Instrument & Controls Lead

Location: Qatar Onshore – NFW Offplot
Contract Type: MFA, 36 months
Work Schedule: 10 hours/day, 5 days/week, 22 days/month
Estimated Start Date: 1st week of February 2026

We are supporting a leading LNG company in Qatar to recruit an Instrument & Controls (I&C) Lead for the NFW Offplot project. The role is responsible for leading I&C engineering activities for FEED and EPC phases, primarily focused on the Onshore Common Lean LPG Storage and Loading Expansion Project. The position ensures all I&C design requirements, specifications, codes, and standards comply with project.

Reporting and Relationships

• Reports to Head of Instrument & Controls

• No direct reports

• Internal: Interfaces with PMT, RLIC, and Operations Engineering to resolve I&C issues

• External: Regular contact with EPC Contractors, MICC, Vendors, Specialist Consultants, and project stakeholders including asset owners

Job Context & Major Challenges

• Based in Doha QELNG office or Ras Laffan Project Site Offices (Field Operations Center)

• Responsible for all technical I&C engineering activities executed by EPC contractors, MICC vendors, consultants, and sub-contractors

• Challenges include guiding EPC contractors and pre-commissioning/commissioning teams to meet milestones, maintaining strong stakeholder relationships, and resolving complex I&C issues with execution and commercial impact

Key Accountabilities

• Demonstrate SHES leadership and actively participate in toolbox talks, task instructions, and site safety walkthroughs

• Ensure Contractors/Subcontractors conduct engineering design according to project requirements, specifications, and safe practices

• Resolve I&C discipline issues to meet NFW Project objectives

• Ensure approved design recommendations are applied to improve design integrity, efficiency, and safety

• Verify adequacy of Contractor resources, personnel competency, and use of approved technical tools for both FEED and EPC phases

• Provide I&C Engineering input to other disciplines and support commissioning/system completion, recommending solutions to management

• Identify, track, and implement lessons learned, especially regarding existing plant sections

• Monitor timely issuance of documents listed in the Master Document Register for all deliverables from FEED and EPC Contractors

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Instrument, Automation, or Electronic Engineering

Experience & Knowledge

• 8 years’ experience in engineering roles, including 4 years in Oil & Gas and 1 year in a supervisory/acting role or oversight of contractors/subcontractors/vendor personnel

• Strong knowledge of international engineering standards, specifications, and design practices

• Experience managing control system contractors and third-party vendors across multiple project phases, ideally from FEED to Start-up

• Broad I&C equipment and control systems experience, familiar with relevant manufacturing processes

• Brownfield engineering and execution knowledge

• Experience with berth control systems for LNG and hydrocarbon liquid product loading/unloading

Technical & Business Skills

• Fluent in written and spoken English

• Strong analytical, organisational, coordination, and planning skills

• Good communication and ability to interface at all levels

• Conflict resolution, problem-solving, creative thinking, influencing, and empathy skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite

• Deep knowledge of industry codes, standards, and practices for I&C discipline