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  • Title:

    Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

  • Location:

    Fife

  • Salary:

    £56.5 - £74.72 per hour

  • Contact:

    Amanda Taylor

  • Contact email:

    amtaylor@belcan.com

  • Job ref:

    JO0000026375_1730731995

  • Published:

    about 1 month ago

  • Duration:

    12 Months +

  • Expiry date:

    2024-11-18

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Belcan Workforce Solutions is excited to offer a contract opportunity for a Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer at the Fife site of a multinational oil and gas corporation.

This position is for a 12-month contract, offering full-time on-site work within an IR35 framework.

Tasks & Responsibilities

  • Evaluate / comment work performed by the Contractor and sub-contractors
  • Identify and assess deviations to Contract Technical Specifications and regulatory requirements; ensure that such deviations will be processed according to project procedures; maintains Deviation Control Log.
  • Steward discipline engineering queries from the Contractor and sub-contractors as well as technical information requests
  • Participate in discipline engineering reviews at Contractor's and subcontractor's locations
  • Analyse maintenance records to determine instrument failure rates, availability / reliability calculations, bad actor / failure modes identification, and program effectiveness / cost analysis
  • Develop and execute process control surveillance programs
  • Collect and trend process data
  • Perform process control philosophy and stability reviews coupled with execution of control logic updates and loop tuning
  • Conduct criticality assessment and develop equipment strategies/maintenance plans for instrumentations and control systems taking into consideration Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assessment, industry standards, regulatory requirement and manufacturer recommendations
  • Execute control system life cycle management programs which include control system inventory, obsolescence plans, managing spare parts and upgrade/replacement planning
  • Support control system maintenance and test planning as required, software upgrades, ESD testing, offline and online testing, and coordination of activities with/without plant shutdowns
  • Support metering systems maintenance planning including for custody transfer, allocation, regulatory, and leak detection applications
  • Support planning and coordination of tasks related to control system cyber security
  • Participate with multi-disciplinary alarm management efforts including alarm rationalization, prioritization, development of state based alarm schemes, and design / modification of alarm systems
  • Review update and develop instrument and controls technical documentation / drawings including P&IDs, cause and effect, and control narratives

Skills & Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related engineering specialty, or equivalent professional experience
  • Extensive knowledge of discipline design standards, specifications, codes, and appropriate safety criteria
  • Able to review, evaluate, and update cause and effect, P&IDs, logic and architecture diagrams and control narratives
  • Experience in selection, application, and ISA data sheet specification of hardware including pressure/ temperature /level instruments, control valves, shutdown valves, and fire/gas detection
  • Proficient in data collection and analysis with common database and software data analysis tools such as SAP, Analytics for Excel and Tableau
  • Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs

Desirable Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience of Steam and Gas turbine control systems (Siemens & GE Mk 6eS)
  • TUV Functional Safety qualified
  • CompEx Ex12 qualified

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan