Senior Staff Engineer, Instrument & Controls

Venture Global LNG • Point Celeste, LA

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About The Position

Venture Global LNG is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Instrument and Controls Engineer for our Plaquemines Parish Facility. The candidate will lead small to medium projects for the Instrumentation & Control discipline and interface well with the customer and coordinate with the rest of the project team. The role involves taking responsibility for the Instrumentation & Control engineering and design team assigned to specific projects, ensuring their design output meets quality, cost, and schedule requirements. The candidate will support the Technical Integrity role for the Instrument & Control (I&C) discipline, ensuring all engineering and design work performed adheres to quality, cost, and schedule requirements, and is carried out safely and in compliance with relevant codes and standards.

Requirements

• Post-Secondary Education in a field related to Instrumentation & Control.
• Minimum Fifteen (15) years of direct Instrumentation & Control design and engineering experience.
• PE registered in the State of Texas and/or Louisiana.
• 15 - 25 years of engineering experience in I&C engineering.
• Leadership role supporting multiple small to mid-sized projects.
• Knowledge of Electrical would be an asset/preferable.
• Previous site experience will be an asset.
• Experience in Oil & Gas industry necessary.
• Experience in LNG production preferred.
• Familiar with digital tools, digitization and data acquisition experience are an asset.
• Extensive working knowledge of Instrumentation & Control deliverables such as: Panel (JB and Marshalling) Design, P&ID's, Loop Drawings, Wiring Drawings, Motor Control Schematics, Instrument Location Drawings, Instrument Installation Details, Instrument Specifications (Datasheets), I/O Lists, Bill of Materials, Conduit/Tray/Cable Schedules, Control Narratives, Cause and Effect Diagrams, Functional Safety Requirements, Material Requisitions, Construction or Engineering Work Packages.
• Extensive working knowledge of Instrumentation Calculation/Selection, such as: Flow (Orifice Plates, Vortex, Venturi, Magnetic, Ultrasonic meters), Level Measurement (Radar, Displacers, Gauges), Temperature (including Thermowells Freq. wake calculation), Pressure, Process Analyzers and sampling systems would be a plus.
• Competent use of instrument calculation/selection specific software.
• Working knowledge (design/configuration/implementation) of any of the following systems: PLCs, preferable Rockwell; SISs, preferable Yokogawa, Honeywell; DCS, preferable Honeywell Experion, Yokogawa.
• Extensive knowledge of industry standards and codes related to Instrumentation & Control system deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience with Instrumentation & Control technologies in LNG or Oil & Gas industry.
• Demonstrated capabilities in leading the Instrumentation & Control design and engineering work in multiple and concurrently small and medium projects.
• Basic knowledge of Computer Aided Design software.
• Basic knowledge of SmartPlant Instrumentation software.
• Basic knowledge of Communications Networks.
• Competent use of relevant software such as MS Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Lead a discipline project team of Designers/Engineers as part of the Instrumentation team.
• Serve as project lead designer/engineer and supervise the work of other engineers, designers or drafting.
• Perform designing/engineering work/deliverables as part of the Instrumentation & Control team.
• Ability to interpret project specifications.
• Coordinate/Communicate with other disciplines and the project.
• Support Scope definition, estimation, and progress control of Instrumentation & Control engineering activities.
• Support Resource allocation based on project schedule requirements.
• Lead RFP, Estimations, Detailed Engineering, and field support project activities.
• Familiarity of applicable codes and LNG standards to support engineering deliverables.
• Support quality assurance and verification role on engineering deliverables.
• Identify issues and problems, develop appropriate solutions.
• Assist and support junior/intermediate/senior personnel within the Instrumentation & Controls engineering team.
• Keep up to date with the latest developments and technical innovations in Instrumentation & Controls engineering.
• Resolve discrepancies between Contractor and Company requirements.
• Ensure the project scope is clear and that changes comply with project change management processes.
• Participate in relevant meetings, prepare progress reports and follow required checking procedures.
• Provide assistance and advice during procurement, construction and commissioning activities.
• Provide construction management support as required.
• Liaise with Contractors, vendors, engineers, and other disciplines.
• Participate in the professional development of less experienced members of the department/team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree