Instrumentation Engineer

Job Summary

The Instrumentation Engineer will work with a team of engineers, drafters, and other disciplines to ensure the integrated design deliverables meet project requirements. This will include reviewing and understanding client provided specifications and all applicable codes and standards.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Control System Philosophy and Narrative documents;

• Preparation of instrument data sheets;

• Perform instrumentation cable sizing calculations and selection;

• Sizing of primary control system elements such as PLC controllers, digital/analog input and output cards, switches, relays/contactors, and terminal blocks;

• Preparation and review of test and commissioning procedures;

• Work with the instrumentation design team in preparing construction drawings depicting wiring, tray layouts, process connections, and supports;

• Preparation of loop sheets, junction box layouts, control panel layouts, I/O Lists, Cause & Effect Matrices

• Review and checking of vendor packages;

• Preparation of fabrication, construction, and installation details;

• Preparation of design, bid and construction packages

o Provide engineering specifications and support to procurement of equipment, skidded packages, control systems and buildings;

o Participate in cost estimate tasks such as developing Bill Of Materials (BOM) and Material Take Off (MTO);

o Participate in pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities;

o Participate in factory acceptance testing of packaged equipment and systems;

o International and domestic travel may be required.

Qualifications, Knowledges, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Instrument Engineering required;

• Five (5) to ten (10) years’ experience with the design and implementation of instrumentation and controls systems for industrial facilities, oil and gas industry, onshore gas processing, hydrocarbon storage and transportation, chemical manufacturing or refining;

• Knowledge of Control Philosophy and Control Logic development;

• Must be familiar with control and safety systems such as Allen Bradley/Rockwell, Yokogawa, ABB, Siemens, or Honeywell;

• Experience with preparing instrument indexes, I/O lists, etc. required;

• Knowledge and experience with appropriate portions of ANSI/NEMA/NFPA/API/UL/ISA/IEEE/IEC codes and standards;

• Ability to work within project centered multi-discipline teams;

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple work scopes;

• Advance technical writing skills with the ability to effectively verbalize technical information;

• Basic Microsoft Office skills with proficiency in Excel required;

• Requires the ability and availability to work overtime and the ability to travel to offsite (including offshore) locations (may require multi-day trips);

• Ability to interact with staff at all levels.

• Experience in an Electrical Engineering role including electrical design with regard to power generation, distribution, protection and related controls systems is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• P.E. license preferred;

• Experience working in hazard analysis teams (HAZOP, HAZAN, HAZID) preferred;

• Experience in the use and application of IEC 61511 for Safety Systems preferred.

Taylor Technical Services began business in 1977. Since then, we have grown to become one of the largest suppliers of Engineering personnel in the Houston/Gulf Coast area and Alaska. We pride ourselves in having recruiters and account managers that have experience and have worked in the oil & gas engineering industry.

Specialties: Cad Drafters, Electrical Designers, Instrument Designers, Structural Designers, Piping Designers, Electrical Engineers, Instrument Engineers, Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Pipe Stress Engineers, EH&S, QA/QC, Procurement, Project Controls, Document Control, Administrative