Our Client is an exciting, new start-up company and they are part of a global organization within the Oil & Gas sector. They will provide Technical Engineering resources and support Green Energy development and deployment and support their parent company with the provision of Green Energy Solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior/Principal Instrumentation & Controls Engineer who will be based at their corporate Head Office in Houston (hybrid model).

Basic Functions and Responsibilities:

• Acts as internal consultant to engineers and technical staff.
• Applies sound and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices and carries out assignments which require the exercise of judgement and independent evaluation.
• Assigned as area lead in a project or as a lead engineer in a smaller project
• Assigns all engineering work including checking of calculations; reviews engineering sketches.
• Assigns engineer to review drawings.
• Checks drawings for conformity with design requirements. Stamps drawings as required.
• Continually upgrades technical knowledge and capabilities.
• Coordinates with other departments.
• Develops standard specifications and design standards.
• Ensures that drawing check is performed.
• Functions as Lead Engineer on Major Projects
• Keeps Department Chief informed of any changes in staffing requirements.
• Maintains a copy of the relevant sections of the project estimate and generates change notices.
• Makes independent decisions and recommendations on engineering problems and methods that are recognized as authoritative and have an important impact on engineering activities.
• Negotiates critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies.
• Organizes work to comply with project requirements.
• Plans the work of engineers in programs of critical importance to the Company.
• Prepares and updates the Discipline Design Basis for a project.
• Prepares material requisitions and technical input to subcontract packages.
• Provides overall supervision.
• Recognized leader and authority in the company in a broad area of specialization or in a narrow but intensely specialized field.
• Reviews and helps update drawing schedule. Makes man-hour forecasts.
• Reviews other disciplines and vendor print intersquad drawings.
• Saves original calculations for Department/Project files.
• Uses advanced techniques and the modification and extension of theories, precepts and practices to solve problems.
• Works with business development personnel on client proposals.

Education:

• BS in Engineering
• PE preferred

Required Skills and Experience:

• Typically 15 years experience, 13 with a Master’s degree
• SPI/INtools proficient
• Minimum 5 yrs Lead Engineer or Control Systems Lead Engineer in the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical, refining industry on major projects.
• Need good, rounded experience across controls - some field device as well as systems (Logic, DCS/PLC) knowledge.
• Specifying and procurement of offline and inline Instrumentation/Analyzers systems.
• Solid knowledge of ISA, API, API-14C, IEC standards.
• Experience with complete engineering, design, specification, procurement and testing of DCS/SIS/Fire and Gas systems.
• Experience supervising, coordinating and checking execution of engineering scope of work by subcontractor or High Value Center.
• Lead experience of major projects
• Experience in revamps a plus