Instrumentation Designer [C]

CAI•Houston, TX

4d•$75 - $85•Onsite

About The Position

CAI is seeking an Instrumentation Designer to lead the design and delivery of instrumentation engineering solutions for projects. The role serves as the primary technical liaison with project teams, ensures compliance with company standards and specifications, develops instrumentation design deliverables, supports 3D modeling and design reviews, collaborates with other disciplines, and contributes to quality and continuous improvement activities. The position is a long-term contract and is onsite in Houston, Texas, or Allentown, Pennsylvania. Candidates should already be local to one of those locations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a Technical Diploma in Instrumentation.
Hands-on experience generating instrumentation design deliverables, including wiring diagrams, cable schedules, hook-up drawings, MTOs, layouts, and 3D models.
Experience preparing control room and analyzer room layouts.
Hands-on experience with SPI, SP3D, PDS, and MicroStation.
Experience with industrial plant layouts and model review meetings.
Ability to work with other disciplines to finalize cable layouts and other instrumentation design deliverables.
Knowledge of global engineering standards.
Oil and gas industry experience or experience in a similar industry.
Knowledge of engineering organizational structures and how disciplines work with global support groups to achieve business objectives.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate issues and ideas efficiently.
Ability to perform essential job functions safely and successfully, consistent with the ADA and applicable federal, state, and local standards.
Ability to perform sedentary work, including remaining seated or stationary most of the time, occasionally moving around the office to attend meetings, and completing repetitive computer tasks using a mouse, keyboard, and monitor.

Responsibilities

Produce and deliver instrumentation design deliverables for projects.
Lead instrumentation design on projects and act as the technical interface with project execution teams.
Provide support to other engineering centers as workload requires.
Maintain compliance with company and project standards and specifications.
Generate deliverables including instrument indexes, instrument location layouts, cable schedules, wiring diagrams and schematics, analyzer panel designs, instrument hook-ups, instrument power distribution, material take-offs (MTO), bills of quantities (BOQ), control room and analyzer room layouts, and cable routing layouts.
Perform 3D modeling of equipment using SP3D and attend model reviews.
Support development of instrument design strategies.
Communicate and present execution strategies, schedule issues, and project requirements in person, by email, or through PowerPoint presentations.
Develop common work practices within the engineering organization.
Review and interpret vendor documents.
Interface with other disciplines to resolve design issues and finalize cable layouts and other instrumentation design deliverables.
Implement quality procedures and contribute to continuous improvement activities.