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Instrumentation Designer
Location: Houston, TX or Allentown, PA Onsite
Duration: 12 Months
Job Summary
Job Description
Client is seeking an Instrumentation Designer to lead the design and delivery of instrumentation engineering solutions for projects, serving as the primary technical liaison with project teams; ensuring compliance with company standards and specifications. Responsible for developing instrumentation design deliverables, supporting 3D modeling and design reviews, collaborating with cross-functional disciplines, and driving quality and continuous improvement initiatives. This position is contract and onsite in either Houston, TX or Allentown, PA.
What You’ll Do
- Produce and deliver instrumentation design and deliverables for projects
- Serve as the lead for instrumentation design on the project and as the technical interface with project execution teams
- Provide support to other engineering centers as workload requires
- Maintain compliance with company or project standards and specifications
- Generate deliverables such as Instrument Index, Instrument Location Layouts, Cable Schedules, Wiring Diagrams/ Schematics, Analyzer Panel Design, Instrument Hook-Ups, Instrument Power Distribution, Material Take Offs (MTO), Bill of Quantities (BOQ), Control Room and Analyzer Room Layouts, and Cable Routing Layouts
- 3D modelling of equipment using SP3D and attend model reviews
- Support development of instrument design strategies
- Communicate and present execution strategies, schedule issues and project requirements in person, via email, or by use of PowerPoint presentations
- Develop common work practices within the engineering organization
- Review and interpretation of vendor documents
- Interface with other disciplines to overcome design issues
- Implement quality procedures and contribute to continuous implementation of improvement activities
What You'll Need
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technical Diploma in Instrumentation
- Hands on experience generating instrumentation design deliverables including but not limited to wiring diagrams, cable schedules, hook up drawings, MTOs, layouts, and 3D modeling
- Experience of preparing control room and analyzer room layouts
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with SPI, SP3D, PDS, and MicroStation
- Experience with industrial plant layouts and model review meetings
- Ability to interface and work with other disciplines for the finalization of cable layouts and other instrument design deliverables
- Knowledgeable use of global engineering standards
- Oil and Gas Industry experience, or similar industry
- Knowledge of engineering organizational structures, with an understanding of how different disciplines interact and partner with global support groups to achieve business objectives
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate issues and ideas efficiently
Physical Demands
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards
- Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings
- Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor