Senior Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Engineer (#26-524)

Written By Mary Ann Faremouth

Location: Katy, TX

Position Summary

The Senior Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Engineer is responsible for delivering high-quality instrumentation, control and safety system engineering for modular plants, process skids and packaged systems for the oil & gas, midstream, petrochemical, power generation, hydrogen/carbon capture and other industrial markets. The role owns the I&C discipline on assigned projects from the proposal stage through basic and detailed engineering, procurement, shop fabrication, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and final documentation turnover. This position combines engineering development with hands-on support to the fabrication shop. The engineer ensures that designs are technically robust, safe, constructible, maintainable and compliant with applicable codes, standards and client specifications, and serves as the I&C technical point of contact for clients, vendors and the fabrication team.

Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical, Electronics, Controls/Instrumentation, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent, from an accredited institution.

Experience

  • Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in Instrumentation & Controls engineering in the Oil, Gas & Power industries.

  • At least 5 years of experience on modular plants, process skids or packaged systems for oil & gas, midstream, petrochemical, power or other industrial markets.

  • Proven ability to independently develop all deliverables listed under Key Deliverables.

  • Hands-on experience supporting shop fabrication and executing FATs with clients.

  • Experience working to EPC and major operator specifications.

  • Experience supporting sales proposals and I&C cost estimating.

Software & Tools

  • Instrumentation databases: AVEVA Instrumentation, Hexagon Smart Instrumentation (INtools) or equivalent.

  • Control valve sizing software: Fisher Specification Manager, Masoneilan ValSpeQ, ConVal or equivalent.

  • SIL verification tools: exida exSILentia, SILcet, SIL Solver or equivalent.

  • AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD P&ID; review of 3D models (Navisworks, SP3D, AVEVA E3D).

  • Advanced Microsoft Excel for instrument lists, calculations and estimates.

Systems & Technologies

  • PLC, DCS, SIS, BMS and Fire & Gas systems (Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Emerson DeltaV, Honeywell, Triconex, HIMA or similar).

  • Communication protocols: 4–20 mA/HART, Modbus RTU/TCP, EtherNet/IP, Profibus/Profinet, Foundation Fieldbus, WirelessHART.

  • Measurement technologies: pressure, temperature, level (radar, DP, displacer, magnetostrictive), flow (Coriolis, ultrasonic, magnetic, DP) and analyzers (gas, H2S, O2, moisture, chromatography).

  • Control, on/off and ESD/SDV/BDV valves; pneumatic, electric and hydraulic actuators; smart positioners.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas, or ability to obtain it. Functional safety certification (TÜV FS Engineer, CFSE/CFSP) or ISA certification (CAP, CCST).

  • Experience with custody transfer metering systems, pumps, compression or power generation packages, fuel gas conditioning systems and ammonia systems.

  • Bilingual English/Spanish.

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Mary Ann Faremouth
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