Senior Instrumentation Designer

Role Overview

Senior Instrumentation Designer at McDermott. The role completes a variety of Instrumentation Design assignments with limited supervision and serves as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience.

Role Purpose

Develop high-quality instrumentation design deliverables including 3D models, detailed drawings, and technical documentation. Provide solutions to typical and infrequent design problems, directly impact team work quality, and mentor less experienced designers.

Key Responsibilities

Design Development

• Prepare and develop arrangement and detail conceptual, FEED, studies, and detail design drawings of high technical quality and professional consistent presentation ensuring clarity and ease of construction.
• Develop 3D models and ensure clash-free designs with other disciplines.
• Prepare and review Instrument Design deliverables including 3D model Instrument scopes, layout drawings, instrument hook-up/installation details, wiring/loop diagrams, panel and console drawings, instrument drawing lists, logic diagrams, shutdown hierarchy drawings, schematics and block diagrams, and material schedules.

Drawings & Documentation

• Prepare detailed design drawings, as-built drawings, and design verification documentation.
• Set up and maintain the Discipline Master design drawing and document files, including final archiving.
• Identify all items for which insufficient data is available to allow the drawing or model to be completed (HOLDS) and list these on the drawing and the standard HOLDS list form.
• Notify the Discipline Lead Designer when there are updates to the Holds list.
• Prepare, issue, and update the material and weight data take-offs.
• Generate IDC design documentation for the project.
• Maintain single discipline and inter-discipline check drawings and filing.

Review & Verification

• Review drawings issued by other disciplines and incorporate the required data into Discipline drawings.
• Review vendor drawings and documents and incorporate required vendor data into Discipline drawings and documents.
• Review all project IDC design documentation for detailed technical interfaces.
• Perform design verification through single discipline checks (SDC) and/or inter-discipline checks (IDC), providing comments to the Lead Designer.
• Participate in design reviews and audits.

Project Coordination & Interface Management

• Ensure design deliverables are completed and issued per project specifications, MDR, and project Level 2 & 3 procedures, and within agreed schedules.
• Become familiar with the Contract Scope of Work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements, including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address issues.
• Interface with all disciplines to develop clash-free designs.
• Interface with other disciplines to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings.
• Liaise with other discipline support groups to ensure clearly defined interfaces, deliverables, and schedules are met.
• Participate in clash resolution meetings as required.
• Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor/supplier meetings, engineering and design meetings, and offshore site surveys as required.

Change & Scope Management

• Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications in the Change Management system, including providing supporting documentation and estimates.
• Provide similar support for Variation Orders.
• Assist Discipline Lead Designer in preparing estimates for proposals and job scope changes, including execution statements, work schedules, and manhour requirements.

Quality & Standards

• Apply knowledge and skills to complete a variety of day-to-day activities within own area.
• Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements.
• Research Customer standards and procedures to prepare project-specific design procedures and standards for submission to the Customer for approval.
• Participate in finalizing deliverables lists, deliverables, and philosophies to ensure compliance with specifications and functional integrity.
• Ensure compliance with the Project Execution Plan and the timely completion and archiving of drawings and documents.

Stakeholder Communication & Documentation

• Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Designer and Discipline Supervisor.
• Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables.
• Keep the Lead Designer apprised of all activities, progress, and concerns, including manpower and budgetary-related matters.

Progress & Reporting

• Prioritize and organize own work to meet agreed-upon deadlines.
• Monitor progress and maintain the deliverables register on an ongoing basis.
• Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports, including associated productivity.
• Report errors and suggest a resolution for the same.
• Assist Fabrication as required in resolving construction difficulties relating to design problems, clashes, etc.

Mentoring & Development

• Continue developing skills to complete repetitive tasks efficiently.
• Guide less experienced Designers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, and technical queries.
• Guide trainee Designers.
• Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standards.
• Further develop an understanding of MDR's business, including processes and procedures.
• Capture lessons learned and enter them into MDR's Lessons Learned system.

Field Support

• Travel to the fabrication yard or construction site to assist in mechanical completion, hook-up, and/or commissioning as required.

Qualifications & Experience

• High School graduate with a diploma in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Design or Drafting in a related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 6 years with a major contractor or consultant, of which 2 or more years of experience in predominately oil and gas.
• Detailed knowledge of associated industry detailing standards.
• Detailed knowledge of 2D and/or 3D (AutoCAD and/or MicroStation) drafting systems.
• Working experience in E3D and/or S3D.
• Detailed knowledge of AutoCAD and/or AutoLISP Programming.
• 3D Model creation, Menu, and/or Macro compilation skills.

Skills & Competencies

• Advanced proficiency in various analytical processes and procedures to carry out assigned tasks.
• Knowledge of QA Systems.
• Good communication skills.

Additional Information

• Reports to: Project Lead Designer; Functional: Supervising Designer or Engineering Manager.
• Liaises with: Engineers, other Designers, Lead Designers, and assigned designers in other disciplines.
• Supervises: Assigned Designers and Trainee Designers.