Job Title

Senior Instrumentation and Control Engineer

Location

Qatar

Employment Type

Permanent

Role Overview

An experienced Senior Instrumentation and Control Engineer is required to support a portfolio of modification and capital projects within a large-scale industrial environment. The role covers the full lifecycle of instrumentation and control engineering activities, from concept development through detailed design, vendor coordination, and project execution.

You will act as a technical focal point for instrumentation and control engineering matters, working closely with project management, operations, contractors, and vendors to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective delivery.

Job Scope

• Develop conceptual designs and detailed engineering solutions for instrumentation and control systems
• Plan, monitor, and coordinate assigned projects and modifications in collaboration with project teams and end users
• Act as the discipline focal point for in-house and subcontracted engineering activities
• Review engineering deliverables to ensure compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and contractual obligations

Key Responsibilities

Project and Technical Leadership

• Provide technical expertise for instrumentation and control systems across assigned projects
• Support cost-effective and timely delivery of engineering services, including input to budgets and estimates
• Perform feasibility studies and technical assessments to support project decision-making
• Coordinate engineering reviews of designs, equipment, and interfaces with contractors and vendors
• Ensure engineering activities are delivered in line with scope, schedule, budget, and specifications
• Identify and report non-conformances and support corrective actions

Design and Engineering

• Execute and review detailed instrumentation and control engineering activities
• Prepare specifications for field instruments, control systems, fire and gas systems, analysers, and monitoring systems
• Produce calculations including control valve sizing, orifice sizing, and thermo well wake frequency
• Prepare detailed engineering deliverables such as layouts, hook-up drawings, loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, and interface drawings
• Develop control philosophies, functional logic diagrams, and cause and effect charts
• Support hazard studies including HAZOP and LOPA
• Issue purchase requisitions and perform technical bid evaluations
• Prepare material take-offs and bills of quantities

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality

• Ensure all engineering activities comply with applicable health, safety, environmental, and quality procedures
• Support process safety activities and system documentation updates
• Participate in project risk assessments, reviews, and safety studies

Reporting and Communication

• Provide accurate and timely technical input to project reports
• Liaise internally with project teams, operations, procurement, and other engineering disciplines
• Interface externally with contractors, vendors, consultants, and service providers

Work Environment

• Operates with a high level of independence within defined project objectives
• Work is subject to review by line management
• May work as part of integrated project, investigation, or review teams

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering or a related discipline

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience within oil and gas, petrochemical, or related process industries
• Strong background in detailed design and project engineering
• Experience working in operating plants or engineering consultancies
• Exposure to project management and technical leadership responsibilities

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of industrial instrumentation and control engineering
• Solid understanding of international codes and standards including IEC, ISA, and NFPA
• Experience with DCS and PLC systems, including architecture and industrial communication protocols
• Proven ability in instrument and control valve selection and specification
• Experience in vendor document review and package equipment engineering
• Knowledge of fire and gas systems, safety instrumented systems, and SIL requirements
• Working knowledge of analysers, vibration monitoring systems, and fibre optic communications
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Language and IT Skills

• Proficient in spoken and written English
• Strong general IT proficiency