Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Design Lead

Responsibilities

· Lead the development, coordination, and review of I&C design requirements, specifications, schedules, and supporting engineering documentation.

· Evaluate emerging instrumentation technologies, communication protocols, and industry standards to develop recommendations aligned with site operations, the long-term automation roadmap, and FMC F&E objectives.

· Define requirements for field instruments, valves, actuators, junction boxes, panels, cable interfaces, terminations, signal types, and associated installation arrangements.

· Coordinate I&C design interfaces with process, PCS, electrical, equipment layout, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure consistency across the engineering package.

· Establish and maintain I&C equipment data, instrument and final-element specifications, cable identification and sizing requirements, panel and junction-box arrangements, calibration requirements, and installation standards.

· Collaborate with site I&C and automation personnel to understand existing operations, validate design decisions, and ensure alignment with the site’s current and future automation strategy.

· Provide early technical input to long-lead process equipment packages, including bioreactors and vendor-supplied skids, ensuring I&C requirements are complete, clearly defined, and compatible with the future PCS architecture.

· Define and review I&C requirements within vendor Statements of Work (SOWs), including instrumentation, valves, actuators, local devices, panels, junction boxes, cable interfaces, terminations, and hardwired I/O.

· Work closely with the APEO – PCS team to define the interfaces between vendor-supplied equipment, including “dumb skids,” and the project’s instrumentation and control systems.

· Define and coordinate installation, loop testing, calibration, and other I&C verification requirements to support construction, commissioning, and system handover.

· Identify and resolve gaps or inconsistencies in instrumentation data, loop and cable information, layouts, termination arrangements, and testing documentation before they impact procurement, fabrication, installation, or commissioning.

· Ensure designs consider applicable engineering standards, hazardous-area classifications (including ATEX where applicable), environmental conditions, accessibility, maintainability, and safe installation practices.

· Serve as the technical I&C design lead when coordinating with the Design-Build Firm and applicable System Integrators, ensuring consistent implementation of project design requirements.

· Develop and support I&C design documentation for the overall project, long-lead process equipment workstream, and other related engineering deliverables.

· Degree or equivalent qualification in Instrumentation and Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related discipline.

· Demonstrated experience in instrumentation and controls engineering design for complex industrial or process facilities.

· Strong knowledge of field instrumentation, control valves, actuators, instrumentation interfaces, cabling, junction boxes, panels, and termination arrangements.

· Experience developing and reviewing I&C specifications, instrument schedules, equipment data sheets, loop diagrams, cable schedules, installation details, and testing documentation.

· Understanding of Process Control System (PCS) architectures, industrial communication protocols, hardwired I/O, and integration of vendor-supplied equipment packages.

· Experience coordinating instrumentation requirements with process, electrical, automation, equipment vendors, construction, and commissioning teams.

· Knowledge of applicable instrumentation standards, hazardous-area requirements, and relevant regulatory and industry practices.

· Experience defining and reviewing vendor SOWs and technical requirements for long-lead process equipment and packaged systems.

· Ability to assess emerging technologies and develop practical recommendations that balance innovation, site standards, operational requirements, and long-term automation strategies.

· Strong technical coordination, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.

· Ability to lead technical design discussions, resolve cross-disciplinary interfaces, and drive design consistency across multiple project stakeholders.