Lead Instrument & Controls Engineer

Role Overview

Lead Instrument & Controls Engineer at Wood PLC. This role provides technical leadership in instrumentation and controls engineering for oil and gas projects, with responsibility for design oversight, compliance, and coordination across internal teams and external contractors.

Role Purpose

Deliver expert instrumentation and controls engineering leadership across project lifecycle phases, from design development through commissioning. Ensure all instrumentation work meets ADNOC standards, relevant codes, and best practices while coordinating seamlessly between internal discipline teams, EPC contractors, and project stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Technical Expertise

• Provide technical expertise in all instrumentation design.
• Perform regular and timely technical reviews of instrumentation engineering deliverables developed by engineering consultants and contractors.
• Ensure design quality in compliance with relevant codes, standards, and best practices.
• Participate in equipment sizing and equipment selection considering optimization and standardization.
• Contribute input and expertise in the development and analysis of various design options and business models to drive design optimization and validation.

Compliance & Standards

• Ensure design and engineering compliance with relevant codes and ADNOC standards.
• Review and approve engineering consultant and EPC contractor work for compliance with ADNOC project specifications, relevant codes and standards, and best industry practices.
• Ensure facilities are designed in accordance with the latest corporate guidelines with respect to environment and health aspects.

Coordination & Integration

• Coordinate, monitor, and manage instrumentation design and engineering with EPC contractor as per project expectation and within agreed timeframe.
• Ensure integration of overall instrumentation engineering across the integrated project management team (IPMT).
• Oversee overall coordination within IPMT instrumentation engineering team.
• Ensure quality and accuracy of engineering consultant and EPC contractor instrumentation engineering design activities.
• Provide technical assistance and coordination with other discipline engineers.
• Coordinate technical reviews, bid evaluation, and performance evaluation.
• Interface with managers, team leaders, and engineers in the company's technical departments, business units, operations units, and logistics department.
• Interface regularly with contractor's engineering, project management team, and discipline engineers as required.

Problem-Solving & Design Optimization

• Work with other discipline engineers within IPMT, EPC contractor, ADNOC engineering, operations, and site interface to resolve technical issues and ensure quality discipline engineering execution and integrity.
• Coordinate the required engineering participation in the development and analysis of various design options and business models.
• Ensure full utilization of existing facilities while optimizing facilities required for new projects.

Reviews & Validation

• Participate in layout reviews, model review, design reviews, and technical workshops.
• Coordinate technical reviews and bid evaluation and performance evaluation.

Construction & Commissioning Support

• Provide technical assistance during installation, pre-commissioning, and commissioning.

Reporting & Stakeholder Management

• Report to ADNOC discipline team leader and engineering manager.
• Provide support to project managers and engineers within the project management team organization.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Instrumentation, or Electronics Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in oil and gas industry.
• Experience and detailed knowledge of relevant international codes and standards.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent technical team and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of engineering computer programs and general business software.
• Ability to make independent decisions in the planning, organizing, and coordinating to develop solutions to complex problems.