Senior Instrumentation & Controls Eng

McDermott • Houston, TX

1d

About The Position

McDermott is seeking an experienced Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to join its Houston office and support the engineering and delivery of field instrumentation and mechanical package scopes for oil and gas, petrochemical, and power generation projects. The role develops and oversees key instrumentation deliverables, provides technical support for equipment requisitions and supplier coordination, and may lead defined scopes of work as an Instrument Requisition Engineer or Mechanical Package Support Engineer. The engineer may also provide limited support for automation deliverables, collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams, clients, suppliers, and remote engineering offices, and guide and mentor less-experienced engineers.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of experience working as an I&C engineer in the oil and gas industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Detailed knowledge of current instrument technologies.
• Familiarity with industry codes and standards.
• Experience working with clients and suppliers to resolve technical issues.
• Ability to work in a team environment with the company, suppliers, and clients, including remote teams in other countries.
• Experience using MS Office Suite, including MS Word and MS Excel.
• Eligibility to work in the United States as a US citizen or Green Card holder.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using SmartPlant Instrumentation or Aveva.
• Experience at a project site supporting construction or commissioning activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the development of the Instrument Index and Instrument Datasheets; develop these documents for small projects, or direct support-office engineers and review completed deliverables on large projects.
• Support the Process discipline in developing P&IDs by assigning instrument tags, reviewing instrument symbology, attending internal and client P&ID review meetings, and redlining instrument content to reflect scope changes.
• As an Instrument Requisition Engineer for instrument packages such as valves, gauges, transmitters, and flow meters, work with Supply Chain to develop request-for-quote packages, technical bid evaluations, requisitions for purchase, and supplier data reviews; coordinate with support-office engineers on large projects and independently complete much of the work on very small projects.
• As a Mechanical Package Support Engineer, support the Mechanical discipline by providing I&C requirements for requisition packages, participating in technical bid evaluations, reviewing supplier data, and attending factory testing.
• Provide support for project automation scopes as needed, including developing cause-and-effect diagrams, motor control schematics, or complex loop descriptions.
• Travel to project sites for inspections or testing and to supplier facilities for factory acceptance testing of mechanical and automation packages, as required.
• Mentor early-career engineers as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior