Job Summary
The Instrumentation Designer is responsible for leading the design and delivery of instrumentation engineering solutions for projects while serving as the primary technical interface with project execution teams. The role involves developing instrumentation design deliverables, supporting 3D modeling and design reviews, ensuring compliance with engineering standards and specifications, and collaborating with cross-functional disciplines to resolve design issues. The designer also contributes to quality assurance, standardized work practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead instrumentation design activities for projects and serve as the technical interface with project execution teams.
• Produce and deliver instrumentation design deliverables in accordance with project requirements, standards, and specifications.
• Generate instrument indexes, instrument location layouts, cable schedules, wiring diagrams and schematics, analyzer panel designs, instrument hook-ups, instrument power distribution layouts, Material Take-Offs (MTOs), Bills of Quantities (BOQs), control room and analyzer room layouts, and cable routing layouts.
• Develop 3D models of equipment using SP3D and participate in model review meetings.
• Support the development of instrumentation design strategies.
• Provide design support to other engineering centers as required by project workload.
• Communicate and present execution strategies, schedule issues, and project requirements through meetings, email, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Develop and promote common work practices within the engineering organization.
• Review and interpret vendor documentation.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines to resolve design issues and finalize cable layouts and other instrumentation design deliverables.
• Maintain compliance with applicable company and project standards, specifications, and global engineering standards.
• Implement quality procedures and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a technical diploma in Instrumentation.
• Hands-on experience preparing instrumentation design deliverables, including wiring diagrams, cable schedules, hook-up drawings, MTOs, layouts, and 3D models.
• Experience preparing control room and analyzer room layouts.
• Hands-on experience with SPI, SP3D, PDS, and MicroStation.
• Experience with industrial plant layouts and model review meetings.
• Ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines to finalize cable layouts and instrumentation design deliverables.
• Knowledge of global engineering standards.
• Experience in the oil and gas industry or a similar industry.
• Understanding of engineering organizational structures and how different disciplines collaborate with global support groups to achieve business objectives.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical issues and ideas clearly and efficiently.
