Lead C&I Instrumentation Engineer

Location: Manchester, UK
Contract duration: 12-month contract
Project: P66
Recruitment Partner: Airswift
Airswift Recruiter: Saidy Miguel

Keywords: Control & Instrumentation; Electrical; Instrument Control, FEED, detail design, EPC

Our Company
One of the largest Engineering design, Procurement and Construction Management companies in the world employing 50,000 people across the globe and provides project delivery and consulting services to the resources and energy sectors, and complex process industries. 
 
We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. 

Airswift are currently recruiting for an experienced Lead Control and Instrumentation Engineer to join their project delivery team in Manchester on a 12-month contract basis. This role will require a strong focus on leadership responsibilities, including budget oversight, planning, cost control, and team management.

Responsibilities Lead the Control and Instrumentation (C&I) team through all phases of project delivery, ensuring high standards of performance and timely completion on a long-standing Master Service Agreement. Develop, manage, and control the budget for C&I central projects on the MSA, ensuring cost efficiency while maintaining project quality. Work activities will include both project and proposal work where both the technical approach and continuity must be aligned. Work activities for both projects and proposals will be executed across all phases of projects including Conceptual Studies; Basic; FEED and Detailed Design. Projects and proposals are for process plants and facilities across the Chemical; Oil and Gas; Power and Energy Transition/ New Energy sectors. Project work will include the development of Instrument Engineering deliverables as required on a project-by-project basis.
Qualifications and Requirements Experience in Instrument Engineering Design on Medium / Large capital projects from concept to start-up. Extensive experience in Chemical, Petrochemical and Oil & Gas industries. Competent in working within the C&I Discipline of a contracting organisation. Competent to interface with other Disciplines. Very good proactive communicator. The role involves liaison with Client Engineers & Project Management. Degree qualified for the related discipline. Have or work towards Chartered Engineer status as a Member of the Institute of Measurement and Control (IMC) or Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Proven ability for equipment specification and the selection and in ensuring compliance from the suppliers, preferably within an EPC contracting organization. Competent in project execution using selected design tools and techniques.  Competent in budget & Schedule control/monitoring and reporting. Competent in design safety, and constructability. To be able to work to Company standards. Innovative when appropriate. Competent in Electrical protection methodologies. Competent in Specification, technical bid analysis, and requisitioning of Field Instrumentation and Analysers. Competent in the application, specification, and requisitioning of DCS, PLC, and SIS systems, with experience in the system's full lifecycle. Competent in the Specification / Design / Implementation of Hazardous Area Instrumentation (ATEX). Competent in Instrumentation and Control requirements for Mechanical packages. Competent in P&ID development. Competent in the Sizing of flow devices/control valves/relief devices. Experience of working with global integrated delivery teams is preferred. The next step
Apply now! If you have any questions, please contact Saidy Miguel at saidy.castelbranco@airswift.com. We look forward to hearing from you!