Control and Instrumentation Lead Engineer
- Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Overseeing the Control and Instrumentation engineering activities for various projects to safely deliver on all company operational plans during the project execution phase.
- Reviewing technical documentation and defining engineering requirements.
- Controlling of subcontracted discipline engineering documents.
- Carrying out technical evaluations.
- Ensuring minimal cost through instrument systems optimisation.
- Functional analysis and preparing specifications for instruments, systems and installation.
- Implements instrument detail design on P&ID's.
- Compiling instrument data sheets, loop diagrams and material take-off.
- Monitor project engineering development for estimate, control and review of costs related to design scope changes.
- Provide feedback on the quality, use and value of design systems used in design processes.
- Attend factory acceptance tests and provide input to vendor's test documentation.
- Produce site inspections, functionality testing and commissioning reporting documentation.
- Assist with plant Control & Instrumentation equipment and system installation and commissioning.
- Prepare project close out reports with comparisons of design and procurement engineering man hour budgets in relation to project actual man hours.
- Liaise with the client to ensure that agreed designs are in accordance with agreed requirements.
- Mentoring and training of subordinates.
- Assist the discipline or project engineering manager with accurate forecasting of discipline manpower.
- Instrumentation Engineering Degree or BTech qualification.
- A minimum of 10 years previous control and instrumentation engineering experience in EPCM industrial projects.
- ECSA registered as a Professional Engineer or Technologist
- Greenfields and brownfields plant design and construction experience.
- Well-versed in a variety of SCADA and PLC's.
- Previous experience on industrial projects across South Africa and Africa.
- Experience mentoring and training multi-cultural teams.