The Sr Principal Instrumentation Designer completes assignments and directs the work activities of others in the Instrumentation Design discipline. They can solve unique and complex problems and act as a subject matter expert.
Requirements
- Prepare and develop arrangement and detail conceptual, FEED, studies, and detail design drawings of high technical quality and professional consistent presentation ensuring clarity and ease of construction
- Develop 3D models and ensure clash-free with other disciplines
- Ensure design deliverables are completed and issued per project specifications, MDR, and project Level 2 & 3 procedures, and within agreed schedules and budgets
- Apply knowledge and/or skills to a range of activities
- Set priorities, organize own work and time to meet objectives, and (as a Lead Designer) forecast and plan resource requirements
- Direct small or medium Instrument Design team as Lead Designer
- Lead projects as Lead Designer engaging the participation of other disciplines Coordinate all activities within own discipline and Discipline interfaces with other disciplines
- Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all Discipline manpower resources - agree allocations with the Engineering Manager
- Ensure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified
- Maintain responsibility progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action
- Act as project-based Discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with Project Team, Customer, vendor/supplier and/or subcontractor counterparts; and relevant agencies such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.
- Coordinate large Design team
- Coordinate project Design interdisciplinary activities to ensure timely and organized distribution of information amongst all Lead Designers
- Ensure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified
- Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specification, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; identify concerns as early as practicable and take the appropriate initiative to address the issue
- Identify changes to the scope and promptly raise change notifications and provide any necessary supporting documentation and estimates
- Provide similar support for Variation Order
- Interface with all disciplines to develop a clash-free design
- Interface with other department to obtain input for Discipline design and drawing
- Liaise with other discipline support groups to ensure clearly defined interface, deliverables, and schedule are met
- Document substantive communication (communication that results in a significant decision or assignment of action) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager
- Assist Discipline Lead Designer in preparing estimates for proposal and job scope change, which include execution statement, work schedule, and manhour requirements, identify software requirements and any other project-specific requirement
- Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred Company procedure, specification, standard, practice, and operational requirement
- Participate in finalizing deliverable list and deliverable, ensure compliance with specification and functional integrity
- Review project schedule and fabrication schedule in relation to construction sequence, milestone, and design scope
- Attend project kickoff and review meeting, vendor/supplier meeting, engineering and design meeting, and offshore site survey, as required
- Research customer standards and procedures to prepare project-specific design procedures and standards for submission to the Customer for approval
- Set up and maintain the Discipline Master design drawing and document files
- Develop and maintain the project job book
- Prepare and review discipline deliverables such as:
- 3D model
- Detailed design drawing
- Develop conceptual layouts based on experience and good offshore engineering practice & develop these through detailed design
- Assist the lead designer to supervise in the preparation of key discipline drawing
- Liaise with the Engineer responsible for the timely expediting of Vendor Data to efficiently progress the project according to schedule requirement
- Review drawings issued by other disciplines and incorporate the required data into Discipline drawing
- Review vendor drawings and documents and incorporate required vendor data into discipline drawings and document
- Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverable
- Generate IDC design documentation for the project
- Perform design verification through single discipline checks (SDC)and/or inter-discipline checks (ID), provide comments to Lead Designer
- Review all project IDC design documentation for detailed technical interface
- Maintain single discipline and inter-discipline check drawings and filing, that include final archiving
- Assist fabrication as required in the resolution of construction difficulties relating to design, problems, clash, etc.
