SR. PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER (PE REQUIRED)

Description Position Title:

Senior Principal Instrumentation Engineer

Houston, TX

Gulf Companies has served the global energy industry since 1953 by supporting the complete project lifecycle and developing valued business partnerships to ensure the success of the project. Our worldwide experience and multi-disciplined capabilities encompass all aspects of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, Field Inspection, GIS Integrity, Staffing Services and more.

The Senior Principal Instrumentation Engineer handles medium, large and complex projects. He/she has wide latitude of technical authority with full work responsibilities, as well as limited administrative responsibilities, over a group of Instrumentation Engineers and Designers. He/she may assign and review work of lower-level personnel. He/she may also function as the Lead Instrumentation Engineer, responsible for all discipline technical and scheduling matters pertaining to the assigned project. Work is periodically reviewed by the Chief Instrumentation Engineer for accomplishment of objectives.

ADDENDUM: INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Department Functions

Instrumentation Engineering is a highly specialized group whose function is to provide design-engineering service covering:

Develop the optimum instrumentation and control system based upon desired reliability, maintainability, flexibility, Integration and cost.

Develop matrix logic of critical conditions where if a cause happens what should be the effect. Engineer should identify the possible root causes, sort out and relate some of the interactions among the factors affecting a particular process or effect and analyze existing problems so that corrective action can be taken.

Develop narrative of how plant operates and its integration with the control systems.

Determine location, size and arrangement of major equipment.

Determine location, size and arrangement of major equipment.

Responsible for technical content of standards and preparation of specification including:

SCADA Systems

Temperature, Pressure, Level and Flow Transmitters

Safety Instrumented Systems

Basic Process Control Systems

Temperature, Pressure, Level and Flow Switches

Fire and Gas Systems

Temperature, Pressure, and Level Gauges

Analyzer Systems

Flow meters

Leak detection Systems

Security Systems

Telecommunication Systems

Commissioning and Operation Manuals

Network Architecture

Interconnecting Wiring Diagrams

Instrument location Plan

Raceway and cable schedule

Control System Block Diagrams

Installation Details

Loop Diagrams

Education

Competencies

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Gulf is an Equal Opportunity Employer.? All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.