Instrumentation Engineer

Our Client operates in the Oil and Energy industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in Saudi Arabia. It has its branches spread to more than 50 countries, providing employment to more than 68,500 people all over the world. They fall under the Fortune 500 Companies. They are one of the world’s largest oil producers. They are constantly growing by creating new technologies through its Research and Development efforts and branch into new business lines through Investments and Acquisitions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop refinery and petrochemical unit’s control logic, philosophy, cause and effect 
• Participate in petrochemical unit’s process optimization and synergy between refinery and petrochemical
• Review and update refinery and petrochemical redline drawings 
• Provide technical support for capital projects involving petrochemical units at various stages of the project life cycle (pre-feasibility, feasibility, Pre-feed, feed basic design, detailed engineering and construction)
• Researching new technologies, regulations, and other factors that may affect business model
• Strong experience in Refinery-Chemicals integration strategies, competitiveness and benchmarking  
• Liaison between Project Management and technical disciplines to achieve integration across all project disciplines. 
• Ensure scope, risk and interfaces are captured, manage Interfaces between internal and external parties and documented. 
• Develop, install, calibrate, service, and troubleshoot a wide variety of electronic and pneumatic instrumentation
• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical manuals
• Perform complex mathematical calculations to determine the correct size and type of instrument required for each application
• Select and specify the most appropriate instruments and components for each installation
• Install, program, maintain, and repair control systems and associated equipment
• Perform Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Test (SAT), Performance Acceptance Test (PAT), control wiring design, and logic design
• Prepare and review all instrumentation engineering deliverables such as design basis, specification, data sheets, instrument index, I/O schedule, logic diagram, cable / JB schedule, Instrument Datasheets and sparing strategy 
• Review and comment on project design documents for pressure, flow, temperature, level and analytical field analyzer, in addition to control valves, MOVs, AOVs, and EIVs.
• Develop and update instrument loops diagrams, as well as PFDs, PIDs, ISDs, ILDs, and Data Sheets.
• Lead the instrumentation design, installation, and commissioning of the wiring, cabling, and grounding systems for instrumentation following Company and international standards.
• Develop and update MAC agreement, DCS, ESD, 3rd party system VMS and CCS
• Provide technical support for petrochemical unit’s operation readiness, pre-commissioning and commissioning including instrument loop check philosophy 
• Participation in all project studies such as HAZOP, SIL Study
• Review and understanding of communication protocols like Modbus, FieldBus, TCP and General Process Automation Protocols

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred instrument or electric engineering.
• At least 15 years of experience with a focus in the Refining & Petrochemicals instrument engineering.