- Monitor progress and maintain the deliverables register on an ongoing basis
- Ensure compliance with the project execution plan and the timely completion and archive of drawings and document
- Keep the Discipline Supervisor/Engineering Manager apprised of all activity and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related
- Assist in providing inputs for actual, plan, and forecast progress report that include associated productivity
- Prepare forecast schedule of delayed deliverables
- Advise the Lead Designer and Design Supervisor/Engineering Manager of problem areas and/or manpower concern
- Report an error and suggest a resolution for the same
- Participate in design review and audit
- Highlight knowledge concepts and ensure learning is entered into the system
- Act as a technical resource to others in their own discipline
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to others
- Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standards
- Participate in the development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, Guidelines, and Standards
- Incorporate approved lessons learned into level 2&3 drafting procedures and standards, as applicable
- Develop an understanding of the business and process
- Identify and provide training to staff in specific techniques and proprietary software
- Assist the Department Manager in identifying departmental needs including the development of personnel and technical capability
- Participate in forums and represent the company as subject matter expert (SME)
- Provide information on employee performance to the Discipline Supervisor/Engineering Manager
- Assist discipline supervisor/engineering manager in interviewing a job applicant
- Prepare/review and (as lead designer) approve instrument design deliverables such as:
- 3D model instrument scope
- Layout drawing
- Instrument hookup/installation detail
- Wiring/loop diagram
- Panel and console drawing
- Instruments drawing list
- Logic diagram
- Shutdown hierarchy drawing
- Schematics and blocks diagram
- Material schedule
- Participate in the clash resolution meeting, as required
- Travel to the fabrication yard or offshore to assist in mechanical completion, hookup, and/or commissioning, as required
- Act as project-based Discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with Customer counterpart
- Ensure substantive communication is documented
- Prepare bid and project Discipline engineering budget and execution plan, update as required
- Identify project staff needs based on knowledge of individual engineers' skill sets and provide requests to the Discipline manager
- Plan, organize, and assign tasks, responsibilities, and manhour budget to the discipline team, and verify tasks are completed within budget
- Plan Discipline Level 4 detail deliverable schedule/ register compliant with the overall execution plan
- Prepare work forecast to identify change management plan, corrective action, and real-time schedule
- Provide Discipline input for actual, plan, and forecast progress reports that include associated productivity
- Alert the project team of any deviation from the scope or a need to change the order
- Monitor KPI measurement results and take corrective action as necessary to improve Discipline performance, which includes performance at interface with other
- Coordinate with other Discipline Lead Engineers and Designers to ensure timely receipt of necessary design input
- Ensure discipline designer have sufficient input information for the drawing or model being undertaken
- Raise and approve technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practice, and operational requirement
- Review and approve discipline project
- Schedule
- Execution plan
- Deliverable list
- Deliverable
- Forecast
- Estimate
- Progress and productivity report
- Procedure
- MTOs
- Single discipline check (SDC)/inter-discipline check (IDC)
- Review comments from customers & other agencies on documents and drawing produced by the team, and resolve and give guidance on their update and incorporation
- Lead the Discipline team during project audit (internal, Customer, and third-party technical audit) and Design Review
- Assist the Discipline Supervisor/Engineering Manager in the preparation of quarterly forecast and manpower planning
- Anticipate project engineering needs and plan accordingly
- Assist the Discipline manager and Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager in the Performance Evaluation of project team member
- Ensure instrument item clash identified in the 3D model are addressed and resolved
- Participate in 3D model review, and ensure instrument review comments are close
- Travel to the fabrication yard or offshore to assist in mechanical completion hookup, and/or commissioning as required
- Coordinate the timely flow of information and data between design discipline
- Manage lead designer interface to ensure there are no scope of work gaps or overlaps, and work is being completed in accordance with an agreed schedule
- Become familiar with the contract scope of work, specification, and schedule, and fully familiar with all inter-discipline requirements: including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issue
- Liaise with discipline lead designers to ensure interface responsibilities are clearly defined and understood
- Monitor changes to scope and ensure changes are communicated to all impacted discipline design lead
- Ensure affected interface responsibilities are clearly defined and understood
- Provide similar support for a variation order
- Ensure substantive communication is documented
- Coordinate the development of estimates for proposal and job scope change, which include execution statement, work schedule, and manhour requirements, identify software requirements and any other project-specific requirement
- Participate in finalizing deliverable list and deliverable, ensure compliance with specification and functional integrity
- Review project schedule and fabrication schedule in relation to construction sequence, milestone, and design scope
- Attend project kickoff and review meeting, vendor/supplier meeting, engineering and design meeting, and offshore site survey, as required
- Liaise with the Engineer responsible for the timely expediting of Vendor Data to efficiently progress the project according to schedule requirement
- Liaise with the responsible designers to expedite discipline design information and data as necessary to meet the agreed schedule
- Review IDC design documentation for the project for a detailed technical interface
- Keep the Discipline Supervisor/Engineering Manager apprised of all activity, progress, and concern
- Participate in design review and audit as required
- Highlight knowledge concepts and ensure learnings are entered into the system
- Participate in the development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, Guidelines, and Standard
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for career growth and professional development
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
- Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance
- Access to training and development programs
- Flexible work arrangements
- Employee assistance program
- Employee recognition and reward programs
- Health and wellness programs
- Diversity and inclusion initiatives
