Lead Instrument & Control Engineer

About KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic, value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Role overview

We are looking for an Instrument and Controls (I&C) Lead for an upcoming project. This role will work with our team of engineers to identify and define solutions that reduce risk and grow installed production capacity. It will provide I&C support for site operations while ensuring safe and effective operations through risk management, addressing questions, and minor modification activities.

The I&C Lead Engineer will provide immediate front-line support to Operations and Maintenance teams to resolve minor issues and escalate more significant issues to the Central Engineering Team. This role will report to the Area Engineering Support Team Lead and have I&C Engineers as direct reports.

Rotation: 28/28

Responsibilities

• Optimize I&C systems day to day to ensure safe, stable, and efficient process control, including loop tuning, alarm management, and safety instrumented system (SIS) performance monitoring.
• Identify production vulnerabilities and optimization opportunities to support the production forecast and grow installed production capacity (IPC).
• Ensure control systems are operated within their design and operating envelopes. Report, risk-assess, and manage any deviations through operational risk assessment processes.
• Lead or support root cause investigations, such as 5 Whys and fault tree analysis, for I&C-related process safety incidents, production losses, and product quality issues that exceed defined limits.
• Prioritize I&C vulnerabilities based on risk and production impact, focusing corrective actions on the highest-priority issues.
• Lead continuous improvement projects involving instrumentation, automation, and control systems. Promote a continuous improvement philosophy and engage site teams in improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• More than 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, preferably with an international oil company, either directly or as a contractor.
• Technical degree in engineering or a relevant engineering subject.
• Experience in an asset engineering or operations engineering role.
• Practical exposure to production facilities.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and coaching skills.
• Proactive approach and strong focus on achieving results.
• Excellent IT skills, including office software, document management, and applications for computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and change management.
• Ability to contribute to an environment where all team members are respected regardless of individual differences and are motivated to improve their individual and team contributions to achieve business results.
• Skill in behavior change management.
• Experience working in culturally and linguistically diverse environments.

Preferred qualifications

• Professional (chartered) engineer or certified professional engineer.

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