Instrument Engineer

Booth Welsh have a new opportunity for an experienced Instrument Engineer to join our strong Engineering team based in our head offices in Irvine, North Ayrshire

Key responsibilities – Instrument Engineer

• Actively lead the design and co-ordination of brownfield / greenfield C&I projects with other internal stakeholders such as operations, production & external consultants.
• Review, estimate and design the C&I requirements for all projects.
• Manage the approvals of C&I project documentation.
• Ensure appropriate technical reviews are undertaken with Head Office and key stakeholders.

Technical Experience – provide technical expertise for project designs in the following area

• Field Instrumentation Specification & Procurement (Flow, Level, Press, Temperature)
• Process Control
• Actuated Valve Specification & Procurement, incl. SOV/Lim-Switch peripherals
• Control Valve Specification & Procurement
• Instrument signal peripherals (I.S. Isolators, conditioners, I/L relays & Interface Relays)
• Knowledge of Complex Instrumentation (Analysers, Vibration monitoring or similar)
• Field Instrument Installation Design: Scope of Work, ILDs, Cable Schedules, IO & Device Schedules, Schematic Diagrams, Termination Diagrams, Instrument Hook-up Diagrams.
• Specification of Instrument Equipment for Hazardous Areas
• Good knowledge and understanding of ATEX regulations, certification and IP ratings.
• Hazardous Area Design (incl. adherence to BS EN IEC 60079-14 and other relevant sub sections of BS EN IEC 60079)
• Hazardous Area Design specifics for I.S. Installations (incl. DSD calculations)
• Functional Safety Lifecycle requirements (design & implementation phases for adherence to IEC 61511)
• SIL/SIF/SIS designs
• BPCS/PLC/Remote IO hardware: Delta-V, Siemens PCS7 & ET200, Allen Bradley, Stahl
• Control Panel Design (incl. CE assessment/testing, ATEX certification & FAT) – preferable
• Controls System Comms Architecture for comms interaction with smart instrument devices and control panel nodes (Industrial Ethernet, Profibus-DP/PA, Profinet, ASi-Bus, Modbus)
• Drawing Package – basic competency: AutoCAD and/or MicroStation

General Requirements

• Excellent communications skills and a track record of developing good working relationships within all levels of an organisation and with external consultants & contractors.
• Highly developed team working skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of UK legislation and standard practices relevant to discipline.
• Day-to-day support to the Lead Instrument Engineer
• Ensure implementation of client standards throughout all client projects
• Ensure implementation of best practices from previous client projects
• Ensure all duties are carried out in line with all company policies and procedures
• Assist with revision of Engineering templates & procedures – relevant to discipline
• Assist with generation of new Eng. procedures to improve ways of working within department
• Mentoring for Graduate/Young Engineers
• MS-Office competency: MS-Excel, MS-Word, Office 365