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Role Overview
Senior Instrumentation Engineer at Wood PLC, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This role supports detailed engineering activities within ADNOC's Central Engineering Division, delivering high-quality instrumentation and control engineering solutions for offshore oil and gas projects.
Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors, with 33,000 people in around 50 countries. Across EMEA, the company provides solutions and expertise to support clients focused on combining maintenance and operations with asset management, modifications and engineering services across the energy and materials markets. Wood is centered on building partnerships with clients across three regions: UK, Norway, and the Middle East and Africa. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara, a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies.
Role Purpose
The Senior Instrumentation Engineer is responsible for delivering high-quality instrumentation and control engineering solutions for ADNOC offshore projects. The role ensures safe, reliable, and compliant instrumentation systems in line with project specifications, ADNOC standards, and offshore execution requirements, while playing a key role in coordinating across disciplines to ensure seamless integration of instrumentation and control systems within complex offshore facilities.
Key Responsibilities
Design and Engineering Deliverables
- Develop and review instrumentation and control engineering deliverables for offshore oil and gas facilities, including jackets, topsides, decks, modules, and support systems.
- Prepare and review instrument index, I/O lists, instrument data sheets, specifications, installation details, hook-up drawings, and material requisitions.
- Develop and review control system architecture, instrument location plans, cable schedules, termination diagrams, loop diagrams, and cause-and-effect charts.
Compliance and Standards
- Ensure all instrumentation designs comply with ADNOC standards, international codes, project specifications, and applicable safety requirements.
- Ensure appropriate consideration of hazardous area classification, offshore environmental conditions, maintainability, accessibility, and installation requirements.
Discipline Coordination
- Coordinate closely with process, piping, mechanical, electrical, structural, telecom, and safety disciplines to ensure integrated and clash-free designs.
- Support interface management between engineering teams, vendors, offshore construction teams, and commissioning personnel.
Technical Review and Approval
- Review vendor documentation, technical bids, instrument data, and supplier drawings for compliance with project requirements.
- Review and approve engineering deliverables prepared by junior engineers and designers, ensuring technical accuracy and adherence to project standards.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Participate in HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, design reviews, 3D model reviews, and other technical workshops with stakeholders and clients.
- Support the selection and specification of field instruments, control valves, shutdown valves, analyzers, fire and gas devices, and associated instrumentation systems.
Issue Resolution and Project Support
- Assist in resolving technical queries, site clarifications, design changes, and construction-related issues during project execution.
- Support procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and start-up activities where required.
- Ensure timely delivery of instrumentation engineering deliverables in line with project schedules and milestones.
Mentoring and Development
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior instrumentation engineers and designers.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Instrumentation, Control, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in instrumentation and control engineering within the oil and gas industry.
- Proven experience working on ADNOC offshore projects or similar Middle East offshore developments is highly preferred.
- Strong experience in detailed design engineering for offshore oil and gas facilities, including topsides, jackets, modules, platforms, and brownfield modifications.
- Experience with instrument sizing, control valve selection, shutdown systems, hazardous area requirements, and instrumentation installation practices.
- Familiarity with SIL assessment, functional safety requirements, HAZOP, LOPA, and cause-and-effect development.
- Prior experience within a central engineering or shared services environment is an advantage.
Skills & Competencies
- Extensive knowledge of instrumentation systems, control systems, safety instrumented systems, fire and gas systems, and industrial communication networks.
- Proficiency in engineering tools and platforms such as SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI), AVEVA Instrumentation, AutoCAD, MicroStation, Navisworks, and related design and document management systems.
- Sound understanding of international codes and standards, including ISA, IEC, API, NFPA, and relevant ADNOC engineering standards.
- Strong coordination skills with multidisciplinary engineering teams, vendors, contractors, and clients.
- Good communication, technical reporting, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced EPC/EPCM/PMC environment on multi-billion-dollar offshore projects.
Additional Information
Benefits
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to high-profile clients across the energy sector.
- Competitive remuneration package with regular reviews to ensure market-aligned rewards.
- Medical Insurance covering inpatient and outpatient medical care.
- Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance providing Life Assurance cover.
- End of Service Gratuity in line with UAE Labor Law.
- The Employee Share Plan, giving the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a company match.
- Long Service Award recognizing commitment and loyalty at 5-year service milestones.
- Commitment to continued professional development with tailored development plans.
- Global connections with experts around the world at the leading edge of the industry.
- Energy Transition Academy providing access to a community of experts sharing knowledge and exposure to existing and emerging energy systems.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Wood is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with relevant governing laws.