What You Would Do in This RoleThe Lead Instrumentation & Control Engineer oversees a team responsible for designing various aspects of energy industry projects from inception to completion. Key responsibilities include:
- Project Planning and Management:
- Develop and manage scopes of work, man-hour estimates, schedules, and priorities for projects or proposals.
- Plan, allocate, and review work programs, ensuring alignment with project demands and timely updates to Vista's platforms (e.g., ForecastWeb).
- Prepare weekly progress reports detailing completed work, upcoming tasks, and discipline-specific needs.
- Update project schedules weekly, marking task statuses and identifying potential delays, in coordination with Project Management.
- Team Leadership and Supervision:
- Supervise and mentor the engineering team throughout the design and development phases, providing expertise and direction on engineering solutions.
- Assign and review the work of discipline engineering staff, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project requirements.
- Technical Expertise and Design Oversight:
- Guide the design and delivery of complex engineering projects, ensuring compliance with applicable codes, Vista, and client specifications.
- Review vendor or subcontractor quotations, drawings, and specifications for technical adequacy and conformance with project requirements.
- Approve discipline deliverables and support the development, implementation, and maintenance of design standards, checklists, and procedures.
- Client and Stakeholder Coordination:
- Attend status meetings with clients, project management, and suppliers to coordinate activities and address project needs.
- Communicate changes to work plans or resourcing needs through change management processes to project stakeholders.
- Quality and Compliance Assurance:
- Ensure adherence to Vista's Quality Management System (QMS) and maintain current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards.
- Authenticate documentation with a professional engineering stamp as required.
- Instrumentation and Control Design:
- Prepare P&ID inputs and instrument selection.
- Develop and review instrument indexes, datasheets, and sizing for instruments, F&G, and analyzers.
- Create and review I/O lists, instrument wiring drawings, loop diagrams, and UPS load requirements.
- Design PLC and fiber optic panels, control system architecture, and prepare related specifications and design criteria.
- Prepare and review shutdown keys, cause and effect diagrams, control narratives, and philosophies.
- Develop engineering work packages and review instrument location and wiring drawings.
- Construction and Vendor Support:
- Provide technical support to vendors for DCS/SIS/FG panel design and fabrication, as well as mechanical/electrical equipment.
- Offer construction support and assist in the negotiation of critical engineering issues.
Requirements- Ten-plus years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and design in the energy industry.
- Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in engineering or applied science.
- Ability to work and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and designers including process, mechanical, civil, structural & architectural, electrical, instrumentation & controls and piping.
- P.Eng. registration with APEGA.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills, technical competence and attention to detail.
- Self-motivated and efficient with time management.
- Strong working knowledge and understanding of applicable codes and industry standards.
- Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visits.
Preferred- 12 years or more of experience as a fully qualified engineer, with five years' experience in the energy industry.
- Three or more years of experience leading an engineering team in an EPC environment.
