Instrumentation & Controls Engineering Technical Authority and Lead

As an Engineer in Offshore & Shipbuilding, you play a crucial role in creating safe, sustainable and efficient projects on or offshore. From shipbuilding to floating offshore platforms.

Responsibilities

• The Instrumentation & Controls Engineering TA / Lead reports to the Engineering Manager, leads a small team of engineers, and works closely with the Projects, Maintenance, and Operations teams.
• The Instrumentation & Controls Engineering TA / Lead ensures that the operation, maintenance and configuration of installed I&C equipment is safe, compliant, and optimised. They focus on the long-term operability and maintainability of installed equipment and drive project work to enhance asset performance.
• The scope of equipment covered by the I&C engineering discipline includes field instrumentation, process control and shutdown systems, metering, analysers, fire and gas detection, actuated & control valves, shutdown & blowdown valves, pressure safety valves and telecoms.
• The position requires visits to the onshore facilities in Noord Holland and offshore installations in the Dutch North Sea.                                                                                     
• Accountable for defining the performance standards for all Safety and Environmentally Critical Elements (SECEs), ensuring compliance, approving deviations in the event of performance standard failure and endorsing continued operation where appropriate.
• Maintains the lifecycle technical integrity of the installations within the I&C discipline by developing, maintaining and approving appropriate maintenance and integrity strategies, engineering standards, procedures, guidance documents and technical documentation.  Ensures periodic review and continuous improvement
• Ensures Technical Compliance in accordance with the Management System and all relevant statutory instruments, codes, regulations, practice notes, safety notices and flashes, with specific accountability for: IEC 61511 Functional Safety for Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), IEC 61508 Functional Safety for Programable Electronic Systems (PES) and OT Cybersecurity in accordance with the NIS2 European Directive
• Keeps up to date with changes in legislation, standards, and industry practices, ensuring these are incorporated into inspection and maintenance programs
• Takes the lead in resolving non-routine problems related to I&C systems and equipment
• Performs root cause analyses of system failures
• Maintains discipline-specific competency assurance process for technicians and authorises where appropriate
• Carries out routine maintenance history reviews, ensuring forward plans are established for identified I&C equipment performance gaps (KPI’s, history, trends, and backlogs) Makes recommendations relating to strategic facilities improvements for the long-term reliability of I&C equipment.
• Coordinates the I&C engineering team, ensuring work is prioritized and progressed with appropriate timing and quality
• Coaches and develops all direct and functional reports.  Ensures succession planning is effectively managed
• Manages the approved discipline budget and inputs to project planning
• Ensures all temporary or permanent modifications are technically assessed, meet appropriate standards and correctly endorsed.  Attends factory acceptance tests as required
• Provides field presence during installation and commissioning activities, supervising engineering & installation contractors, offering coaching and assuring quality
• Independently manages selected I&C-related projects
• Sets the I&C engineering design standards including Specifying engineering documentation requirements, scopes of work, datasheets, drawings, design calculation methodology and Specifying commissioning protocols
• Monitors compliance with standards and procedures
• Reviews and approves I&C documents and drawings, produced internally or by external parties
• Participates in study work, including feasibility, FEED and detailed design
• Manages third-party engineering vendors
• Acts as Contract Holder of discipline vendor support contracts, ensuring contract performance reviews are undertaken and all materials and service orders are technically approved
• Ensures discipline findings from audits, root cause analyses and incident investigations are completed.

Requirements

• bachelor’s/master's degree in Instrumentation Control and Automation Engineering with at least 10/15 years of experience in I&C Engineering. In this role you'll require both Dutch and English language skills
• Functional Safety Certification Level 02
• Chartered Engineer status with an appropriate engineering council registered bod
• Client-side experience on operational facilities (onshore or offshore)
• Hands-on field experience diagnosing and resolving equipment failures
• Hazard identification and risk assessment methodologies including HAZOP, LOPA and SIL verification
• Management of Change processes and tools
• Ability to make authoritative technical decisions and clearly justify them to management
• Strong situational awareness of facility status and operational priorities
• Effective prioritization and progression of HSE, Operations, and Project-related tasks
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills for developing junior engineers
• Understanding of engineering contracts, procurement processes, and project procedures
•  to work effectively in multi-disciplinary project teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Thorough understanding of key Dutch legislation and regulatory frameworks, with detailed knowledge of major accident hazards, performance standards, assurance and verification activities
• Sound knowledge of engineering practices, codes and standards and their application to development and management of lifecycle asset integrity assurance programs
• Previous Technical Authority experience
• BOSIET and VCA Vol training
• Experience with project engineering / project management
• Fluent in Dutch and English
• Living in the Netherlands       
• Even if you do not see yourself reflected in all the skills required, we still encourage to apply. Research has shown that not everyone applies if they do not feel 100% qualified. However, with our personal development budget we'd be more than happy to help you grow to your potential in this job.

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