Senior Instrumentation Engineer / Instrumentation Engineering Lead

Senior Instrumentation Engineer / Instrumentation Engineering Lead

About DRA Global

DRA Global Limited is an international multi-disciplinary engineering, project delivery, and operations management group, predominantly focused on the mining, minerals, and metals industry.

With almost four decades of experience across a wide range of commodities, our teams have deep expertise in minerals processing, mining, and related non-process infrastructure, including water and energy solutions.

DRA operates across all major mining centers with offices throughout Africa and the Middle East, North and South America, the USA, and the Asia-Pacific.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Instrumentation Engineer / Instrumentation Engineering Lead

to support studies and projects across North America. This hybrid role combines:

- Lead or Senior Instrumentation Engineer responsibilities on studies and projects (~75%)

- Development and maintenance of discipline standards, procedures, and knowledge systems (~15%)

- Line management and mentoring of Instrumentation Engineers across the North American offices (~10%)

The role includes coordination of instrumentation engineering activities for concept studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, EPCM projects, and EPC execution. The successful candidate will act as a

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

in areas such as datasheet standardization, P&ID markup standards, instrumentation installation details, and the implementation of EPLAN and Revit-based workflows.

Responsibilities

Engineering & Technical Leadership

- Lead instrumentation engineering activities across studies and projects.

- Develop, maintain, and oversee the instrumentation database using EPLAN.

- Ensure all discipline designs comply with client standards, industry codes, and relevant legislation.

- Provide technical interface between instrumentation and other engineering disciplines.

- Review vendor, contractor, and consultant design information for accuracy and compatibility.

- Lead peer reviews and ensure quality of all instrumentation deliverables.

- Drive continuous improvement, lessons learned, and implementation of new technologies.

- Provide professional engineering sign-off for instrumentation deliverables.

- Support process engineers in equipment and instrumentation specification and selection.

- Oversee markups and back-drafting of redline drawings, engineering handovers, and commissioning documentation.

- Serve as SME in discipline-specific areas and contribute to development of North American standards and procedures.

- Guide and mentor all ECI (Electrical, Control, Instrumentation) engineering disciplines.

Project Execution & Discipline Management

- Provide onsite engineering support to contractors and commissioning teams as needed.

- Support procurement activities, including preparation of instrumentation package documentation and contract management.

- Ensure effective integration with design office, project management, and other disciplines.

- Maintain workload forecasting for instrumentation resources.

- Allocate assignments to instrumentation engineers to meet project deliverables.

- Support recruitment, onboarding, training, and development of discipline resources.

- Participate in performance management and competency development activities.

Operational Management

- Ensure compliance with project procedures and DRA’s safety culture.

- Prepare structured, accurate, and professionally presented reports and deliverables.

- Manage discipline-specific time, risk, quality, and technical coordination activities.

- Maintain proactive communication across the project team, ensuring timely resolution of interface issues.

- Support commissioning activities, including inspections, testing, and handover.

- Manage adherence to change management procedures.

Financial & Resource Management

- Manage discipline and drafting man-hours for assigned work packages.

- Ensure instrumentation designs align with budget and project quantities.

- Apply appropriate contract management practices for instrumentation procurement packages.

- Track utilization and ensure effective deployment of instrumentation engineering resources.

Client Relations & Business Support

- Maintain professional communication with clients and project stakeholders.

- Keep clients informed of technical status and design progress.

- Support development of proposals, estimates, and business development initiatives.

- Ensure DRA maintains its position as the client’s preferred engineering partner.

Personal Attributes

- Proactive, solution-focused, and committed to project success.

- Positive attitude, strong team orientation, and willingness to mentor others.

- Values innovation, professional integrity, and continuous improvement.

- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.

- Takes ownership of professional development and technical growth.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related discipline.

- Professional Engineer (P.Eng. / PE) registration.

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and instrumentation database tools (SQL, MS Access, EPLAN).

Experience

- 10+ years of instrumentation engineering experience within the mining/mineral processing or EPCM environment.

- Extensive experience in project engineering and instrumentation design for studies and execution projects.

- Experience managing engineering personnel, including mentoring and line management responsibilities.