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Instrument Engineer

Instrument Engineer

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Harlow Recruitment

About this position

We are currently working with a company based in who specialise in safety-critical and process control systems. They operate in a number of different sectors such as oil and gas, petrochemical, process and utility sectors. 

They design and manufacture globally compliant burner management, emergency shutdown and associated safety-related systems for the process industries.

Job responsibilities:

  • The role will manage control & instrumentation design and consultancy projects (circa £10K to £200K in size) from point of sale, through to site commissioning.
  • Being customer facing, great communication skills from a technical and commercial perspective, are essential.
  • You will be responsible for a wide range of engineering design and project management tasks, with importance placed heavily on reading and interpreting technical documents to include industry standards, client specifications, P&IDs, logic diagrams etc.
  • Ensuring that standards, specifications and guidelines pertaining to the Instrumentation and Control discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards and guidance.
  • Effective prioritisation of operations support / own projects and tasks to ensure on time delivery and within budget.
  • General control of project work, including look-ahead planning, control of project budgets and schedules, change control, estimating activities, project document management and progress reporting.
  • Review of client’s specifications and other national / international standards to ensure project compliance.
  • Development of functional requirements specifications for control systems, SIS, F&G and instrumentation.
  • Development of instrument databases.
  • Participation in design reviews, including HAZOP / LOPA, hazardous area, etc.
  • Specification of a wide range of process instrumentation. Performing calculations for intrinsic safety, SIL verification, flow meter sizing, valve sizing, thermowells, etc. Therefore, an in-depth knowledge of a wide range of process instrumentation is essential.
  • Development of control and instrumentation content of piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs).
  • Interfacing with client engineering representatives.
  • Participation in site commissioning tasks.

Experience required:
 

  • HNC / HND / Degree qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, or an equivalent level of engineering experience in a similar role, is essential.
  • TUV Functional Safety certification would be preferred but not essential as a development pathway will be provided.
  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience within an instrumentation role within the process industries.
  • The ability to conduct site surveys and brownfield verification of existing control systems and field instrumentation is required.
  • Familiarity with ATEX / IECEx equipment and an awareness of the National & International Standards for Hazardous Area Equipment is required.
  • Experience in the planning and delivery of technical projects is essential.
  • Current UK driving license is essential.
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Job Overview
Offered Salary
£40000 Per YEAR
Job Type
Permanent
Consultant