Instrument & Control Engineer

As an Engineer in the petrochemical sector, you play a leading role in the design, development and improvement of a plant and you work closely together on the largest projects. Together with a team of experts, you will provide efficient and sustainable solutions that meet the highest standards.

Responsibilities: Instrument & Control Engineering Assurance: Act as the discipline focal point, ensuring instrumentation, control and safeguarding systems are installed, tested, commissioned and operated in accordance with applicable IEC, ISA, API, ISO, project, vendor and site requirements. Review specifications, drawings, calculations, logic, datasheets and vendor documentation. Identify functional safety, reliability and operability risks, maintain accurate technical records, and support SAP and related systems UAT, including asset master data.

CSU / Commissioning / Start-Up Support: Support CSU and Interim WoW teams with calibration, loop checking, functional and performance testing of instruments, control valves, analysers, DCS, PLC, SIS and ESD systems. Verify Cause & Effect, control logic, permissives, alarms, trips and safety instrumented functions. Review procedures, test results and acceptance criteria; provide engineering recommendations and approvals as applicable. Verify execution against approved scopes, resolve punch items and support RFSU/RFO decisions and Project/EPC handover, ensuring documentation, configuration data, maintenance requirements, asset information and outstanding actions are complete.

Instrument & Control Troubleshooting and Reliability: Provide technical support for instrument, control and safeguarding performance, addressing measurement errors, calibration drift, unstable control loops, valve/positioner faults, communication failures and spurious alarms or trips. Investigate failures and process safety concerns through RCA, failure-mode analysis and bad-actor management. Develop and optimise instrumentation, control and SIS maintenance strategies, condition monitoring and reliability improvements with Operations, Maintenance and Engineering.

Two-Year Spare Parts Process: Validate SPIL data, equipment identification, OEM information and spare-part specifications, suitability, criticality, quantities, stock levels and interchangeability. Identify critical, long-lead and obsolete spares; optimise commonality and inventory against maintenance needs. Review supplier recommendations, certifications, technical queries and deviations to ensure compatibility with installed instrumentation and control systems.

Services & Contracts – End-to-End Process: Develop technical scopes, inspection requirements and acceptance criteria. Evaluate vendor proposals, competence, qualifications and deviations, supporting supplier selection and mobilisation of suitable resources. Provide technical oversight of execution, deliverables, quality and service performance. Support contractor reviews, resolution of technical gaps, improvement actions and contract close-out.

Engineering Assurance Framework Support: Support engineering standards, procedures, technical authority requirements, supplier assurance and Management of Change. Respond to Technical Queries and assess deviations, recommending acceptance, rejection or mitigation. Identify gaps against standards, project requirements, functional safety and operational needs. Support competency requirements, audits and assurance reviews, and follow up corrective actions to ensure instrumentation, control and safeguarding risks are managed and closed.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Instrumentation & Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Control Engineering or related discipline. Professional engineering registration (PE, CEng, or equivalent) preferred. Professional or specialist certifications in functional safety, instrumentation, automation or control systems (e.g., TÜV Functional Safety, IEC 61511/61508, ISA or equivalent) are highly desirable.

At least 5 years of experience within the Chemical, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Energy or Process industry, with significant exposure to instrumentation, control and automation systems. Proven experience in Turnarounds, outages, commissioning and start-up of new or modified instrumentation, control and safeguarding systems. Strong track record in the engineering, maintenance, troubleshooting and reliability management of critical Instrument & Control systems, including field instrumentation, control valves, analysers, DCS, PLC, SIS, ESD and associated systems.

Experience working with EPC contractors, OEMs, automation suppliers and specialist instrumentation vendors, including technical document review, technical queries, deviation assessment, FAT/SAT, functional testing and supplier assurance activities. Experience in developing, reviewing and validating instrumentation and control spare parts requirements, equipment BOMs, OEM recommendations and critical asset data, preferably within a major capital project or new-build environment.

Technical skills: Process measurement, instruments, control valves, actuators and analysers. IEC, ISA, API, ISO and ATEX requirements. DCS, PLC, SIS, ESD and system integration. Control logic, alarms, trips, interlocks and Cause & Effect. Functional safety, SIF/SIL, proof testing and SIS lifecycle. Control-loop performance, troubleshooting and failure analysis. P&IDs, loop diagrams, I/O lists and technical documentation. RCM, FMEA, RCA, criticality and predictive maintenance.

CMMS, instrument data, calibration records and maintenance strategies. SPIL validation and spare-parts optimisation. OEM assessment, supplier assurance, technical deviations and FAT/SAT. Commissioning, calibration, loop checking and functional testing. At STAR, your career is our primary focus. We match you with challenging projects, offer personal guidance and create opportunities for you to develop your career. Together we ensure that you get the most out of your career.