Principal Process Automation Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of process automation engineering projects across concept, design, engineering, construction support, commissioning, validation, and handover.
• Provide technical leadership for automation project implementation, including programming and configuration of control systems and leading delivery teams.
• Cook up interfaces with engineering partners, construction contractors, equipment manufacturers, system integrators, project management teams, and technical disciplines.
• Prepare and support proposals, execution plans, and project budgets.
• Produce process automation deliverables including control narratives, cause and effect drawings, Boolean logic diagrams, and functional specifications for DCS, SIS, and PLC systems.
• Develop system cabinet layout drawings, wiring diagrams, system card layouts, and loading documentation.
• Deliver basic instrumentation and control documentation such as instrument datasheets, instrument indexes, wiring diagrams, and system architecture documents.
• Support project success through quality delivery, cost awareness, customer satisfaction, work process improvement, and collaborative teamwork.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of experience leading control systems projects and managing teams within relevant industrial environments.
• Front-end engineering experience including project scope development, control system philosophy, systems architecture, process safety studies, SIL determination, P&ID development, and TIC estimating.
• Experience programming and configuring Honeywell Experion DCS.
• Experience programming and configuring PLC platforms, preferably Rockwell.
• Strong capability in developing Total Installed Cost estimates for capital projects, including material take-offs and use of estimating tools.
• Ability to produce process automation and basic I&C deliverables, including specifications, indexes, datasheets, cause and effect diagrams, architecture documents, and wiring drawings.
• Detailed design experience covering selection, specification, and procurement of field instrumentation and BPCS/SIS systems.
• Field experience supporting construction management, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and handover.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline such as Electrical, Instrumentation Computer Systems, or Chemical Engineering.
• Desirable: Experience in mining, LNG, petrochemical, oil and gas, or nuclear sectors.
• Desirable: Knowledge of Honeywell TDC and Triconex.
• Desirable: Experience with Cleopatra estimating software.
• Desirable: P.E. licence.