Senior Electrical I & C Designer

Description and Desired Qualifications

• Our Senior Electrical Instrumentation and Controls Designer position will offer you an exciting opportunity to help our Clients provide goods and services in support of millions of people. You will perform difficult to complex design assignments which require the application of advanced design techniques in accordance with the company; client and industry standards and codes. Most assignments will be performed with minimal engineering guidance. Detailed instructions will be provided by a Project Discipline Design Lead, Project Discipline Engineers or Supervisor for assignments requiring more complex design concepts. You should be capable of identifying and resolving unique project challenges and changes as they surface while demonstrating a clear understanding of the project scope and maintaining the deadline schedules.  The ideal candidate will have previous experience providing input to projects during the planning stages developing manpower estimates and completion schedules, will have a minimum of 15 years of direct oil and gas design experience and ability to develop AutoCAD drawings without assistance.

Our Senior Electrical Instrumentation and Controls Designer:

• Establishes design criteria for assigned phases of a project requiring the application of basic engineering principles, material properties, and a familiarity with construction, installation, and maintenance procedures.
• Has an advance understanding of job procedures, standards and specifications and how they are to be correctly applied.
• Reviews fabricator and vendor prints for conformance with contract specifications and applicable codes and classifications.
• Assists lead designer and engineering with project site-walks and interfaces with on-site personnel as required for finalizing design approach and scope.
• Has an advanced understanding of logic and process flow diagrams, symbols, control operation and their relationship to instruments and distributed control systems.
• Prepare instrument design package including control signal/cable block diagrams, control panel design with BOM, instrument junction box design, power junction box design, control schematics and tie-ins, loop wiring diagrams, Fieldbus segment design drawings and wiring diagrams, instrument location plans, instrument installation details.
• Shares job knowledge and experience with other discipline members to help develop, train and enhance the design skill-set of all team members.

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum of 15 years of direct oil and gas design experience
• Advanced working knowledge of CAD technologies
• Working knowledge of MS Office programs
• Previous experience providing input to projects during planning stages developing manpower estimates and completion schedules
• Understanding of local, state and industry codes and recommendations; NEC, ISA, NFPA, UL, etc.
• Previous experience as a Lead Designer (including progress status reporting within an approved project scope, schedule and budget, interfacing with other departments, clients, vendors and Project Engineers to support project production).

Degree Required

• High School or GED

Years of Experience

• 15