Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer - Nigerian National

Job description

Functional Role:

Required to fulfil the respon­si­bi­lities of an employee as specified in ILF-NGR Health and Safety Management System Plan  Respon­sible to coordinate, review, and execute all required Instru­men­tation & Control related engineering works covering the Scope of Work for all projects executed by ILF Engineers Nigeria.  Respon­sible for infor­mation exchange between the Instru­men­tation & Control Team and all other Disci­pline Teams within the project.  Follow-up of the project files and documen­tation, including maintaining the standard project files structure on server/ SharePoint.  Respon­sible to implement at its level all required measures to ensure quality at source.  Without direct super­vision is respon­sible for the execution of a signi­ficant piece of design engineering work. When necessary, supervise more junior engineers within the same area of responsibility.

Qualification

Technical Compe­tency Expectation:

Be profi­cient in Control System design and related develo­pment tools; knowledge of industry codes and standards.  Have proven working experience in an engineering position for Control System design  Be familiar with PLC archi­tec­tures, computer networks, indus­trial Safety principles.  Technical expertise in Automation Technical Areas: PLC, SCADA, Cyber Security, Network Design  Experience in SCADA, DCS systems by varied vendors such as Siemens S7, ABB 800xA, HIMA etc  Must be able to design and review controls based on major automation vendors e.g. Allen-Bradley Logix family of controllers, primarily Control­Logix, Foxboro Evo DCS systems, etc.  Must be able to specify and design interface and commu­ni­ca­tions networks between control systems including Ethernet/IP, Modbus, TCP/IP, and Profinet via Copper or Fiber Optic.  Respon­sible for the develo­pment and review of ICSS philo­sophy, speci­fi­ca­tions, functional analysis, hardware design, causes & effects and safety logic diagrams, etc.  Capable of performing technical analysis of ICSS tenders and vendor offers  Have knowledge of alarm rationalization  Experience Adminis­tering Control Systems and Cyber­se­curity Deployment  Familiar with software develo­pment lifecycles associated with ICSS design, imple­men­tation, testing and commissioning  Have experience with DCS / SCADA / PLC Upgrade / Migration techno­logies, sequence and I/O Confi­gu­ration requi­re­ments capture and imple­men­tation of coding practices, code imple­men­tation, Testing (including virtual testing), instal­lation and commissioning  Experience scoping work, identi­fying key tasks, packages and developing resourcing/time estimates  Experience of Project documen­tation and change management methodologies  Capable of repre­senting and engaging clients in own capacity showing the highest level of skill and expertise in addressing client concerns, under Lead Engineer or Engineering Manager guidance  Be able and willing to travel up to 30% of the time for customer meetings and/or site test support  COREN Certi­fi­cation is an advantage.  Experience in both onshore and offshore design is an advantage.  Commis­sioning and start-up experience is an advantage.  Construction and site super­vision experience is an advantage. 

Years of technical experience:
Minimum 10 years of experience in Control Systems Engineering in the relevant sector.

Minimum 5 years success­fully functioning as Control Systems Engineer in design engineering, project construction, factory and site accep­tance testing and commis­sioning activities.

Educa­tional Qualifications:
Minimum Quali­fi­cation B. Sc. in relevant Engineering Discipline.
Certi­fi­cation from Control Systems Vendor would be a consi­derable advantage (e.g. Allen Bradley, Yokogawa, Siemens, Schneider, Emerson)
MSc. in Control System, Electrical, Electronic, or Computer Engineering would be a consi­derable advantage
Excellent written and spoken English is mandatory.