Job Title
Senior Instrumentation and Control Engineer
Location
Qatar
Employment Type
Permanent
Role Overview
An experienced Senior Instrumentation and Control Engineer is required to support a portfolio of modification and capital projects within a large-scale industrial environment. The role covers the full lifecycle of instrumentation and control engineering activities, from concept development through detailed design, vendor coordination, and project execution.
You will act as a technical focal point for instrumentation and control engineering matters, working closely with project management, operations, contractors, and vendors to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective delivery.
Job Scope
- Develop conceptual designs and detailed engineering solutions for instrumentation and control systems
- Plan, monitor, and coordinate assigned projects and modifications in collaboration with project teams and end users
- Act as the discipline focal point for in-house and subcontracted engineering activities
- Review engineering deliverables to ensure compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and contractual obligations
Key Responsibilities
Project and Technical Leadership
- Provide technical expertise for instrumentation and control systems across assigned projects
- Support cost-effective and timely delivery of engineering services, including input to budgets and estimates
- Perform feasibility studies and technical assessments to support project decision-making
- Coordinate engineering reviews of designs, equipment, and interfaces with contractors and vendors
- Ensure engineering activities are delivered in line with scope, schedule, budget, and specifications
- Identify and report non-conformances and support corrective actions
Design and Engineering
- Execute and review detailed instrumentation and control engineering activities
- Prepare specifications for field instruments, control systems, fire and gas systems, analysers, and monitoring systems
- Produce calculations including control valve sizing, orifice sizing, and thermo well wake frequency
- Prepare detailed engineering deliverables such as layouts, hook-up drawings, loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, and interface drawings
- Develop control philosophies, functional logic diagrams, and cause and effect charts
- Support hazard studies including HAZOP and LOPA
- Issue purchase requisitions and perform technical bid evaluations
- Prepare material take-offs and bills of quantities
Health, Safety, Environment and Quality
- Ensure all engineering activities comply with applicable health, safety, environmental, and quality procedures
- Support process safety activities and system documentation updates
- Participate in project risk assessments, reviews, and safety studies
Reporting and Communication
- Provide accurate and timely technical input to project reports
- Liaise internally with project teams, operations, procurement, and other engineering disciplines
- Interface externally with contractors, vendors, consultants, and service providers
Work Environment
- Operates with a high level of independence within defined project objectives
- Work is subject to review by line management
- May work as part of integrated project, investigation, or review teams
Qualifications and Experience
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering or a related discipline
Experience
- Minimum 10 years of engineering experience within oil and gas, petrochemical, or related process industries
- Strong background in detailed design and project engineering
- Experience working in operating plants or engineering consultancies
- Exposure to project management and technical leadership responsibilities
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of industrial instrumentation and control engineering
- Solid understanding of international codes and standards including IEC, ISA, and NFPA
- Experience with DCS and PLC systems, including architecture and industrial communication protocols
- Proven ability in instrument and control valve selection and specification
- Experience in vendor document review and package equipment engineering
- Knowledge of fire and gas systems, safety instrumented systems, and SIL requirements
- Working knowledge of analysers, vibration monitoring systems, and fibre optic communications
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Language and IT Skills
- Proficient in spoken and written English
- Strong general IT proficiency