineer (contract). The role will be working on a Middle Eastern gas FEED project in our Reading office on a hybrid basis. The contract duration is around 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the execution of project work, in accordance with the Discipline Design Instructions, including Wood and/or Project Procedures on Safety and Quality Control, within the man-hour, cost budgets and the project schedule targets.
• Develop specification and prepare material requisitions for control systems, instruments, control valves and all other instruments.
• Issue material requisitions to the Material Management Department for enquiry, order placement and for any subsequent revisions.
• Prepare the Master Requisition Index and update and issue it on a regular basis.
• Review Vendors' quotations, prepare technical quotation evaluation and recommend the final technically acceptable Vendor, in conjunction with Materials Management Department commercial quotation evaluation. Technically approve Order Variation Summaries.
• Hold co-ordination meetings and engineering review meetings with Vendors of major equipment as required.
• Assess progress and procedure associated reports and input to the DMS. Derive and suggest plans to recover slippage, correct inefficiency and to take any resulting agreed actions.
• Advise the Chief / Principal Instrument Engineer of any major slippages and their causes, all policy matters, major technical problems and unresolved differences with other Groups, and requests for changes by the Client which may constitute a contract change.
• Assist in the preparation of Auxiliary Flow Diagrams as necessary.
• Prepare, check, approve and provide technical input into project deliverables to the required quality standards in conformance with or better than, the approved budget and programme.
• Provide relevant knowledgeable practical skills in the response and actions for: Site visits and site surveys, Site queries and discussions, Supplier, vendor, contractor, client and site related discussions.
• Prepare and support discipline contributions to Proposals including: Interpretation of the discipline technical content of the Enquiry and understanding the relationship with other disciplines, Advise Proposal Manager of any omissions, anomalies, inconsistencies or interpretations and develop these to a conclusion, Definition of activities and deliverables, Prepare discipline man-hour estimates, Liaise with the Estimating Group on the preparation of equipment cost estimates and installation work content.

Qualifications

• BSc Electrical / Process / Process Control Engineering.
• Significant HAZOP & SIL experience.
• Extensive experience in instrument and control engineering in the oil, gas or petrochemical industry.
• To be technically astute and conversant with the latest advances in technology.
• Ability to deliver documentation that is technically correct to the required standard and schedule.
• Understand and control Material Take Off.
• Experience in a similar role within the contractor environment is essential.
• Prior experience reviewing Engineering Flow Diagrams and Piping Layouts and Models with reference to assigned equipment.

Desirable

• Middle East project experience is preferable (Gas Plants, Refineries etc).

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Professional Services