JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is currently recruiting for a Principal Instrumentation and Control Engineer.

This is a contract opportunity, working out of our reading office on a hybrid basis, based on 4 days a week in the Reading office and one day a week working from home. The role will provide support on a number of FEED and EPC petrochemical, Oil & Gas and energy transition projects.

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The Role

As the Principal Instrumentation and Control Engineer you will be responsible for the execution of project work, in accordance with the Discipline Design Instructions, including Wood and/or Project Procedures on Safety and Quality Control, within the man-hour, cost budgets and the project schedule targets.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood's Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and, or sheer scale. Just like the nature and expansiveness of our sectors, so is our Projects business, in its solutions, abilities and global track record. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across oil & gas, renewables and emerging energy sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

RESPONSIBILITIES

The key objectives for this role are:

• Develop specification and prepare material requisitions for control systems, instruments, control valves and all other instruments
• Issue material requisitions to the Material Management Department for enquiry, order placement and for any subsequent revisions
• Prepare the Master Requisition Index and update and issue it on a regular basis
• Review Vendors' quotations, prepare technical quotation evaluation and recommend the final technically acceptable Vendor, in conjunction with Materials Management Department commercial quotation evaluation. Technically approve Order Variation Summaries
• Hold co-ordination meetings and engineering review meetings with Vendors of major equipment as required
• Assess progress and procedure associated reports and input to the DMS. Derive and suggest plans to recover slippage, correct inefficiency and to take any resulting agreed actions
• Advise the Chief / Principal Instrument Engineer of any major slippages and their causes, all policy matters, major technical problems and unresolved differences with other Groups, and requests for changes by the Client which may constitute a contract change
• Prepare, check, approve and provide technical input into project deliverables to the required quality standards in conformance with or better than, the approved budget and programme
• To provide relevant knowledgeable practical skills in the response and actions for:
  • Site visits and site surveys
  • Site queries and discussions
  • Supplier, vendor, contractor, client and site related discussions
• To prepare and support discipline contributions to Proposals including:
  • Interpretation of the discipline technical content of the Enquiry and understanding the relationship with other disciplines
  • Advise Proposal Manager of any omissions, anomalies, inconsistencies or interpretations and develop these to a conclusion
  • Definition of activities and deliverables
  • Prepare discipline man-hour estimates
  • Liaise with the Estimating Group on the preparation of equipment cost estimates and installation work content
  • Contribution to Proposal's discipline write up

QUALIFICATIONS

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges

Expected:

• BSc Instrumentation / Control Systems / Electrical / Process Control Engineering or other relevant degree
• Significant HAZOP & SIL experience
• Extensive experience in instrument and control engineering in the oil, gas or petrochemical industry
• To be technically astute and conversant with the lasted advances in technology
• Ability to deliver documentation that is technical correct to the required standard and schedule
• Understand and control Material Take Off
• Experience in a similar role within the contractor environment is essential
• Prior experience reviewing Engineering Flow Diagrams and Piping Layouts and Models with reference to assigned equipment

Desirable:

• Middle East project experience is preferable (Gas Plants, Refineries etc)
• MEng is preferable but not expected for the role
• Charter Engineer is preferable but not expected for the role