Position: Senior Instrumentation Engineer (Greenfield) Location: Abu Dhabi
Job Purpose
The Senior Instrumentation Designer is responsible for delivering the instrumentation design and drafting activities in Oil & Gas Detailing Engineering projects, ensuring technical accuracy, compliance with project specifications, international standards, client requirements, and timely delivery.
The role involves hands-on expertise in 2D and 3D design tools, coordination with multidisciplinary teams including support offices. Key
Roles and Responsibilities
- 2D Design & Drafting.
- Develop, check, and approve 2D drawings using Auto
- CAD including but not limited to: Control System Architecture Diagram.
- Instrument Cable Block Diagrams.
- Block Diagram.
- Loop Diagrams.
- Wiring Diagrams.
- Hook-Up Drawings.
- Instrument Installation Drawings.
- Instrument Location Layouts.
- Cable Routing Drawings.
- MCT Layouts.
- Control Room layouts.
- Ensure drawings comply with project standards, applicable international codes, and client specifications. 3D Modeling & Model Management Lead 3D modeling activities using SP3D / E3D for Instrumentation scope.
- Development and review: Instrument and JB modeling.
- Cable tray and routing interface.
- Instrument supports and mounting arrangements.
- Coordinate with other disciplines to resolve clashes and ensure model integrity.
- Participate in model reviews, constructability reviews, and interdisciplinary coordination meetings.
- Project Execution & Coordination Plan, assign, and monitor design activities to meet project schedules and milestones.
- Interface with Project Engineering, Project Management, Construction.
- Support responses to technical queries (TQs), site queries, and design changes.
- Provide input for material take-offs (MTO), estimates, and project schedules.
- Quality Assurance & Compliance Implement and adhere to company and project Quality Assurance / Quality Control procedures.
- Ensure all deliverables are checked, approved, and issued as per document control procedures.
- Support audits, design reviews, and lessons-learned processes.
- Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Apply HSE requirements in the design process, with focus on safe and operable plant layouts.
- Promote safe work practices and compliance with project HSE objectives.
- Identify design-related hazards and support risk mitigation.
- Qualifications & Experience Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Instrumentation & Control / Electrical / Applied Engineering or equivalent technical qualification 12 years’ of experience as an Instrumentation & Control Designer in Oil & Gas EPC projects.
- Proven experience working on Middle East Oil & Gas projects.
- Demonstrated experience in handling client interfaces and multidisciplinary coordination.
- Experience with model reviews, clash detection, database-driven engineering environments, 2D drafting (Auto
- CAD) and 3D Modeling (SP3D, AVEVA) Full understanding of Instrumentation & Control systems in Oil & Gas facilities.
- Knowledge of international standards and codes for instrumentation design.
- Experience in preparation and checking of deliverables for EPC phases.
