Senior Instrumentation Engineer

Worley - Charleston, WV

Full-time - Mid Level

Charleston, WV

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Instrumentation Engineer at Worley plays a crucial role in providing instrumentation and controls expertise while supervising project execution activities. This position is responsible for ensuring the safe and sustainable engineering, quality, cost, and schedule delivery of all work performed by the discipline team. The engineer will oversee the technical work for one larger project or several smaller projects, ensuring that all deliverables meet the required standards and specifications. The role involves collaborating with a team of engineers and designers to complete project deliverables, directing project schedules, and determining the scope of work and job objectives in alignment with the Department Manager. In addition to project management responsibilities, the Senior Instrumentation Engineer will perform and review complex engineering design activities, guiding other engineers and designers in producing construction drawing packages. The engineer will provide detailed designs for distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, and various instrumentation layouts, ensuring technical accuracy and constructability. The position also requires thorough checks of instrumentation design packages, participation in relevant meetings, and preparation of progress reports. The engineer will assist during procurement, construction, and commissioning activities, while also mentoring junior staff and staying updated on the latest developments in instrumentation and controls engineering. Worley emphasizes a culture of innovation and sustainability, encouraging employees to drive impactful change in energy and resource sectors. The company is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, where every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute to the organization’s goals. The Senior Instrumentation Engineer will be integral to this mission, leveraging their expertise to deliver high-quality engineering solutions that meet the evolving needs of the industry.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and leading a team of supporting engineers and designers to complete project deliverables.
• Scheduling and directing projects within the Electrical-Instrumentation-Controls Department.
• Determining scope of work, job objectives, and work-hour budgets on projects assigned to the group in concurrence with the Department Manager.
• Performing and reviewing the analysis and design activities in completing complex engineering design projects from general drawings and instructions.
• Directing other engineers, designers, and drafters in the production of construction drawing packages.
• Providing detailed instrumentation and control designs for distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, loop diagrams, instrument location plans, junction box layouts, marshalling panel layouts, conduit and cable schedules, instrument indexes, input/output lists, and installation details using company standards and drafting techniques.
• Assuming responsibility for technical accuracy and constructability of finished designs.
• Performing thorough checks of Instrumentation design packages following required checking procedures.
• Participating in relevant meetings.
• Preparing progress reports.
• Ensuring any changes comply with project change management processes.
• Assisting during procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Mentoring and helping grow the department in experience and resources.
• Keeping current with the latest developments and technical innovations in instrument and controls engineering.
• Communicating effectively with the electrical, instrument, and controls engineering team and project stakeholders, including the Customer.
• Providing input to P&ID's including instrument selection.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Chemical Engineering.
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering or Chemical Engineering.
• Highly effective technical and practical engineering skills with experience in the polymer industry.
• Ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate, and timely work to Worley and its customers.
• A sound knowledge of the fundamental requirements of instrument and controls engineering, and the basic requirements of other engineering fields.
• A sound knowledge of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Experience specifying instrumentation for level, pressure, temperature, flow, weight, analyzers, etc.
• Experience specifying Distributed Control Systems (ABB, Honeywell, DeltaV, Ovation, etc.) and Programmable Logic Controllers (Allen-Bradley, Automation Direct, Eaton, etc.).
• Experience writing control narratives from which programmers can develop code.
• Experience with Safety Integrated Systems and performing SIL calculations.
• Competent use of electrical, instrument, and controls engineering specific software such as InstruCalc, SPI, Aveva Instrumentation, Fisher Specification Manager, SILsolver, AutoCAD, MicroStation, Navisworks, and Microsoft Office.
• Substantial technical and practical experience in instrument and controls engineering in the same or similar industry including experience in working in multi-disciplinary projects and teams.
• Proficient in conversational English.

Nice-to-haves

• Registered professional engineering credentials.